Archive for November, 2008
New Mindset for New Game Highlights New Tasks Performed in New Organization Which Develops New Shared Mindset
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It really felt like a turning point when I read that thoughtful industry veteran Buzz Wurzer’s first item on his 16 Point Checklist for Newspaper Publishers was:
I would fire myself as Publisher and rehire myself as CEO, Local (Your Market) Information Utility
It was nice to see this coming from a respected [...]
New Game requires New Mindset
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When I started this blog over seven months ago, I focused on mindset, as I had the sense that a completely new game was beginning:
Newspaper executives from around the world are trying to implement new business models. However, it is hard to implement a new model with an old mindset. Many are trying [...]
Learnings from API Summit
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Many have asked about the significance of last week’s API Summit. As a participant, I was greatly informed by sitting in the room, and seeing what messages API was trying to send to the industry, after years of their Newspaper Next work. In addition, I was overwhelmed by the response to my first [...]
API Summit
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I am still trying to decompress from a week of travel, ending in the API Summit today in Reston, VA. I plan to offer thoughts, when rested, to put the Summit into context, but Mark Potts did not need recovery time, he just let us have it:
The liveblog of the meeting has attracted [...]
