The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Not to mention, the acceleration of innovation - a WSJ article recently cited a McKinsey study that had suggested 10 years of innovation was compressed into a 3 month window - has created opportunities that were not practical just a year ago. Is brick-and-mortar retail dead? Are cities dead? Is cash dead? These are less useful.

Airlines 52

Airlines Retail C++ Transportation 52

The Agile Manager

MAY 31, 2020

A small merchant wanting to do more business digitally didn't have the balance sheet to finance development of digital capabilities, let alone drive consumer behavior change to use those capabilities. Airlines and large industrial firms are national champions and governments have a history of rescuing their champions.

Airlines 52

Airlines Government Hardware Technology 52

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Each is a new take on an old theme, echoing one part of the contradiction that has riddled every business with a captive technology department: we want to minimize how much we spend on IT, and we want IT to be a source of innovation. Fashion magazines are launching electronic retail sites. Nor should they on a technology utility.

Ecommerce 45

Ecommerce Social Media Retail Airlines 45

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 20, 2019

Let's take an example of retail as a domain of interest. One way to create a Spotify model inspired engineering organisation is to organise long-lived squads by retail business process hubs - i.e. specialisation around business process. It is one of the ways you can organise your engineering teams in a retail environment.

Engineering 61

Engineering Retail Airlines Healthcare 61

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2016

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Retail Social Media Airlines 40

The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2015

Suppose that the operating company is in a firefight for market share, where the primary weapons are customer-facing technology (as is happening in retail, entertainment, and, to a lesser extent, airlines - all of which have capital intensive asset-cos side-by-side with cash generative op-cos.).

Airlines 40

Airlines Entertainment Retail Efficiency 40