http://www.simonwaldman.net Thought it. Read it. Saw it. Heard it. Loved it. Did it. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.simonwaldman.net/2011/10/james-burkes-connections-from-a-cup-of-tea-to-a-rocket/#comment-604 waldo Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:56:29 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/?p=265#comment-604 Something about filling a thermos flask with rocket fuel... Something about filling a thermos flask with rocket fuel…

]]> http://www.simonwaldman.net/2011/10/james-burkes-connections-from-a-cup-of-tea-to-a-rocket/#comment-602 Lloyd Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:27:52 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/?p=265#comment-602 My problem is I fear I *still* don't understand it. My problem is I fear I *still* don’t understand it.

]]> http://www.simonwaldman.net/2011/09/a-checklist-who-is-ripe-for-disruption/#comment-205 waldo Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:25:57 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/?p=135#comment-205 Yes - agree. If you, ahem, read my, ahem, book - [currently very reasonably priced at Amazon] you'll see I gush quite profusely about how IBM reinvented itself.. Yes – agree. If you, ahem, read my, ahem, book – [currently very reasonably priced at Amazon] you’ll see I gush quite profusely about how IBM reinvented itself..

]]> http://www.simonwaldman.net/2011/09/a-checklist-who-is-ripe-for-disruption/#comment-204 Ian Betteridge Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:15:50 +0000 http://www.simonwaldman.net/?p=135#comment-204 Altogether very good stuff. Not entirely sure though that it's fair to mention IBM here, as it's successfully reinvented itself on a couple of occasions - mainframes -> PCs to today's software n services. Although they have an image of exactly the kind of actions that you describe, they've also somehow managed to take actions which open up new markets while retaining old ones. Altogether very good stuff. Not entirely sure though that it’s fair to mention IBM here, as it’s successfully reinvented itself on a couple of occasions – mainframes -> PCs to today’s software n services. Although they have an image of exactly the kind of actions that you describe, they’ve also somehow managed to take actions which open up new markets while retaining old ones.

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