Leadership

Management must become the master of internal data
It seems to have been only a few minutes ago that data got big. Data of the past was always small and in many pieces. Boffins used to curate it. Now it herds itself; or so it seems. Business leaders are starting to see opportunity in data that was never

Embrace disruption … or don’t, and see what happens
You are either a digital disruptor or you are dinner. Your choice. And while there are myriad advantages to be seized by leaders brave or brilliant enough to embrace disruption, if you are not convinced, there are also plenty of insurgents more than capable of taking you back into the food

Netflix cuts a deal with Comcast for faster and more reliable service. Is Net Neutrality weakened by the deal?
Net neutrality looks like it took another hit today. Netflix revealed that it will pay Comcast to ensure its customers get faster and more reliable speeds and service. While technically it is not paying for preferential data speed treatment – instead it is paying to install web caches in local

How vulnerable is your business to digital disruption? Here is a well proven diagnostic to help you find out
Thirty-five years ago, most people reading this article were either in full-time education – or not yet born! It was long before the internet ruled our lives yet in 1979, Professor Michael Porter first published his simple yet ground-breaking framework for assessing competition within an industry. It is commonly known

Perfect information, imperfect market leaders
At some point or other I read in a junior year text that markets work best when informed. My recollection is that the author asserted that a perfect market is perfectly informed. And I have assumed in life that disclosure and transparency were in general unqualified social positives. Today Warren

A win for local startups with employee share scheme reform back on the agenda
Reform of employee share schemes – a key initiative sought by the entrepreneurial sector – is back on the agenda, with early discussions under way to help frame any potential changes. Paul Fletcher, parliamentary secretary to communications minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed initial talks were held earlier this month. He made

Sure Apple, a $57B Qtr is alright I guess, but what have you done for me lately
All too often we miss the turning of the tide as Apple’s current conundrum testifies. Only two years ago it was the next “greatest company in the history of the world.” But the story the media wants to tell now is “Stayed too long.” The company has just reported net

Facebook beats the street…to death
Facebook has caned is quarter with mobility the star performer. Zuckerberg’s Curse now gets more than 50 per cent of all of its advertising revenue from mobile ads. Indeed it has just posted its first $1B+ quarter for mobility and in the process blew away market expectations. The company delivered

Digital disruption is the new normalcy
Up until recently, terms like creative destruction, long wave cycles and existential crises referred to scientific and economic theories. Now, they embody the commitments each successful digital business makes to itself, its staff, its shareholders and its customers. Embracing and harnessing the power of disruption can mean the difference between

US court blows up net neutrality. But don’t worry, a former cable company lobbyist will write the new rules
In the US the Federal Court ruled that the FCC lacks the authority the impose rules requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally. The judgment came after Verizon – the company that willingly handed over huge slabs of phone call meta data to the US government to allow it to