Jun 2Member-onlyManaging Technology Change in an OrganizationIntroduction In today’s fast-paced business environment, managing technology change is essential for organizations to stay competitive. However, effectively aligning business priorities with technology initiatives can be a complex task. To navigate this challenge, companies can leverage a combination of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), business workflow mapping, and project management. …Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Apr 24AI’s Inevitable Slowdown: Separating Fact from FictionArtificial Intelligence (AI) has experienced a meteoric rise in the past few years, with breakthroughs in various areas, including image recognition, natural language processing, and autonomous systems. However, as with any technology, there is a limit to how far AI can progress. …AI4 min readAI4 min read
Published inInsiderFinance Wire·Nov 25, 2022TIPS — Why they are terriblePrimer on TIPS I’ll assume you’re familiar with US treasury bonds already; basically; you lend money and you get back a coupon regularly. At the end of the loan you get the lent money back. TIPS stand for Treasury Inflation-Protected Security. The rationale for the security is baked into the name. A TIPS…Inflation5 min readInflation5 min read
Nov 9, 2022Been laid off? Work in tech? Read thisThis can be a really traumatic experience for anyone going through a layoff in an economy that is rapidly deteriorating. …4 min read4 min read
Published inInsiderFinance Wire·Nov 9, 2022High performing organizational structuresNOTE: Cheat sheet at the bottom Early in my career I questioned the validity of most big org structure changes. They felt too distant and that they weren’t going to impact individual contributors. The purpose, I presumed, was to give promotions to in-favor people; and to sideline those out-of-favor. …Organizational Culture8 min readOrganizational Culture8 min read
Published inDataDrivenInvestor·Oct 14, 2022Payments OverviewWherever you go in the world you can generally walk into a store and electronically pay for something. The ease of these interactions belie the complexity hidden beneath. Paying with a voucher? Paying with Visa or Mastercard? Tapping your Apple Watch? Paying via Venmo? Paying with Bitcoin? The goal of…Payments8 min readPayments8 min read
Published inInsiderFinance Wire·Aug 12, 2022Member-onlyPlatforms as a Business Strategy“The Amazon of”, “The Facebook of”, “The Google of”. In the 2010s this was a popular way to frame your fledgling start-up as you raise money from investors. By 2020 it had become apparent to investors that some of these businesses are very expensive to try to compete with. As…Fintech12 min readFintech12 min read
Published inInsiderFinance Wire·Jul 28, 2022The 5 Ways FinTechs Make MoneyIn 2021 FinTech companies received over $200B in funding (source). That is a big sum, though FinTech is a nebulous concept so we have to apply healthy cynicism to any numbers we see. Neobanks, Payment processors, Investment portals, de-fi, etc. …Fintech17 min readFintech17 min read
Jun 1, 2022Member-onlyInvesting in Enterprise Technology over the next 2–3 yearsI’ve had the dubious honor of owning application onboarding end-to-end for one large enterprise, and been some part of application onboarding at 3 other firms. These experiences have covered both the nuts and bolts of onboarding boring technology, to partnering with niche start-ups where we can take an equity stake…Enterprise Technology9 min readEnterprise Technology9 min read
Apr 25, 2022Emotional ResilienceNote: this is based on the awesome work of Jonny Miller (Curious Humans) & Jan Chipchase (Studio D). They have a whole wiki dedicated to these concepts here: https://resilient.wiki/. Credit: the graphics are from their materials. Our state of being evolves during a normal day. You can think of stress…Resilience3 min readResilience3 min read
