Hard, Lean and Gritty
To bring the right product to the right market at the right time, startup entrepreneurs need to get hard, lean, and gritty
Formulate Change: A+V+B+P
Ampersand’s work over 30 years isolated four necessary elements to compel organizations to change: Angst + Vision + Belief + Plan. Together they must exceed the cost of Change. Do the math. AVBP works.
The Value of Design
Boost your Return on Innovation: demonstrate the value of growth by design.
After You
Survival as individuals made us a selfish beast. We wake and think of ourselves first, others second. Inbred narcissism plagues our relationships. But we can overcome our nature. Learn to put your customer first.
The Sixth Wave
The future is already here. Welcome to the age of data, the eon of aeon.
The Fifth Wave: Free Markets
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of the economists.
~ Ludwig von Mises
The Fourth Wave: Freedom
From time immemorial, our forbears lived under the boot of another. A monarch, a chieftain, a sheik. All overlords take power by force, and impose authority by violence. Might makes wrong. #TimesUp!
The Third Wave: Taming Nature
Humanity harnessed nature to elevate our condition and prepare for the fourth wave.
The Second Wave: Mathematics
As a second form of language, numbers allow us to understand our world and share that knowledge in a perfect symbology that transcends time
The First Wave: Language
Human ingenuity grants us boundless opportunity. Whether we apply it to the ongoing rise of our species, or fall, remains to be seen. Explore the first wave of social innovation—human language.
