Nilofer Merchant: February 2006 Archives
Here you’ll find a collection of blog entries published during the month of Nilofer Merchant: February 2006.
Lose the Judgment; Focus on Learning
By Nilofer Merchant on February 28, 2006
My son, who is two and a half now learned to walk just shortly before his first year birthday. About on schedule as the books suggest. What I find interesting in his learning process is this. At 9 months, he…
Playdough, anyone?
By Nilofer Merchant on February 27, 2006
In our offices, we have playdough. Yes, you read it right. Playdough. When I asked my assistant to get some playdough, she thought she had heard wrong. (It could have been I was mumbling, too). But I wanted to leave…
Making a Better Widget isn’t a Competitive Strategy
By Nilofer Merchant on February 24, 2006
During my day job, I help both start-ups and billion-dollar tech companies pick market niches and position themselves to compete successfully no matter what size. Most of them start with a competitive mindset that is something like “we make…
To state the obvious, perhaps?
By Nilofer Merchant on February 23, 2006
Doesn’t it seem like all of us folks are “living” more of our lives online. Starting with job hunting or house hunting, learning what technology companies are doing, reading the best thinking by the WSJ or finding BusinessWeek insights online,…