This week’s episode of Ideafaktory Radio is the first of a three part series with Forbes contributor and Social Enterprise guru Mark Fidelman. This wasn’t even meant to be recorded! Mark deviously taped our private conversation on his iPhone and captured the two of us brawling over the future of apps, among other issues that […]
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Having led innovation at Amex, MasterCard and Citi, I know where the bodies are buried. I also know that payment wars aren’t just about fees anymore. That’s so 1990’s. Years ago, when Walmart threatened to enter payments and banking, incumbents nearly soiled their Hanes. After a little sword-fighting, providers slashed their margins so thin, big
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Actual US Postal Service proposal! A revolutionary reinvention of the US Post Office driven by technology. This will make you “Go Postal!”
RIM’s stock is down 13% since yesterday, when the company promoted a company insider to CEO. In a well-run company, that’s called “succession”. In a struggling company bleeding share, it’s called “delusion”. To add to to the insanity, the co-CEO’s loom in highly visible roles including the ironic “Head of the Innovation Committee”. The market
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I love the idea of this Forbes article, but it has all the comprehensiveness of a Twitter post. Yes, auto workers in Germany produce more and get double the pay of US workers, but this article narrowly attributes this to employer-union relations. A broader discussion needs to include things like: Variances in cost structures (eg
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Hyper-connected tech blogger Robert Scoble, recently wrote about treating startups more critically. Robert found himself meeting with lots of crappy, over-funded, digital startups that desperately need more time in the oven, an intervention by Dr. Drew, or more likely, Dr. Kevorkian. (My words, not Robert’s.) Not only am I seeing the same things, but I’d take it a step further. I
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It wasn’t long ago that bashing Microsoft was as cool as Hootie and the Blowfish and Blossom. There was no shortage of material – mangled pasting in Office, hideous mobile apps, and spooky Windows error messages that made you build a panic room. Even governments got in on it. The EU forced Microsoft to remove anti-competitive features from Windows. I think they
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Yesterday, I spoke at the Front End of Innovation conference about the future of the US economy and where to innovate as a result. In conversations with some of the attendees, I felt like Dr. Phil talking to Sisyphus (the mythological king destined for eternity to roll a huge boulder uphill.) I think I know
I’ve practiced this confession dozens of times. It never goes well. I thought I could keep it a secret forever, but it’s been eating me up inside. Finally, I’m ready to admit that I haven’t seen an Internet ad in six years. I am an Ad-Blocker. Imagine the toll this taken on my family –
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