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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Bill, I definitely agree that the military is one giant community of practice from family readiness groups to MOS (military occupational specialty) groups. I would also add that this practice continues after service with veterans groups. The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), American Legion, IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) and DAV…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Mori, I think you bring up a great point about writers having the content of their submitted work edited to possibly meet a publisher’s agenda and that concern is pushed to the back burner if they have been receiving rejection letter after rejection letter. How many writers would forfeit creativity or allow their work to be altered once they…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Jenica, Enjoyed reading your post. I agree that communication is the most important aspect of an open innovation strategy. It starts with how effective the business case is made to the organization for need to embrace open innovation and then how effectively the feedback from the end user is interpreted and implemented. Effective communication is…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Mariya and March, I would agree with your combined points about the necessity of having an organizational culture in place that not only supports open innovation but creates a sense of urgency about it within the organization. Culture creates the foundation for a long-term strategy and urgency promotes the willingness to collaborate internally as…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Jon, Enjoyed reading your post. I liked the part about artists being creative about promoting their music to reach their audience. I think for most artists it is more about sharing their music with their fans then making a profit off of selling a product. And the same goes for fans who would rather experience the music of their favorite band live.…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
What is an example of a community of practice that you are a member of? How did you become a member? In what ways do you benefit from being a member? The community of practice that I am a member of is called the East Coast Gang Investigators Association. It is an association of law enforcement officers that promotes cross-organizational sharing of…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Thinking about Christensen’s model of disruptive change… do you think the age of agents and publishers is dead? Or, will there always be role for professional management for authors and artists? Would you self-publish if you wrote a book? Just as in the Radiohead case study regarding digital media and self-recording, I believe the ability to sel…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
From the perspective of the recording industry (record labels), what advantages do digital media have over physical media? Then why were the labels so resistant to digital media? The advantages for the recording industry are reduced costs to produce, deliver and store music and better sound quality with digital media. The reason record labels were…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Using the Siemens case as an example of pros and cons of open innovation, what should a company consider if it is considering doing something similar? I think you have to have the organizational culture in place first before you can push open innovation. Otherwise the con of open innovation is a chaotic environment that can be a huge distraction…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
If you were in charge of open innovation at Siemens, what metrics would you use to measure your success? I think this would be a most difficult task as you don’t want to develop metrics to try to measure the unknown or an intangible that inadvertently stifles the same flexibility that was needed in the first place to have open innovation. The f…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Mike, thanks for the response. Yes, software procurement is highly regulated. It is a private cloud or probably better described as a community cloud. All agencies provided access are working towards the same goal. The lead agency that overseas the private cloud has it located in their own data center and manage it with their own IT staff.
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Mike, Good points. I like the use of the word hybrid to describe IT enabled globalization. But I don’t think centralization/decentralization has to be rigid and either/or if it is implemented in a “tell them what to do not how to do it” management style. I still think their IT strategy allows them to have centralized control (standardized…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Everyone, enjoyed reading this discussion. Mori, I agree with Kristen about your last point. Automated systems allow for further reach because they can vet queries until human involvement is required. Kristen, I like your point about being able to translate languages. This automatic IT feature bridges the gap between cultures and enhances a global…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Bill,
Great post and interesting links. Didn’t realize this was happening and quite shocked that DOD thinks it is a good idea. I wonder how this will affect Amazon’s relationship with the federal government in the long term. The one link had an advertizement for public sector drone use next to the article. Makes you wonder how this business…[Read more] -
Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Kristen and Diane,
Thanks for your comments. They way I relate to the centralized/decentralized decision is from a military perspective. To me, Wyeth had been operating as a multinational corporation with no centralized control. All operations were decentralized on the local level. Their IT strategy made them a global corporation by giving them…[Read more] -
Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The way I would explain “the cloud” to a co-worker would be to have them first refer to it as online storage rather than the marketing term “cloud” that it has been given. Then I would find out if they use Google Docs or have a Gmail account or a Facebook account. More than likely they use one or both. Then I would tell them that they already…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I work for a government agency that prohibits using personal devices on the company network. Personal devices are allowed in certain areas of the office, but cannot be connected to the work computers (such as thumb drives or connecting a mobile device) or server. The main reason the company prohibits BYOD is because of the sensitive material such…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think information technology has enabled the emergence of global brands because Internet access is no longer a luxury – although the cost of that connectivity might still be in certain corners of the world. Technology is what has helped bridge the gap between the cultures of the world. I think global branding goes hand-in-hand with IT marketing,…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
What are the four major web services described in the case that are offered by Amazon.com? What does each service do? The four major Amazon web services are: Simple Storage Service (S3) – simply an online storage service using Amazon servers; Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) – similar to S3, but allows user to scale their needed space up or down;…[Read more]
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Clinton Cummings commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
These two initiatives, the ERP system and Global Data Warehouse, were probably the most challenging of Wyeth’s undertakings, but a necessary investment in order to transform themselves from a multinational corporation to a global corporation. The ERP system was necessary to normalize the vast amounts of data and create consistency amongst the m…[Read more]
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