Dear younger self, I am writing this letter to you from the future. I know this sounds unbelievable, but please trust me and read this letter carefully. It could save us all from a terrible fate. You are currently working on a project to create a super-intelligent toaster, using a chip that can store and […]
Author: Bruce Ensha
“Don’t go into solution-mode just yet!” A developer may hear this a lot. The fact is, like everything else around us in the world, when faced with a challenge, we try to provide a solution. This “Solution Mode” is our way of short cutting into the “How” by skipping the “What”. So, a good Product […]
Behind the scenes of the consulting world, a lot of effort goes into defining the boundary of the service or project at hand. This is to make sure both client and consulting firm are on the same page on in-scope and out-of-scope items. For this purpose, every single agency has their own standard set of […]
I want to be convinced!
Business cases are tricky matters. Specially within the multi-layered ecosystem of an enterprise organisation where competing for budget is the hot game. In some corporations, competition is so intense that huge amounts of energy and resources go toward winning the budget over other departments. This is at the expense of ending up with silos and […]
Your “why” should always come before your “what” and “how”. Simon Sinek taught us that with his “Start With The Why – The Golden Circle” concept. But how do we actually go about finding the underpinning reason? Trying to properly answer this “why” can easily become a philosophical and profound question. Asking Why There are […]
Every day during busy lunch hours at a fast food chain (I leave you to select your favourite), there is a very loud process, however more notably there is also smooth absolute operational excellence. But how “can we know”? Well, we can see. We see the delivered output, i.e. number of customers served, the frequency […]
If you are into innovation, you appreciate that every cutting-edge project started as an experiment. But in today’s disruptive and uncertain market, what does it take to prove your business will justify its claims to your head of department? How will you ensure that the business and your digital ecosystem will get its value soon? […]