Author Archives: Phyllis Ezop

In late January 2013, roughly six months after Marissa Mayer became CEO, she said she’d take Yahoo back to its roots. In my newsletter back then, I wrote that Mayer was saying it right, since back to basics can often … Continue reading →

As I wrote previously in my newsletter article about paper versus digital, there is still room for the older way of doing things as long as the older way continues to offer advantages.  And, we see more and more indications … Continue reading →

Issues aren’t always clearly black and white. When there’s disagreement about an issue, sometimes both sides can have merit despite their opposing viewpoints. It depends on the situation or on the purpose for which something is used. This is the … Continue reading →

Human intervention needs to be integrated with data analytics. As I’ve written before, the technical skills of a data scientist are not enough. So it’s interesting to see how the data analytics article in the latest issue of Harvard Business … Continue reading →

Disruptive innovation can be a serious threat in today’s era of rapid change. Yet, it’s easy to overreact when potential disruption looms. I’ve blogged previously about the danger of panicked responses to potential disruption, a post I wrote in late … Continue reading →