In this the Second part of my Conversation about Objectives and Strategy, I focus on three models.

Competitive Analysis from Michael Porter

The Boston Consulting Group Matrix, and

The McKinsey Growth Pyramid

These provide frameworks for initially evaluating corporate strategy. I hope you find them helpful. Thank you for joining the Conversation.

In this Conversation, I have briefly reviewed the current status of the Android operating system with the help of two articles from CNET which you can find here.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20012566-251/the-android-era-from-g1-to-ice-cream-sandwich-and-beyond/?tag=mncol;3n

In this conversation I discuss how to get started in Podcasting. I cover content, hardware, software, tips and tricks, promotion and recommend some great sites to find detailed videos and guides on how to Podcast. This is a round up and a guide to point you in the right direction. My particular thanks to Podcast Answer Man at www.podcastanswerman.com, the Podcastguy at http://www.thepodcastguy.com/ and Jason van Orden for his excellent step by step guide which is at http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/00-podcast-tutorial-four-ps.htm

In this Conversation I give my assessment of the significance of the patent wars currently going on in the smart phone market. My blog post shows a great info graphic by George Kokkinidis which shows who is suing whom. You can find George's info graphic at http://news.designlanguage.com/post/1473307539

In this Conversation, I am using my Wednesday Site slot to introduce Pat Flynn from the Smart Passive Income website, blog and podcast. Pat has created content of the very highest calibre. I recommend his resources page, his podcast (iTunes), his How to eBook free download, his blog posts and archive, his Niche Site Duel (how to set one up) and nearly 40 How To videos. You can find all this at http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/

This Eye Piece introduces the Business Generation Model which is available as an instructive book, a iPad application in the form of the Business Model Toolbox and a pdf The Business Model Canvas for brainstorming. So three in one. I am finding it a stimulating methodology for thinking about business modelling and I hope you will too.

Their website is http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com

Thank you for joining the Conversation

My daily Scoop.it summary drew my attention to this blog post by Marcus Taylor, co-author of the book Get Noticed and head of social media at SEOptimise. You can find the post at David Armano’s blog Logic + Emotion. David is EVP, Global Innovation & Integration at Edelman Digital.

In this conversation, I discuss my content strategy for the Six Minute Strategist website and blog. I cover my objectives and schedule, the structure of my blog, including my ambitions for a revamped social media section, entitled Social Media Junction. I discuss my audio content - A Conversation with the Six Minute Strategist and my aim to start to provide video content. Finally I cover the issues of links to third party sites and magnetisation. I hope you enjoy the Conversation!

This is a bit of fun for today. Here are two personality tests - very simple and quick to complete. The first matches you to a sports car. The second identifies whether you are a Talent, a Lifer or a Mandarin. All is explained with in. Back to the more serious stuff tomorrow! Enjoy.