Business innovation and insights for business leaders from Silicon Valley based business consultant and configuration management expert, Dave Gardner.
What happens if you don’t have product management? In the absence of product management, engineering steps into that role and determines whether or not a product can be created, not whether it should be created.
The Boeing 737 MAX debacle has valuable lessons for your business. There’s little doubt that both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took a major hit on their brand integrity with the 737 MAX. A brand is a representation of quality. While the FAA used to be the gold Read more…
JCPenney declared bankruptcy Friday, May 15th. I wish I could say I hadn’t seen it coming but I have for many years. It had all the excitement of Blockbuster, Kodak, K-Mart, and so many others. Another iconic brand imploding. Sadly, this will have an impact on some of the brand’s Read more…
Innovation and the prehistoric fax, which will survive? Some technologies refuse to die. Fax is one of them. The medical community is big on fax as is the IRS. I’m sure there are other industries, such as banking and brokerage houses. Fax is considered “more secure.” Who doesn’t love seeing faxes Read more…
As we start the new decade on January 1, 2020, you should always be thinking about innovation–doing things that “move the needle” and “make a difference” in your department, your business unit, your company. Let me offer an example. On CBS’s 60 Minutes tonight, there was a fascinating segment called Read more…
Hunter Pence continues to be a San Francisco Giants fan favorite even though he is no longer with the team. His 2018 season with the Giants was less than stellar. I was excited to see an article about Pence’s renewed success with the Texas Rangers given I thought he had Read more…
From Matt Barcomb on Twitter comes this gem of a tweet:: Software Working software Working tested software Working tested deployable software Working tested deployed software Working tested deployed useful software I love these states identified by Matt Barcomb. [Note: I numbered the points for his Twitter post.] Too many companies Read more…
As an author, consultant, and someone who’s been in Silicon Valley for the birth of the most significant changes to industry, of our lifetime, I’ve decided to try another industry disruptor to publish my latest book, “The A La Carte Customer.” Who is this disruptor? It’s called Publishizer.
This past Sunday, I marveled at one 60 Minutes television segment called The unlikely, eccentric inventor turning inedible plant life into fuel for many reasons: Marshall Medoff, despite having no scientific background, set out to solve a scientific problem that has eluded scientists across the globe for a very long Read more…
The criticality of innovation concerns us all. From businesses to personal health, consistent innovation is a must. People diagnosed with certain serious medical maladies today are lucky that they weren’t diagnosed 5, 10, or 20 years ago. Why? Innovation. Constant innovation in medicine promotes better patient outcomes than were possible Read more…