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Category: Strategy
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
—Mike Tyson
Category: Strategy
Fixing Blackberry: A Radical Proposal
This is no guarantee, but it just might work.
Platforms and Trends
Have we really entered the Age of the Platform?
Platforms Guarantee Nothing
On the impermanence the Gang of Four.
Platforms and the Death of Synonyms
What happens when everything is a platform?
The Once Unthinkable: You Now Can Ignore Microsoft
You never would have predicted this five years ago.
Platform Lessons From Steve Jobs
Understanding what makes Apple a great company—and a great platform.
Apple and Amazon: Competing Ecosystems
Contrasting two members of the Gang of Four.
Ecosystems, Innovation, and Protecting Platforms
Ecosystems protect platforms; they don’t inoculate them from risk.
Policing the Platform
My HuffPo piece on Apple’s app problem.