COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Thu Mar 19 10:56:58 UTC 2020

On 18/Mar/20 17:40, Keith Medcalf wrote:

> Yes, it is generally an USian problem.  While I cannot speak to its
> prevelance in the US I can attest to the fact that USians try to bring
> this philosophy with them were ever they go and that such thinking has
> to be repelled with large bats.

No country, business or business model is immune, anywhere around the world.

In this new economy, your competitor is anyone, anywhere, with an idea
and an Internet connection.

So take heart - this won't be unique to America :-).

>
> I have had to deal with such things several times and my response is
> quite simple:  My name will not be associated in any way with that
> stupidity other than complete opposition to it.  If you want me to sign
> off on it, then I will not.  And if you decide to do it anyway then do
> not ask me to have anything to do with the mess that ensues because the
> only action you will get from me is "told you so -- you made your bed
> now go sleep in it".
>
> Generally the encroachment of ill-conceived plans is staved off until
> the resistant retire leaving the inmates in charge of the asylum.

The kids today don't care about your job title, how many degrees,
masters or PhD's you obtained to get there, the name of your company
(unless it rhymes with an app they adore), if you or your company are
famous, or whether you make thousands, millions or billions. All they
care about is if you give them value.

Businesses with product-based models that try to stay relevant through
cost-cutting and "focused sales" will be undone by unassuming
"pretenders" who know how to harness technology to deliver value to a
customer that lives thousands of miles away, in another land; the kinds
of "pretenders" who are not interested in stamping their authority or
superiority on a market.

The world has changed. Adapt or die :-).

Mark.