Toothpaste, toilet paper, white matter, and jam: Clues for better decision making
Several years ago, my wife and I ran out of toothpaste in a remote part of small Southeast Asian country. We spent half the day trying to find a place that carried a halfway recognizable form of packaged toothpaste. It was more of an adventure than you might imagine. We ultimately found one unopened … Read More»
Exploring new frontiers of real time customer feedback
This post is on behalf of the CIO Collaboration Network and Avaya Growing up, I spent much of my time playing competitive team sports. I played soccer, basketball, and (American) football. In each case, almost immediately after some level of effort, I knew how I had done. I got immediate feedback … Read More»
Optimizing the Full Spectrum of Customer Interactions
This post is on behalf of the CIO Collaboration Network and Avaya Last weekend I had the pleasure of introducing a movie for the first time to my 5 year old son - a movie that incidentally, I first saw when I was 5 years old. In it, an iconic message was communicated via a channel that … Read More»
Divergence at Convergence? Is it a Resurgence?
This past week I had a chance to spend some time with Microsoft executives, customers, partners, and industry "influencers" at Microsoft Convergence 2012 in Houston, TX. Perhaps one of the largest announcements at the event was Microsoft's pending support of multiple platforms and multiple … Read More»
Exploring the future of computing: The Hybrid Model
The migration to the cloud is well under way. Like little water drops evaporating, data and applications are heading from the vast ocean of On Premise Servers and databases to the great cumulonimbus in the sky. With guys like Marc Benioff as the flamboyant ringleader, there's no wonder why there is … Read More»