The Digital Leader: A Big Bets Briefing on Strategy and AI

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The Most Dangerous Question in Innovation and Growth
Steve Jobs loved ideas, and loved making stuff, he treated the process of creativity with a rare and a wonderful reverence. You see, I think he better…
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AI Won't Deliver Substantial Value —Until You Rethink the Problem
Like lemmings listening to the pied piper of AI, it’s far too easy to follow the enticing AI music over a cliff. What does this AI music sound like?Look…
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Your BIG BET is going great. Until suddenly, it's not.
Pressure Test for BIG BET Success
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Amazon Says "Game On" with AWS AI Response
Breaking Analysis from John Rossman. OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft and Google Cloud were all having a pretty good Thanksgiving. They were WINNING. And then…
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Ford's Existential Risk: Don't Wait. Act As If
Be early in developing your Big Bet Portfolio. What Scared Ford’s CEO in China: Jim Farley is changing strategy to combat what he calls an ‘existential…
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From Guesswork to Greatness: Building a Reliable Innovation Engine
Do We Develop a System for Innovation or Just Have Hope?
Winter is Coming: Game of Thrones & Big Bet Leadership
Game of Thrones & Big Bet Leadership --- In the epic HBO series “Game of Thrones”, the warning “Winter is Coming” signals an impending catastrophe far…
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You Play to Win the Game. Hello!
In sports, life and business - embrace this truth. There’s something fundamentally honest in Herm Edwards’ infamous rant: “You play to win the game…
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The All-In Podcast on Thinking Clearly, Debates and Memos -- Big Bet Style
Rewire Your Brain by Working in Memos. Like many of you, I’m a fan of the All-In Podcast. Fast-paced, debate-oriented, divergent opinions welcome…
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Innovation and the Great American Pastime
Strategies and Techniques for Change Agents, Strategists, and Innovators
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"It Nevers Ends Well" -- Howard Schultz on Starbucks and The Innovators Dilemma
"They lose the ability to be on offense. And the worst thing that a company can do, like a sports team, is start playing defense because you're afraid…
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Lex Fridman and Jeff Bezos Discuss "Crisp Documents & Messy Meetings"
As you likely know, Jeff Bezos was a guest on the Lex Friedman Podcast. In it, they discuss not just how writing out memos is a different way to work…
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