Nat Sones

Strategy Director at #strategy, #differentiation, #positioning, #portfolio and #proposition #alignment. And snacks.

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Interesting piece on the shift from reactive to #predictive technology and the central role of #AI in that change, from Splunk. We're all familiar with the general overview, but interesting to see from the perspective of an emergin…https://t.co/52xfiV70WS https://t.co/XBZqgLEUZg

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On this spookiest of business days, a link to share on one of the best writers the horror medium has ever brought forth, Shirley Jackson. Her last words seem particularly apt, for the age of destruction that we appear to be amid, where existential questio…https://t.co/ebotmcNcZO

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Rarely have I said 'testify' to an article more than with this by JP Hanson, via Ryan Wallman.

I've been frustrated by obsession with #purpose for ages, so it is heartening to read this. There's a perniciousness to this concept t…https://t.co/pELS6ry0bt https://t.co/0GMHeNfUbU

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Gosh this looks fun. Two organisations based on the same philosophy, in a sense, of construction, infinite variety from simple patterns, working together. How lovely. And they both go for ALL CAPS which I like as well. #LEGO #IKEA…https://t.co/vwY9LF9sfs https://t.co/yuertLO4oc

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Actually a very good illustration (haha) of the challenge of not understanding that time really only moves in a specific way, and that you can't cheat it past a certain point. Just as true at a strategy level. As a counter to that: sometimes the best thin…https://t.co/nMRKSXR4Ns

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Agree with @theleanapps and @RolandRust here but have long believed that the most pernicious word in any c-level is the O - Officer. It implies a pyramid-shaped, mid-20th Century business model, stasis of culture, and the fixed mindset (that 'occupies an…https://t.co/R9y1HCsSH6

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Forgue. 

#elonmusk #ford https://t.co/z04ngWgHIw https://t.co/nqP7otFg1M

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Why is this still something that's under debate? If you're efficient, you use less, by definition. Astonishing this is still something that needs pointing out. #Sustainability, #efficiency and #productivity aren't just linked. They're the SAME. Or should…https://t.co/cB0CYSuE6w

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Uncommon sense. Mary Barra's simplification of dress code exposes team and culture gaps, skewed gender perspectives - and more importantly, closes those gaps. #GM #culture  https://t.co/IX1fla3uJR

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#Amazon disrupting an industry is not news but the degree to which banking is potentially hit by this is extraordinary. Every level, every function, with every edge banks (and niche fintechs) enjoy up for grabs. I'd like air travel to be next, please Jeff…https://t.co/hbIZfm7AST

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@gssahni thanks for this - a strong, simplified model of how economics, environment, society and technology can be converged and rethought. Note the emphasis not on growth for growth's sake (in the end, reductive, as there's really only so much room or re…https://t.co/kKPO0P3PcV

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I really hope this is genuine. Good old bots, giving us something to laugh at until they take over. #bots https://t.co/J1P8n1LF0H

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thanks @nigewillson for this share on #AI by #EY. 

The #talent question in AI (as in every other area of frontline tech - is of course just part of it; the real heart is people, not just as 'talent' and #culture, but as a species. 

Talent and culture is…https://t.co/ix2Ao3UhkZ

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Hey article writers: let's start less articles with '[subject I'd like to punt/only thing I can think about/thing I can't shut up about] is everything'. It's very lazy and as near as possible, completely incorrect.

Communication is everything.

Clarit…https://t.co/w92vLFTbZ2

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Hey article writers: let's start less articles with '[subject I'd like to punt/only thing I can think about/thing I can't shut up about] is everything'. It's very lazy and as near as possible, completely incorrect. 

Communication…https://t.co/LyO8HzwdrO https://t.co/CuPPDc8Pfd

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The new #Surface Hub looks astonishing. I don't normally 'shout out' for technology per se - but this is a beautiful creation and could be a way to qualitatively change the nature of #work, making it more immediate, empathetic and…https://t.co/ecWSN6EU4v https://t.co/ebsnNx0WGb

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Some thinking on how to #IT vendors can (start) empathising with #manufacturers in a world changed by additive assembly methods, fast-cycle #innovation, #nanomaterials and pressured, nonlinear #supplychain. Insert everything else - IoT, Blockchain and all…https://t.co/pY0Fyd85Ep

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The old snake and butterfly approach to #transformation. Do you want only to do more of the same, but better? Or do you want to change your core?  https://t.co/DDH57K9N3r

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If you're a #technology business engaging #keyaccounts in banking, how do you think, act and talk? Like you, or like #financialservices leaders themselves? A few thoughts here on why the latter strategy pays off. Empathy, alignment, all that jazz: it only…https://t.co/HJHC7vUN49

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We exist in bad times for company naming. There are reasons for it of course, but most of these things are driven by habit, herding, and lemmingism. Some trends in the attached still current, sigh.

I long for the days when literal…https://t.co/JSSaC0ztS2 https://t.co/DQx2X8Regd