Lean by Design

Some of the continued downsizing at Nortel, as well as the accompanying rationale for these reductions, raised an age old concern that I have over the way senior executives manage their R&D spend rate and investments. Having been at the heart of these debates in the past, I wince every time I read, or hear [...]

It appears that the North American based Telecom vendors are takking a portion of their businesses toward a Voice 2.0 vision of the future – at least based on public announcements. CISCO is marching to a slightly different drum beat as they slowly morph the company into more of a consumer focused enterprise. However, the [...]

A BBC article that preceeded last week’s 3GSM conference, nicely summarized the main direction and challenges facing the mobile industry today. First, there is the issue of the walled garden approach that is restricting innovation and success of the wireless internet. Operators desperate to maintain control and make money out of what consumers do with [...]

Who would bother to waste their time and money pursuing an MBA if the motivation were to learn the latest business strategy from the elites. Even the most prestigious business schools can’t compete with today’s technology behemoths for resources and passion in the pursuit of business strategy innovation. Companies like Google certainly have the financial [...]