Leadership and management
Great Engineers Don’t Always Become Great Managers
What hundreds of interviews with engineers in Israel, the US, India, Japan and Europe taught me about the move into management.
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AI and organizations
AI Doesn’t Change Organizations, It Exposes Them
AI rarely gets stuck for lack of data. It gets stuck for lack of shared definitions. Why AI is first a management revolution, and the first step every leadership team should take.
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Leadership and systems thinking
The Real Competitive Advantage of Tech Companies Isn’t the Technology
You can copy technology. It is much harder to copy an organization that makes systemic decisions.
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Technology transfer
Five Minutes: What a Cup of Tea Taught Me About Technology Transfer
The same words can carry entirely different meanings across cultures. Why technology transfers fail, and how to transfer knowledge, not just equipment.
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Global expansion
Local Production Is No Longer a Bonus. It Is a Requirement
Customers in defense, aerospace and infrastructure now ask where a product will be made, not only whether it is good. What that means for Israeli technology companies.
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Supply chain
One Supplier Can Stop a Whole Company
Single-source dependence is not always a mistake. The problem starts when it is not identified, not managed and not on the leadership’s table.
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