Published in The Daily PPILL·20 hours agoThe forest vs. the terrarium — The Daily PPILL #103There is a lot of talk lately in the Channel circles about ecosystems. Some think that they are the newest must-have model for any company to succeed. I would argue that the channel has always been an ecosystem. Partners have always used complementary products, and vendors had a variety of…Incentivesinnovation2 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·1 day agoThe Bottleneck — The Daily PPILL #102As you move along your journey, whatever it is, you’ll find an obstacle. In productivity terms, that’s a “bottleneck”, and it is exactly that: a narrowing of your throughput at that point. …Process2 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·2 days agoWhat’s for breakfast? — The Daily PPILL #101I started out this project with the aim of building a daily writing habit. After hitting my 100th article, it feels easier but now other questions start to come to mind. As anybody engaged in any creative endeavor, I am also mindful of the audience, and while I am not…Purpose1 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·5 days agoTwo orders of magnitude — The Daily PPILL #100Did you read that? Today is The Daily PPILL # One f-in hundred! I owe you a big piece of my gratitude. Without the few who have liked and commented my posts, I may have never gotten here. It has been a lot of hard work, and even more of…Leadership2 min read
Published in Coffee Times·6 days agoI (also) started a Daily Blog in five stepsI hesitated a lot before I started my daily writing. Had a lot of questions in my head, all the way from being proficient at writing, being able to dedicate enough time to it, to choosing the right platform to write on. …Writing6 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·6 days agoConversations with ourselves — The Daily PPILL #99Conversations with ourselves — The Daily PPILL #99 You have been forgetting about it for the last two weeks. And it is bugging you. So now you remembered, and you don’t want to forget again. So you email yourself. You send a reminder from today’s You, to Future You. Tomorrow…Leverage1 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·Jun 22Coupe Ambulance — The Daily PPILL #98You know what the Minimum Viable Product is. (If you never heard about it GO HERE) It is fundamental for any startup effort, or even introducing a new product or process. There is a different use for the same thinking though. As the question, What are the minimum set of…Innovation2 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·Jun 21Wife says the darnest things — The Daily PPILL #97If you are a frequent traveler, you have seen it all. Besides the fact that the boarding process is one of the most dreadful steps in getting from point A to B, Airlines also get judged on their on-time departure. A big factor on being able to close the aircraft…Process2 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·Jun 20The bumper sticker — The Daily PPILL #96We have seen it. Someone is driving around with a sticker attached to the back of their vehicle. Sometimes offensive, sometimes funny. We assume that whatever the content is, is something that the driver “stands for”. Some are mass-produced stickers. Some are simple. But others are quite elaborate, custom-developed “campaigns”…Purpose2 min read
Published in The Daily PPILL·Jun 19The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree — The WEEKEND PPILL #1I know what you are thinking. This is not what you signed up for. It was supposed to be one short blog post on weekdays, nothing on weekends, and here comes Huba abusing the system and stacking on top of it. Well, no, but I apologize if this is not…Father3 min read