Real transformation begins with the question “What can we do now that we couldn’t do before?”
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Real transformation begins with the question “What can we do now that we couldn’t do before?” Whilst significant value can be gained by...
David Wicks
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Surviving and Thriving in the Digital Media Age: Views from leaders of pathfinder businesses.
Before babies learn to reach, grab, sit-up or crawl, they begin exploring the world by turning their head to look. Vision provides...
David Wicks
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Digital Media Innovation through Design Sprint
To survive and thrive in the emerging Digital Media World, businesses must adapt and evolve through continuous innovation. A proven...
David Wicks
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Surviving and Thriving in an emerging Digital Media World: 4 Secrets to Success
Initiatives in product innovation fail for many reasons: product and process development cycles run too long, causing teams to lose...
David Wicks
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Surviving and Thriving in an emerging Digital Media World: 3 Classic Mistakes
As a leader of a media business, you are very aware that a massive market shift is now well underway. You probably have teams focused on...
David Wicks
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Mass media is giving way to mass personalisation and there is no going back.
In June and July 2007, two revolutionary products were unleashed on an unsuspecting world. The launch of the iPhone and iPlayer...
David Wicks
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The solution is in everyone’s hands.
In a growing software business that is struggling to deliver, engineering must take corrective action. But what does the rest of the...
David Wicks
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Slow is Smooth … Smooth is Fast
Seals understand that, in the heat of battle, speed is of the essence. They also know that this doesn’t come from a focus on speed but...
David Wicks
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Steer away from the hidden CUSP between Success and Failure
In my last post, I described how a ‘black hole’ can consume a rapidly growing tech business. At the epicentre is an ever-increasing...
David Wicks
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Is a black hole growing in your business?
The tech company you founded has achieved the start-up dream. It’s created a highly innovative solution attracting a stampede of...
David Wicks
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Do you sometimes dream you could drive like Lewis Hamilton?
Do you sometimes dream you could drive like Lewis Hamilton? Gas pedal to the floor, breaking late to overtake, hitting the apex, then...
David Wicks
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Delivering is the easy part, right?
Imagine a world where Amazon Prime took weeks to deliver, where the Premier League produced only a handful of goals each weekend. Worst...
David Wicks
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Scaling at the right time
Like a pilot, the founder needs to complete pre-flight checks before accelerating down the runway to rapid growth. Otherwise, when...
David Wicks
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How do we Solve the Talent Crisis?
I recently had the pleasure of presenting a different approach to finding and attracting top tech talent at the TEDx Coventry Rebooted...
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