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Digital Transformation - Sweet Spot

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  Different organisation require different approach for leveraging benefits from digital transformation in their evolution. Pure Digitisation leads to expansion of core business to digital platforms. Pure Transformation leads to change in traditional business model to a new type of business model. Combination of executing Digitisation (services and platforms) and Business Transformation (transforming culture and business model) in parallel is less agile and is a challenging task to achieve. However this is the best option, executing either option individually or sequentially will not give the desired outcome.

Post NBN Industries in Australia

Why Telcos are Endangered Species - 2012

 

Interview with Brad Howarth - Australian Innovation and Startups Landscape

As part of our ongoing interviews with CEO's, Media Personalities, Philanthropists, and VC’s, to gauge the innovation and startups landscape in Australia, today we showcase our interview with Freelance Journalist, Public Speaker  Mr Brad Howarth , who writes on Australia’s startup industry, digital marketing, dangers of climate change and other relevant topics in this domain. This is what Brad has to say in a detailed interview with me. Read it here

Digital Transformation - Redifining Industries

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In the ongoing pursuit of exploring how our world is becoming Digitally Transformed and how this is going to impact every industry, I have outlined the following agenda for a view point and a book that is still in the exploration stage. The following agenda outlines the scope for me to explore, write and share my rumblings. I'm keen to get some thoughts and feedback. So please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Update : Updated work on this topic is here

Mobile Megatrends 2012

 

10 Myths about the Mobile Economy

10+1 myths about the mobile economy

Troubled Telco's

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When 7 out of top 12 Telco's are in zone of trouble, then its easy to make out that industry has some challenges to tackle.

GFC - 2 In Making..

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This is what forthcoming GFC - II is about in a single snapshot.

Internet Trends 2011 by Mary Meeker, Partner at KPCB

KPCB Internet Trends 2011 View more presentations from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

How to Qualify Sales Lead and forecast Sales Target

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Sharing my thoughts on how to qualify leads and forecast target. Over the years, I have successfully used the BANT framework across the Waterfall Model of Funnel. Let's look at the stages of Stage 0 (Demand Generation) Inquiry  - via a demand generation campaign like email/social media/webinar etc. or a sales rep. driven I'm not sure how you have got these 22 leads. From here, 22 prospects needs to be qualified along with 3 existing qualified leads to be sure. Stage 1 (Lead Management) Awareness - customer says do I have a problem, root problem /or a symptom of a problem Exit criteria - Marketing Captured Lead (MCL) which is data requests like  decisions makers, address, email, employees and other details of an organisation Stage 2 (Lead Management) Consideration - mean buyers say I have a problem and a need Exit criteria - Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) -  BANT 1 can be used to exit to the next stage  Stage 3  (Lead Management) Engagement  - m

Strategic Analysis - Facebook

Facebook Strategy Analysis - (2004 - 2011)
Thoughts For Nike Strategy - 2010

Cloud Computing For Enterprise IT

Cloud Computing  

Sydney in race to develop first bionic eye

Bionic eye is very close to my heart. I would definitely love to see something in this space. In future I also intend to set up a wiki/website where I will try to put as much information about where people can learn about the developments in this space. More on the developments here [Via Slattery Watch] A Centre for Implantable Bionics is to be established at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and one its first aims is to commercialise a functioning bionic eye. UNSW's Advanced Vision Prosthesis Group has been working on a bionic eye since 1997, and has produced over 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications and filed multiple patents. Other research efforts of the Centre will include trefined bionic hearing devices and artificial heart technologies, and development of electronic stimulation technology. A new leading research chair, the Paul M Trainor Chair in Biomedical Engineering, will be affiliated with the centre and an international search is currently underway for t