by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, Research, Strategy, Technology
What does a CTO do? by The CTO is the Chief Technology Officer. What does a CTO do in a high-tech company? It is the most ill-defined of the CxO jobs. The trick is figuring out what activities can make a difference and which are merely motions. When I briefly took the...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, Research, Technology
Industrial Research Management by Bert Sutherland April 26, 2022 by Lance Reprinted by permission of the author Industrial Research...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, DARPA, Technology
My Years at DARPA : how to create and prevent technology surprise April 26, 2022 by Lance When I ran the electronics technology directorate at DARPA I had the wonderful job of examining a big percentage of all of the advanced electronics research in the country....
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, Strategy
Career Planning: How to get laid off April 26, 2022 by Lance There are lots of ways to get fired and there are lots of ways to get laid off, the distinction being that getting fired is directly about you and getting laid off is purportedly first about your position. ...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, Life
What goes around. To say thank you, pay it forward. April 26, 2022 by Lance Over my career I have been blessed by the many people have coached me, helped me, and given me a break here or there. In the vast majority of these cases, reciprocity is impossible because of...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, General Management
Magic Elixirs for Business. How to succeed in business. April 26, 2022 by Lance As one explores the dark and dangerous corridors of business one sometimes chances upon magic elixirs that can reduce monstrous challenges to a more manageable size. A few of these...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, General Management
Woe be the average man, averages lie April 26, 2022 by Lance When I originally wrote this essay I railed against averages. Since that time we have experienced the Great Recession and I have spent more time thinking about this topic. While before I never trusted...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, General Management
Tricks of the trade. Business tricks that win April 26, 2022 by Lance Not all of business is deep strategic thinking and disciplined execution. There are lots of lesser techniques and business tricks that are more like the business analogy of the sports technique of...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, General Management
The best and worst job in the company is general management April 26, 2022 by Lance Being a General Manager (GM) is either the worst or best job in the company, depending on your internal wiring. As I was taught by Dennis Fortino, the most important word in General...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business, Product Development
So you want to ship the product before it is done? April 26, 2022 by Lance In some industries it is completely alien to think about shipping a product before it is completely ready, but in others it is regrettably common. The semiconductor equipment industry lies...
by Lance | Apr 26, 2022 | Business
Anderson, Chris. Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More Christensen, Clayton M.The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials). New York: Harper Business Essentials,...
by Lance | Apr 25, 2022 | Business, Finance and budgeting
American dream To borrow prosperity from the next generation Something for nothin’ and sex for free Bank Casino housed in a ponderous architecture Black swan A mythical bird from the age of tulips. Quite startling and destructive when she lands in your punchbowl. ...
