02May
Coronavirus: Blockchain at the rescue?
A Blockchain-based add-on can increase the value of Coronavirus contact-tracing apps and other smartphone software. It may concern you.
01May
COVID-19 Gives Manufacturing CIOs Unique OT Learning Opportunity
In my recent blog posts on why CIO’s need to get over the OT/IT divide, I explained why failure to address the IT/OT divide was going to doom manufacturers’ Digital Transformation efforts. I promised to provide insight as to how CIO’s can start breaking down the wall between IT and the OT centric parts of…
22Apr
Business Shock Recovery Requires Re-thinking
I’ve seen increasing discussion over the past week-plus about the effects of COVID-19 as a “shock” to business, rather than an interruption of the type around which most firms build disaster response and recovery (DRR) plans. I think that “shock” is a perfect term. And I think that business management software (e.g., ERP) and managed…
14Apr
The New Normal For Supply Chains
COVID-19 pandemic reveals how globalization can both spread a virus and cripple supply chains People have been trading goods across vast distances for millennia. The Silk Road and Timbuktu’s trans-Saharan caravan are two examples. Now globalization describes capability, opportunity, scale and speed for production and distribution of goods. That are specialized, manufactured and delivered just-in-time.…
27Mar
Hands Free…No More Gloves!
U Can’t Touch This –Hammer How we live, work, play, pray, travel, socialize, manage, think, and govern are all changing. Many of these changes will persist for years or decades after this COVID-19 crisis passes. Many of these changes will be innovative and disruptive, inspiring and uplifting—others, neutral, discomforting or depressing. Urgent coronavirus-pandemic — interim…
26Mar
Surviving Hard Times For Independent Analysts
Some form of this post is going to make it into a book I am writing titled Curmudgeon: How to Succeed as an Industry Analyst. I had a good start on the book before talking with Gene Kim shortly after he sold Tripwire to Belkin in December 2014. Gene encouraged me to to put Curmudgeon…
24Mar
Connect the DOTS for Covid-19 workforce risk
Your business continuity plan did not foresee the true impact on the workforce of a pandemic. Now what? Leaders of businesses and other entities that continue to operate through the pandemic must take charge now with a tactical plan of attack to protect the workforce while also maintaining productivity. To manage Covid-19 workforce risks: Consult…
17Mar
Contrarian COVID-19 Advice for Manufacturers
The novel coronavirus which causes the disease called COVID-19, the outbreak of which the WHO has elevated to a pandemic is affecting every single aspect of life in both developed and undeveloped nations. Whether the economic fallout of the pandemic is widespread regional recessions, a global recession, or even results in depression, manufacturing, and asset-intensive…
13Mar
A3E Research Take 5: The COVID-19 Pandemic & the Music Industry
The Event The current health crisis due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a considerable impact on public events. As of today, the following events have been canceled or postponed: COVID-19’s Greatest Hits. Given that the revenue model for music industry artists has shifted to streaming + live performance model, the cancellation of these…
07Mar
New coronavirus: Italy at war
There are scary lessons to be learned from the terrible threat Italy is facing. The US and other nations better listen. Time to get ready is running out much quicker than you think.