Comments on: Stack Ranking http://www.nomadicminds.org/jnpr/2008/12/stack-ranking/ The views expressed here are my personal opinions, have not been reviewed or authorized by Juniper Networks and do not necessarily represent the views of Juniper Networks. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: strategy http://www.nomadicminds.org/jnpr/2008/12/stack-ranking/#comment-43 strategy Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:56:34 +0000 http://www.nomadicminds.org/jnpr/?p=112#comment-43 Nice graph. I suggest another similar graph to keep in mind - rank all the people in the entire industry (high tech), as nano-bucketized as possible. Then ask the question - where does the bulk of the people in your organization lie in? The people at the head of the industry (as a group) can engage in risky innovations and still come out immensely profitable (as a group). Sliding down the graph, you have existing products improvement, then product maintenance, and then services. You have to match the right capability with the business activity. Everyone likes to think they are on the top end of the graph. As a manager, you can tell your people that too, but you got to have the honest answer in your head. Nice graph. I suggest another similar graph to keep in mind - rank all the people in the entire industry (high tech), as nano-bucketized as possible. Then ask the question - where does the bulk of the people in your organization lie in?

The people at the head of the industry (as a group) can engage in risky innovations and still come out immensely profitable (as a group). Sliding down the graph, you have existing products improvement, then product maintenance, and then services. You have to match the right capability with the business activity.

Everyone likes to think they are on the top end of the graph. As a manager, you can tell your people that too, but you got to have the honest answer in your head.

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