Inside information about a range of high impact leadership and communications topics - Thomas Otter

Thomas Otter

Thomas Otter

I'm a venture capitalist at Acadian Ventures, investing in the future of work.

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Rhinos and Enterprise Product Management. The Really Hot Interesting New Opportunity. Advice for Product Managers.

A chat with James Governor about HIPPOs caused me to search fruitlessly for a post that I knew I...
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AI kool-aid consumption: naivety and hubris?

The ability of AI technology and automation to discriminate at scale is well documented. Just this...
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Product demo advice from Delia and Nat.

Recently I saw two product demos. Both were about 15 minutes long, but they were very different....
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Doing the podcast/webcast/video thingy. With Jason Averbook.

I was an early adopter of podcasts. Craig Cmehil and I experimented with it back in the days of the...
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Microsoft do this very well. So should you. #MSBuild

I spent some time this evening watching the Microsoft build event, mainly James Phillips’ session...
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On niche specialization

I have spent most of my career working at, and analysing mega-vendors. Portfolios, markets, pricing...
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It’s all about the data

We have heard from many analysts that this is HR’s moment to shine. For HRTECH vendors too, this is...
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Tech: Let’s follow and support, but not lead.

Yesterday I wrote about the need for HRTECH vendors (and users) to be cautious about building and...
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