Origen: #Bonilista El proyecto de software peor gestionado de la Historia El equipo trabajaba 60-80 horas a la semana, sin descansar ni siquiera sábados o domingos. Algunos desarrolladores programaban durante 16 horas seguidas, dormían bajo su escritorio y volvían a trabajar sin pasar por casa. Muchos empleados se separaron de sus parejas. Era habitual ver [...]
#mustread from: Startup Lessons Learned Overall hiring remote is about four things: - being able to hire the best possible people independent of where they (or you) are - optimizing for the quality of life - tuning your personal performance - having long-term team retention …(imho) what most people are missing… is not the costs… [...]
Origen: Why do digital health startups keep failing? Digital health products need to appeal not just to individual consumers but to a complicated landscape of stakeholders–from doctors and patients to regulators and insurers–all of whom have a say in whether a new technology is adopted. Products, especially those considered medical devices, may take years of [...]
Engelbart: It was the very first time the world had ever seen a mouse, seen outline processing, seen hypertext, seen mixed text and graphics, seen real-time videoconferencing. … van Dam: At the time, I had been working with Ted Nelson on our first hypertext system with a team of three part-time undergraduates. We were working [...]
Origen: How Apple, Google, and Microsoft stack up in education technology: Hardware, software, and deployment | ZDNet With Apple re-emphasizing its push for the education market with its new iPad and software updates, it's worth examining how the company stacks up with Google and Microsoft. Here's a look at the core pitches as well [...]
Leyendo esta mañana @strategyzer he recordado que citaba el otro día a Luis Martin, de Barrabes Biz, quien en una presentación de APD promovida por KPMG nos contaba sobre la necesisdad de transformacion (digital) de la PYME. No puedo estar más de acuerdo, aunque no puedo dejar de pensar lo inconcreto y complejo que resulta 😉 [...]
Origen: 6 Different Team Effectiveness Models to Understand Your Team Better 1. Rubin, Plovnick, and Fry's GRPI Model of Team Effectiveness 2. The Katzenbach and Smith Model The T7 Model of Team Effectiveness The LaFasto and Larson Model The Hackman Model of Team Effectiveness The Lencioni Model
by @benthompsonBen via @exponentialview Source: The difference between a platform and an aggregator (video) | Philip Elmer‑DeWitt As explained by Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, there is another divide between different types of platforms, with some more conducive to supply-side (labour) empowerment than others. In Thompson’s framework, “aggregators” are focused on providing their customers with a standardised [...]
Origen: Strategic Options for Mature Products | Roman Pichler Option 1: Extend the Product Life Cycle A number of techniques can help you make an ageing product attractive again including enhancing its capabilities and adding new features. Take the iPhone as an example. Apple has made considerable changes to the products throughout its life: it [...]
Origen: The agile manager | McKinsey & Company Today’s agile organizations are building on these ideas (for more on the shift underway, see sidebar, “The agile revolution”). The squad leader is now a part of an agile matrix, where the value-creation, or tribe, leaders provide constant direction and prioritization around where the value is, and [...]