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Economics of Cognitive Work Part II: Exploring the B2B Paradigm

By John Julius Sviokla | Published July 7, 2010

In a recent blog post I began to explore some ideas concerning the nature and economics of cognitive work in the modern corporation.  I made a distinction between Business to Consumer (B2C) work and Business to Business (B2B) work.  In B2B work, leaders have.

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Innovating at Scale in a Successful Company: What Microsoft Could Learn from Lo

By John Julius Sviokla | Published June 10, 2010

Large successful organizations have a hard time creating large scale innovations.  When a company’s on the brink of death, they entertain many radical alternatives, but economic health is the enemy of change — which is one of Microsoft’s great problems. Ray Ozzie, now the.

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Why Amazon Will Innovate Past Kindle and Microsoft’s Bing Will Never Win

By John Julius Sviokla | Published June 1, 2010

When I  bought my iPad it was very easy to download my new Kindle application to read all my books I bought on Amazon, and I’m sure that Jeff Bezos knows that my Kindle may be replaced.  Bezos  can do this because he’s not.

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Four Implications of the Internet of Things for Business

By John Julius Sviokla | Published May 20, 2010

I believe we will see a 10,000 to 100,000 increase in the number of computers, phones, devices and living things attached to the internet in the next 5-10 years — what many are calling “the internet of things“.  We have probably already passed the.

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Do Your Knowledge Workers Have a “Bitsmith”?

By John Julius Sviokla | Published May 8, 2010

Along with my colleagues Jeff Hesse and Terry Holliday, I have been trying to understand what makes some teams of knowledge workers more productive than others. In particular, we have focused on people who work in firms that create lots of value as measured.

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Ten Propositions for the Virtual Age…

By John Julius Sviokla | Published February 8, 2010

Back in 1993, Jeffrey Rayport and I were trying to understand the implications of the exploding information world. It was about a year before the first browser, Mosaic, was created. Below are our “ten propositions for the virtual age”. I’d love your reaction to.

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Brand Management and the 10:45 Per Day Generation

By John Julius Sviokla | Published February 2, 2010

The Kaiser Foundation recently released a study documenting the astounding fact that 8-18 year olds in the United States have increased their media use from 8hrs 33 mins per day in 2004 to 10hrs 45 mins in 2009, which means that except for when.

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Are You Swimming in Data? Three benefits of Data Visualization

By John Julius Sviokla | Published November 17, 2009

“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself, and due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped.

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The Best Companies Use the Best Ideas

By John Julius Sviokla | Published November 11, 2009

As someone who has been around organizations for a long time and working with them to create and implement new ideas, I observe that many firms have a difficult time recognizing and putting into place new ways of thinking and doing. My last post.

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Diamonds in the Rough: Driven by Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

By John Julius Sviokla | Published September 23, 2009

There are many books that I have read over the years that had a profound influence on me, and are almost unknown.  I don’t know exactly what that says about me, but in any event, I’ve decided to blog about them and to let.

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