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arnoldkwong7
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Aliens May Be Closer in the Mirror Than They Appear - Part 2
In our last post, we explained that Alien Invasion is not just a local phenomenon, it’s global. This post focuses on an Alien Invasion in...
arnoldkwong7
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Counter Attack – Defending Against Alien Invasions
EkaLore’s releases have discussed Alien Invasions, devastating market entries by companies with Money, Know-How/Tech, and resources. This...
arnoldkwong7
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Winning Against Aliens Part 3
Pfizer vs. Moderna et. al This is the third in a series of posts about using superior expertise to blunt the effects of an Alien...
arnoldkwong7
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Why Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine is a Business Success
Today we’ll all take in the news that Covid-19 boosters will become available to most adults in the USA. Pfizer will celebrate a business...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Amazon — Advancing its quest to vacuum your revenue
Our last Back Of The Envelope focused on Amazon’s money. Today we look at Amazon from an operational perspective. Amazon is striving to...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Back of the Envelope - Post #1
Relentlessly oversimplifying in search of a bigger truth Are 1,000,000 Containers for Amazon clogging logistics? Is Amazon responsible...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 20, 20211 min read
It's Covered #5 — Recommendation Recap
This series of posts started with recommendations for senior management to make small adjustments to provide better early warning of...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 19, 20211 min read
It’s Covered 4 — Agents of Change – Project Tunnel Vision
In our first three posts, we highlighted changes big and small that have slowed the expected early warning and countermeasures that...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 18, 20211 min read
It's Covered #3– Little Things that Derail Enterprise Early Warning Flow
In our last post, we talked about the big changes that are shutting down the early warning system that enterprises assume and expect to...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 15, 20211 min read
It's Covered #2 — Slower Warnings
Our last post described actions needed to address potential leadership blind spots. This post covers why the traditional intra-company...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 14, 20211 min read
It’s Covered – Why Enterprises Don’t see Disruptions Coming
When asked how they plan to deal with serious disruption, enterprises (large and small) confidently tell bankers, colleagues, and...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 5, 20212 min read
The Spreadsheets That Still Won’t Die- Part 3
This is the third post in our series. The first covered the general problem, the second what management can do to address it. Today’s...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 5, 20211 min read
The Spreadsheets that Still Won’t Die — Part 2
This is the second post in our series. The first described the general problem, this one focuses on actions management can take, the next...
arnoldkwong7
Oct 1, 20212 min read
The Spreadsheets That Still Won’t Die
EkaLore has posted multiple times about spreadsheets that wouldn’t die. Spreadsheets created to solve an immediate need (e.g. new price...
arnoldkwong7
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Ugly Ducklings #5 - Harvesting Data Value
In our previous posts we explained that data lurking in your enterprise may have unrealized value. Then we described a few actions that...
arnoldkwong7
Aug 13, 20211 min read
Ugly Ducklings - Apply Compute Power to Old Records
Another way to extract value from curated, expensively stored, legacy data. The previous Ugly Duckling piece highlighted monetizing data...
Arnold Kwong
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Ugly Ducklings - 3
Distribute Legacy Data to Reap Gains In our last post, we discussed the unrealized value in the enterprise data. This post expands on...
Arnold Kwong
Aug 5, 20211 min read
Ugly Ducklings 2 — Hidden from View
The key question is: Why is valuable data lurking in the shadows? Often the applications that curated lurking data drive operations,...
arnoldkwong7
Aug 3, 20212 min read
Ugly Ducklings – Discovering Value in Older Data
Unrealized value in the expensive data lurking in your Enterprise (The corporate equivalent of the dark web) In our previous post,...
arnoldkwong7
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Reconsidering "Sustainability"
When you hear the word “Sustainability” what comes to mind? The word “sustainability” produces images of windmills, solar farms, and...
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