by Mark Raskino | April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
The last recession, in the early 2000′s was milder than this one and its epicenter hit a few industries particularly hard (such as IT and Aviation) while leaving others only slowed and for a relatively short time. This recession has caused a deep and often very sudden fall of revenue in many industries and right [...]
Category: CEO Recession Strategy Tags: Divestiture, Recession, Systems extrication
by Mark Raskino | April 28, 2009 | Comments Off
It has been said may times before: big companies still don’t get really web 2.0. The social Internet is not yet in their DNA. There is progress, there are some notable exceptions and some breakthrough cases but the corporate websites are still, for the most part, great big shop windows for unidirectional marketing content and [...]
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Category: Enterprise 2.0 Innovation Strategy Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Social, Web 2.0
by Mark Raskino | April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Sweden and visit Volvo AB – the global truck, bus and construction vehicle maker under multiple brands including Mack, Renault and Nissan. There I met with managers at their ‘WirelessCar‘ business unit – part of Volvo IT, the group IT function. Even in the middle of a [...]
Category: Enterprise 2.0 Recession Strategy Tags: Automotive, GPS, Innovation, Mashup, Recession, Telematics
by Mark Raskino | April 24, 2009 | Comments Off
[ Grumpy old man alert! Look away now if you are under 30 ] I agree with Don Tapscott’s optimistic assessment of the culture, values and capabilities of what he calls ‘the Net Generation’, in his excellent 2008 book ‘Grown Up Digital‘ (others use terms like Gen Y , Digital Natives, Millennials and Echo Boomers). [...]
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Category: Uncategorized Tags: Digital Natives, Gen Y
by Mark Raskino | April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Sometimes industry hype about newer technologies and other innovations can become overbearing and it provokes a backlash. The technology media of course feeds us what we want to read about. We like to read about shiny new things but we also like to read about failures. It is human nature. Over the last decade internet [...]
Category: Strategy Tags: Hype Cycle
by Mark Raskino | April 16, 2009 | Comments Off
I disliked the accountancy modules I took at university – it seemed like a dull and lifeless activity. I left wondering why would anyone want to do that for a living, then promptly found someone who enjoyed it a lot and married her. She removed my worst prejudices quickly and helped me appreciate its worth [...]
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Category: Regulation Tags: Finance, Regulation
by Mark Raskino | April 15, 2009 | 4 Comments
Over the last few weeks I have noticed an increase in ‘green shoots’ stories and of course there has been another stock market rally. When economists and business analysts are commenting, the US debate often seems to centre on whether the stimulus will be inflationary further down the line. One side says the stimulus is [...]
Category: CEO Recession Tags: Economy, Recession, Unemployment
by Mark Raskino | April 14, 2009 | Comments Off
In my last post I mentioned a London bakery that has been tweeting its oven fresh loaves and I suggested IT departments might consider whether they are able to lead such innovation and if not, why not. Some of the twitter responses came from enterprise architecture specialists and I’ll be the first to admit the [...]
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Category: Innovation Strategy Tags: EA, Innovation, UPS
by Mark Raskino | April 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
Yesterday I read about yet another cool twitter application happening here in London. A bakery in Shoreditch is tweeting a message every time some fresh loaves or cakes come out of the oven and go on sale. Apparently this is helping drive demand – because people love their dough products fresh and warm. The first [...]
Category: Innovation Tags: Innovation, Twitter
by Mark Raskino | April 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
In the face of a sudden and severe economic recession, everyone should re-examine the role they play, the value they deliver and its relevance in the new business scenario. For innovation managers and emerging trends and technologies specialists the situation is particularly difficult. The knee-jerk cultural response of larger companies is to reduce spending on [...]
Category: Innovation Tags: Innovation
