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Will Holt commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The key point I want to take away from this class when reflecting on this note is to remember the importance of creating a culture that embraces open innovation, or to find a firm to work for that embraces all that open innovation has to offer.
through open innovation I want to make sure that technology aligns with the goals of our organization…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruption of Abundance, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I really wanted to go the opposite way of everyone here just for the sake of having an argument, but I can’t. Abundance is truly more disruptive to society than scarcity. To go even further I will say abundance creates waste, diluted products, and laziness.
Does it happen all the time? No. But I genuinely believe it occurs more often than…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: Community of Practice, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Little did I know that I helped build a community of practice. I previously did everything in a service line from marketing and sales, to writing contracts, and recruiting. I was asked to drop a lot of responsibilities and focus on interim management recruiting for all five service lines of our firm. To be honest I do not know everything there is…[Read more]
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Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
We’re kind of looking at the publisher and agent as being phased out because they are a middle man whose tasks and skills can be completed and learned by the writer. At some point there is going to be a writer that doesn’t want to publish or represent himself. It’s like what Dan said in post, “I believe that many artists and publishers will want…[Read more]
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Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel,
Great ending to your post. I think this is where my firm gets stuck a lot because we can’t determine if a concept is going to help us strategically. You would think the easy solution is to compare an idea such as open innovation and ask, “Does this align with our strategic goals?” The problem is that our strategic goals aren’t always…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chase,
The idea you mentioned sounds awesome. I would love to be able to bounce different ideas off of individuals in my firm and get feedback so we can at least understand where we are coming from and why something may or may not be introduced. -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicole,
This certainly was a great example of a marketing ploy. It’s a shame they didn’t realize how to do this a little differently and capitalize like Macklemore. I had no idea about that. -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Alan,
I definitely think this would put new bands in tough spot if this kind of model stuck. I want to sound cheerful and optimistic, but the reality is people need to get paid for what they do. We can say you need to find a job you like but for some individuals they need to find a job that pays the bills, and some people need to get back the…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel,
I completely agree about your devaluing point. I remember being in a meeting once and someone suggested providing hospitals with free assessments. The idea was immediately shot down because clients would begin to devalue that part of an engagement even though one can argue an assessment is the most critical piece of a consulting engagement. -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
John,
I like your point about the record companies needing to be proactive instead of reactive regarding piracy issues. Brandon has a really good post below about Napster being a disruptive innovation that may have led to the creation of iTunes. Perhaps some of the record labels missed out on an opportunity to capitalize on downloading music…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
If I were running a record label I would love how quickly digital media can get one of my artist’s songs and albums out to fans. It’s a great way to market and save money. It would seem natural that if popularity rises so do my profits. Unfortunately I begin to worry about issues surrounding piracy.
Let’s be honest for a moment, if we have the…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Based on the case study one learns about the significant role of innovation as driven by Research and Development at Siemens. It was noted that in FY2012, Siemens invested more than 4 billion in research and development, which was 5.4% of its revenue.
It only seemed like a logical transition to introduce open innovation. Siemens would experience…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
John,
It is over the top, but the Partners are just fearful of any breaches ever occurring, which is the same reason why they don’t allow personal email boxes setup on your work phone. They are also adamant about people sending work emails via personal email. If someone did that there would be serious ramifications. -
Will Holt commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Michael,
I should clarify my initial post. I am with you when it comes to focusing on what you are an expert in. We are a healthcare firm and that’s what we do. When it comes to IT we outsource, but we do not use cloud computing. To get the Partners to move to cloud computing would be a monumental shift regardless of how logical or secure things…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Some of the Directors in our firm are well established healthcare professionals and they really haven’t dabbled with technology too much. I can’t blame them as their primary concern has been patient care. They also like to deal with concrete concepts so the idea of a cloud is somewhat confusing to them. I tried to talk to a Director about the…[Read more]
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Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicole,
The thought of Americans working even more definitely raises concerns for me when discussing BYOD. I like to put in time, and I always strive to be the best I can at whatever I’m doing, but there comes a point where I just have to walk away and create time for myself and family. It would be interesting to see if employees that work for…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rosemarie,
You bring up a really good point that security should be a major concern for all businesses. I think I just had the blinders on and was thinking too much of my own situation. This education may lead to more employees to embrace the BYOD concept, which could ultimately lead to a more productive work environment.
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Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris,
I’m board with your comments. I really like how you mentioned “easy will trump all.” At some point there will be an issue with privacy, crashes, or anything related to security and people will freak out only to realize that cloud computing is just too easy to walk away from. Look at some of the security breaches we had with Target and Home…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: Global & Information Technology, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel,
Really good post and I agree with everything you wrote. You piqued my interest when you wrote, “Cloud-computing allows employees across the globe to work within the same system and see the same information simultaneously.” This got me thinking of the time difference barrier mentioned in the article. In theory companies want to different…[Read more] -
Will Holt commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris,
You brought up a really good point and I have a follow up question based off of that. At the end you mentioned how your work and personal life are intertwined because of the mobile devices used. Do you see this as a problem because you find yourself involved with work a little more often than you would like or does that align with the…[Read more] - Load More