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We are ready to roll out Airshow 2.0, a redesigned curriculum for motion-based data presentations. Three years ago, we created the Airshow concept as a study of how stories come alive using data. We drew inspiration from…
Brand (new) theory: Can a well known brand do something new? Must the new thing stand alone? Must it have a new name, a new distribution model? We evaluate BMW’s “i” sub-brand from both a strategic and tactical…
Horace explains why he was wrong about the BMW i3. Also, more Q&A. Source: The Critical Path #173
On this special “in person” edition of the Critical Path, Horace and Anders discuss Apple’s latest product offerings, the iPhone SE and the new 9.7 inch iPad Pro 9.7, and take listener questions via Twitter. Source: The…
We talk finance and other curiosities with Sviatoslav Rosov PhD, CFA, Analyst. Beginning with Henry Ford’s “Old Fashioned Layaway Plan” followed by the launch of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the Certified…
Why is an expert on disruptive technology “worried” about financial innovation? Excerpt from “Chaos Is Hard to Predict” Does technical innovation always end in displacement/ replacement? The professions being challenged…
In Apple’s first 40 years it shipped 1,591,092,250 computers ((including Apple II, Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; excluding Apple Watch, Apple TV and other iPods. Includes Q1 shipments estimated at 63,597,000 Macs,…
The latest episode of Significant Digits is available for download. In One Infinite we loop you in on the last show at the Loop. We expand on the small numbers and condense the big numbers.
Horace and Jim begin with the industry’s rhetorical bubble. We consider the auto eco-system’s atmospherics on auto companions and quickly revert back to the reality of today’s manufacturing practices and industry lead…
How Apple is managed is one of its enduring mysteries. The idea that a company with $235 billion in sales is managed with a single P/L ((Profit and Loss statement is an income statement usually applied for a subset of a…