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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The key point that I want to remember is that when disruption is created by abundance, embrace it and find ways to be innovative and adjust by relinquishing prior models and coming up with something new that correlates with what is taking place or will be taking place within that environment. I would want my future self to maintain an open mind…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think that agents and publishers serve a purpose from a marketing/advertisement perspective and doing the dirty work. Similar to Dan’s post, I was going to use the example of rental management. I pay a company to manage a house simply because I don’t want to deal with the hassle, at all. By hiring someone else I alleviate that hassle or…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel,
Great post and perspective. When I was reading your post I couldn’t help but think about a post I saw recently on one of my favorite apps (KCCO). The post was about the extremes of self published books available on Amazon, needless to say the results were hilarious and incredible. Your point on non fiction is valid and I also think…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruption of Abundance, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Like everyone else I think that abundance is more disruptive than scarcity. Abundance is more disruptive because it changes everything about the old process, or as Shirky put it, “it rips the guts of the scaricity model.” The perfect example of this is the music industry. Once music became abundant everything was disrupted and record companies who…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Dan,
I think that you made excellent points as to what a company should consider when implementing open innovation. In my opinion I think that if the company’s goal is to create alignment it should be centrally funded, at least in the beginning. If the implementation was successful perhaps funding could be migrated to individual business once…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think that the most important aspect to consider is that your organization’s culture can support it. I think the way to do that is to incorporate open innovation into your values and beliefs. This way you are putting an emphasis on open innovation company wide and you are able to tie that in with performance metrics to get results. Siemens f…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Will,
I enjoyed your passionate post. As you mentioned, it is almost impossible to avoid piracy issues and if I was a CEO it would drive me nuts as well. I appreciate your candor as I too would opt for the free version (I haven’t bought a CD in 10 years) over purchasing a CD. To your point though, I think that there is a way to make money and…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think from the recording industry perspective the advantages that digital media has is cost and exposure. The investment of time and money spent on marketing has decreased due to digital media’s global footprint which can reach anyone anywhere, and cost because the lack of a relying on manufacturing physical material. The music industry has c…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chase and Rich,
Great points from both you you. One thing that I think is crucial is cultural awareness. In the references you gave, Four Seasons, Wyeth,etc, one thing they all did was send in teams and incorporate leadership from a wide variety of platforms during the implementation process. This allowed them to have a better understanding of…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicholas,
I appreciate your perspective. I can see how your comfort level with the equipment you are using could easily be observable by your patients and therefore transpire into increasing their comfort level. You are right that the dichotomy is obvious, I am not all that familiar with the Health industry but it seems to me that Emory’s…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
BYOD is not supported in my work place due and I think rightfully so. We have access to sensitive information and military owned information that must be protected. While IT security is everyone’s responsibility, it is the organization that is ultimately liable. Therefore the organization must have regulations in place to control information c…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think that information technology has absolutely enabled the emergence of global brands. As far becoming more or less global brands than consumer goods, I believe that information technology certainly has that potential but is not there quite yet. I think IT is likely to become global brands going than consumer goods because the vast markets…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Alan, Will and Michael,
I appreciated your posts. I am not in the hospital industry but I think that one thing that would deter me from Amazon is the amount of users and businesses they support. Perhaps someone of Amazons stature could create a separate venture that only supports Hospitals. This way they could provide the resources that Amazon…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
– Simple Storage Service (S3): Allows customer flexibility by providing a pay-per- use cloud storage system. S3 streamlines processes by storing and providing readily accessible information. This enables the customer to free up capital as it alleviates the need to invest in supporting infrastructure needed to accommodate this…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris,
I think that you asked a lot of good questions there. My company is currently structuring a fleet data management system and the questions that you listed were all one’s that we had to address. In Wyeth’s case the answers to those questions could significantly impact business. For example, they need to go back far enough to where they…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think that the global nature of these initiatives drove their design, development and implementation. If you want to be a global company then your business process management software has to be able to integrate global data in order to effectively manage the business. ERP and SAP were incorporated with a long term vision of global integration…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, ICE 5.1 Telling a Story through Visualization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Professor Johnson- just want to say thank you for your efforts in getting the grades out significantly quicker this week. You have decreased my stress level! I am much more comfortable knowing where I stand and what I need to do to get better.
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Reading Question: Business Models, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel,
You are spot on, that is exactly what takes place. It really is a win/win for everyone. The individual customer ends up paying but it is very little in respect to the value and improvement they get in performance and safety.
My job is interesting in that I work from home but cover a pretty broad region. My commercial customers often…[Read more]
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, ICE 5.1 Telling a Story through Visualization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
This post should have a “thumbs up” like option. Thanks Professor!
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John Ledbetter commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Critical Unfunded Project, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
John,
An example that I can think of is with leadership development. That is something that is a critical part of GE’s culture and strategy that as a company they ensure that it receives proper funding. As Nirav mentioned, it comes from the corporate parent setting the expectation that each employee will have opportunities to grow and ensuring…[Read more]
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