The New Moats: Why Systems of Intelligence are the Next Defensible Business Model | OpenView Labs
To build a sustainable and profitable business, you need strong defensive moats around your company. This rings especially true today as we undergo one of the largest platform shifts in a generation as applications move to the cloud, are consumed on iPhones, Echoes, and Teslas, are built on open source, and are fueled by AI and data. These dramatic shifts are rendering some existing moats useless and leaving CEOs feeling like it’s almost impossible to build a defensible business.
This blog references Berkshire Hathway approach to business and discusses the new issues - 7 minute read ^AJ
After work is what determines your future!
“After work is what determines your future! Spend one hour per day doing these 5 things and your life will change forever!” Billionaire Jack Ma.
3 minute read ^AJ
4 Things That Set Successful CEOs Apart
This article is based on research conducted over 10 years as part of ghSmart’s CEO Genome Project. ghSmart has assembled a database of assessments of 17,000 C-suite executives—including more than 2,000 CEOs—which covers all major industry sectors and a full range of company sizes.
5 minute read ^AJ
To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks
The creative benefits of switching tasks have been supported by other research. For example, Steven Smith and his colleagues found that individuals instructed to list items from different categories while continually switching back and forth between the categories listed more novel ideas than individuals who listed items from one category before switching to listing items from the other.
4 minute read ^AJ
Modern Performance Deep Dive: Jeff Rothenberg
Modern Performance Profile: Jeff Rothenberg, Director, Customer Service at Upgrade, Discusses Identifying Talent, Active Coaching Daily, The 10-to-1 Rule, and More.
6 minute read ^AJ
Here’s Why Juicero’s Press is So Expensive – Bolt ...
Last week Bloomberg published an article exposing how easy it is to “hack” Juicero’s produce packs by squeezing them with your hands, deeming the $699 (now $399) WiFi-connected juice press completely unnecessary. Nearly overnight, Juicero has become the posterchild for Silicon Valley excess.
Need I say more - $699 juicer, surely we all need one, 5 minute read and a good way to think about how not to over complicate stuff ^AJ