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Guiding with purpose
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The Vista launch was a disaster. A joke. Techies resoundingly ignored the product – as did their employers. Because Vista was so weak, Microsoft is looking to launch yet another operating system – just 2 years after Vista was launched.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
the biggest issue at Apple is what to do with all its cash!
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
the globe is no longer dominated by an industrial economy. Fewer and fewer people are employed in industrial production.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
One of the basic tenets of the Phoenix Principle is “be distinct or be extinct,” and Napster is not yet distinct.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
the only person who created an airline that made money was an attorney, Herb Kelleher, by founding Southwest.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Media is now losing money, and forced to make debt payments, while its primary competitors (the Murdoch-controlled Sky and British Telecom) are in far healthier financial shape.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The report pulls no punches in its strong recommendations for changing the Board’s involvement in strategy
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The book is a great read as well. Not pompous (although the author has a mountain of experience to draw upon), very matter-of-fact, and incisive when cutting into multiple myths that detract from performance of functional groups as well as the corporation overall.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Microsoft had failed to build any sort of developer community for Windows 8 mobile.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
McDonald’s has been losing market share to fast casual restaurants for over a decade
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Don’t Boil the Ocean
Teresa Spangler · 29 April 2025
UPS and USPS figured out what FedEx did well domestically, and began offering better service at lower rates.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The first mistake: Ron Johnson didn't try solving the real problem at JC Penney.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The biggest objection is always my comment about "don't ask customers for insight.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
Wal-Mart is willing to have customers not find goods they want in order to even further improve it’s already world-class, record-setting efficiency while seeking to lower costs.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The proposal is pinned on "things will be worse if you don’t", without much talk about how things will ever get better. There’s no talk about how this will create more jobs, create rising incomes, or improve asset values. Just "it can get a lot worse."
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025
The union leadership apparently wants Board seats in exchange for concessions.
Adam Hartung · 29 April 2025