4. ‘industry chaos’: our reality 🤯
“We need to rethink our strategy of hoping the
Internet will just go away.”
advances in technology lowered barriers to entry
8. TRADITIONAL INCUMBENTS
& BIG TECH
START-UPS /
INDIVIDUALS
SCALED DIGITAL PUBLISHERS
competition from all sides 😱
… and billions of other
social media accounts
12. ex.
how Group
Nine puts our
audience first
Mobile First
Community
Tailor Made
Insightful
Tapping into passions and creating communities.
Tailoring the content we serve for the behaviors we see.
Using our insights to make content for someone, not just for everyone.
It means going to where our audience lives.
13. Mobile First
Community
Tailor Made
Insightful
Tapping into passions and creating communities.
Tailoring the content we serve for the behaviors we see.
Using our insights to make content for someone, not just for everyone.
It means going to where our audience lives.
operational
complexity
14. 02balance art
and science
Data should inform - not dictate - decisions
Don’t undervalue intuition
Creativity is a strategic advantage
15. “When the anecdotes and the data
disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.
There is something wrong with the way
that you are measuring it”
Jeff Bezos
16. 03be prepared
to go first
Uncertain landscapes means irregular but
meaningful pockets of opportunity
Be set up to capture outsized value
17. Be able to operationalize new opportunities
without massive structural lifts
LEAN INFRASTRUCTURE
able to scale where it matters
Be ready to adapt the short-term plan
when industry shifts
FLEXIBLE STRATEGY
that can adapt when opportunity arises
be set up to capture value quickly and efficiently
NORTH STAR
LONG TERM VISION
20. FIND A
BALANCE
how to stay focused
and grow? 🤔
BALANCE ART AND SCIENCE
BE PREPARED TO GO FIRST
STAND FOR SOMETHING
GO TO CONSUMERS balance &
optimize what you can
control
remain agile enough to
react to what you can’t