2. We offer exactly the same services
other boutique consulting firms do…
3. Counsel on strategy
Marketing and innovation support
1:1 coaching for executives
Organizational development
Briefings on business/technology trends
Independent research services
15. Clausewitz and Sun Tzu
Al Ries’ Positioning
Porter’s five forces
Carlotta Perez’s theories
Drucker and Peters
Scrum and agile
Blitzkrieg, Boyd and OODA
Eli Goldratt’s The Goal
Lean startups
Taleb’s Antifragility
Chesbrough’s Open Innovation
Christensen’s Disruption models
Yes, even villain du jour Frederick Taylor!
…and use many models, old and new…
17. …(not even our own)
“TEMPO is one of the most insightful and original
books on decision-making I’ve ever read…”
– Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human
“An uncannily accurate analysis of our choice-making
behaviors”
– David Allen, author of GETTING THINGS DONE
“Tempo is a highly original and engaging book…In a
world where timing is increasingly central to
success…an essential read…for everyone.”
– John Hagel, co-author of THE POWER OF PULL
18. And we can operate with just ONE principal
Venkatesh Rao
• PhD, Aerospace Engineering (Systems and Control), U. Michigan, 2003
• Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Xerox Innovation Group, 2006-2010
• AFOSR postdoc research at Cornell, 2004-2006
• First employee at Sulekha.com, 1999-2000
19. because we can call on a brain trust of unusual
people that’s been growing since 2007
20. …to go beyond our own thinking…
The
Gervais
Principle
The Milo
Criterion
The Gollum
Effect
The Locust
Economy
A Brief History
of the
Corporation:
1600-2100
Entrepreneurs
are the New
Labor
21. …and draw on the most creative
contemporary social and business thinking…
25. …and though some clients do decide our
approach isn’t for them…
Client Name Withheld
“I have enough mixed
feelings about it that any
endorsement couldn't be
a whole-hearted one”
26. …when we do succeed, our clients
say things like…
27. Venkat was able to apply some of his unique
analysis frameworks to our specific opportunities
and present some deep and thoughtful strategies for
us to consider as our market grows and matures.
We had Venkat present these results widely within
our sales and leadership team which has been
valuable in helping us frame our coming year.
-- Scott Regan, Apigee.
28. [Venkat] has a fantastic ability to create dialogue in
areas that are complicated but in need of discussion
and is painfully honest - a much needed and very
refreshing attribute.
His work/time ratio is nothing short of
phenomenal, creating in -depth results in a matter
of hours.
-- Mat Jackson, Live-Mapp.
29. So if you or your organization
need to get unstuck…