Monday, September 29, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Top Trends in the Cyber Domain
Exponential growth in mobile devices -- drives exponential security risks -- 7 of every 10 professionals are breaking company I/T policies often with handhelds
C-Suite targeting -- hackers already have a complete profile of your executive suite
Your company is already infected -- learn to deal with it
Global systemic risk now includes cyber risk -- a security breach in a single company can impact a whole value space
Insider threats are real and often go unanticipated
More companies are using cloud computing, opening to blind side security threats -- check out your cloud carefully
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Exponential growth in mobile devices -- drives exponential security risks -- 7 of every 10 professionals are breaking company I/T policies often with handhelds
C-Suite targeting -- hackers already have a complete profile of your executive suite
Your company is already infected -- learn to deal with it
Global systemic risk now includes cyber risk -- a security breach in a single company can impact a whole value space
Insider threats are real and often go unanticipated
More companies are using cloud computing, opening to blind side security threats -- check out your cloud carefully
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Imperatives for Today's Businesses
- Rethink the consumer value proposition
- Rethink your value space -- look hard at those you think of as non-competitors
- Build or migrate to a flexible, continuously learning business model
- Modularize the business value chain and social network -- think of Lego blocks
- Build an innovation engine; a living, human one around professional staff -- reward the failures that serve to teach us
- Define, promote and communicate corporate values -- a moderately stable port in a continuous market storm
- Think of vision, roles, strategies, products, and services as flowing rivers, continuously changing
Contradiction
i worked with many smart and well educated professionals over my "employed" career and still do in my "post-employed" career. during that time i have learned something, at least one thing, from every person with whom i have worked.
during that same period i also learned to see or pick out those that will excel to the top of their career ladders. these are the people who i sought out (and still do today) to work with. these are the "exciters", those who are changing our businesses and the world around us.
so how do i see these winners?
the answer is two part;
i worked with many smart and well educated professionals over my "employed" career and still do in my "post-employed" career. during that time i have learned something, at least one thing, from every person with whom i have worked.
during that same period i also learned to see or pick out those that will excel to the top of their career ladders. these are the people who i sought out (and still do today) to work with. these are the "exciters", those who are changing our businesses and the world around us.
so how do i see these winners?
the answer is two part;
- "egolessness" -- we all have egos in some way, but this is my term for a person whose ego is in check enough to allow them to see and hear what others fail to see and hear in the world around them -- these are the observers, the seekers of wisdom
- contradiction processing -- these are the people who can hold and process contradictory stories, opinions, or facts simultaneously in their mind, be open to both, and move in the direction of the greatest logic and benefit. few can do this well, but those that are open to it and learn this skill are rocket propelled in their careers and accomplishments
be a winner
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Complex Adaptive Systems
we now live in a world of complex adaptive systems (CSAs)-- systems with many interacting parts each of which exhibits behavior which is conditional upon the behavior of other related parts.
financial market turmoil, ecological deterioration, joblessness, population growth, disease, hunger, climate change, conflict, rapid urbanization -- are all complex adaptive systems
systems which are impossible to understand by summing the states of individual parts
CSAs present themselves as dilemmas, not problems -- a dilemma is an issue with no correct or perfect answer
to address dilemmas we must blend multiple minds and disciplines -- e.g. ideas in physics can help us understand economics and poverty -- we need intellectual integration on all of our business teams
CSAs are all around us even if we don't think about it. babies, drink, food, politics, terrorism, etc.
the photos above are all of CSAs -- we are immersed in a world of CSAs
we now live in a world of complex adaptive systems (CSAs)-- systems with many interacting parts each of which exhibits behavior which is conditional upon the behavior of other related parts.
financial market turmoil, ecological deterioration, joblessness, population growth, disease, hunger, climate change, conflict, rapid urbanization -- are all complex adaptive systems
systems which are impossible to understand by summing the states of individual parts
CSAs present themselves as dilemmas, not problems -- a dilemma is an issue with no correct or perfect answer
to address dilemmas we must blend multiple minds and disciplines -- e.g. ideas in physics can help us understand economics and poverty -- we need intellectual integration on all of our business teams
CSAs are all around us even if we don't think about it. babies, drink, food, politics, terrorism, etc.
the photos above are all of CSAs -- we are immersed in a world of CSAs
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Bird's Eye View
The world is now a global, multi-state system -- China, India, Russia and others are rivaling the U.S. for moral, economic, and military power
An unprecedented shift in wealth from West to East is occurring and will continue
Terrorism is unlikely to disappear within the next 10 to 20 years due to global economic disparity
State capitalism is likely to remain the leading form of government in the East -- state having the dominate role in economics and business
Asia, Africa, and Latin America will account for virtually all population growth over the next 20 years -- <3% of the growth in the West
Resource issues will gain prominence on the international agenda -- water, energy, and food
Demand for food will rise by ~50% by 2030 -- in the longer term Africa will become the breadbasket of the world
Current green technologies are inadequate for replacing the existing energy architecture -- new technologies are unlikely to be commercially viable and widespread by 2025
Global extreme weather is a done deed -- the only remaining questions are when and how much
The middle class is rising -- 135 million people escaped dire poverty between 1999 and 2004, more than the population of Japan
Major discontinuities and shocks will continue throughout the world -- nuclear proliferation, nuclear accidents, pandemics, financial crises, terrorism
The world is now a global, multi-state system -- China, India, Russia and others are rivaling the U.S. for moral, economic, and military power
An unprecedented shift in wealth from West to East is occurring and will continue
Terrorism is unlikely to disappear within the next 10 to 20 years due to global economic disparity
State capitalism is likely to remain the leading form of government in the East -- state having the dominate role in economics and business
Asia, Africa, and Latin America will account for virtually all population growth over the next 20 years -- <3% of the growth in the West
Resource issues will gain prominence on the international agenda -- water, energy, and food
Demand for food will rise by ~50% by 2030 -- in the longer term Africa will become the breadbasket of the world
Current green technologies are inadequate for replacing the existing energy architecture -- new technologies are unlikely to be commercially viable and widespread by 2025
Global extreme weather is a done deed -- the only remaining questions are when and how much
The middle class is rising -- 135 million people escaped dire poverty between 1999 and 2004, more than the population of Japan
Major discontinuities and shocks will continue throughout the world -- nuclear proliferation, nuclear accidents, pandemics, financial crises, terrorism
Understanding
"Begin with an understanding" is one of my favorite phrases -- one that applies to you and whatever company that you chose to join.
Every company has a personality, just like people
Every company has a value system, a vision, an ethical framework, and a set of goals
Fail to understand these factors at your own expense
If you fail to understand your company then no matter how hard you work you will always be handicapped
"Begin with an understanding" applies to all professionals and partners -- begin with an understanding of your own company
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