The Critical Path

Moisés Chiullan returns to join Horace Dediu in a discussion of the film "The Interview". Could the unique circumstances surrounding this film spur a renaissance in content creation in Hollywood?

Horace outlines his work at The Clayton Christensen Institute and sets out a number of topics for upcoming shows. We also revisit YouTube and the art of self promotion.

Turning our focus back to "Jobs to be Done" theory, we look at how producers can exceed consumers and the role of the focus group from the "Jobs to be Done" viewpoint. We examine "Jobs to be Done" as an essential core of the product process. Where does this kind of thinking belong in an organization? Should we be redefining what being "the best" means? We close with a discussion about the "Job to be Done" of social media and how it might relate to the seven deadly sins.

Having reached $700 billion we ask whether $1 trillion is an achievable valuation for Apple. We also discuss why this is not at all interesting. Also, the future of banking.

How does an organization's structure, resource allocation and measurement dictate it's capabilities? Horace and Anders discuss Amazon's AWS business in comparison to their traditional online retail business and the Apple and Google strategies.

Apple's Services business is growing by leaps and bounds. How much of that can be attributed to iCloud? Horace and Anders consider how big the iCloud business is for Apple, as well as Apple's recent stock price rise in this "rolling show" on the way to the airport.

Horace and Anders discuss Apple Watch pricing, Consumerism and Planned Obsolescence. In the closing segment Horace presents a new dichotomy of company values.

We talk about Samsung, Apple Pay (vs. CurrentC) and Xiaomi.

We go over Apple’s last earnings report. Is significant growth conceivable for the next quarter? Plus the new iMac and the end of visible pixels.

On the October 2014 iPad and iMac event. Where and when are the iPad killer apps going to come out?