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Applying the Minimum Viable Replacement to EVs and more!
Five key concepts critical to understanding why people and organizations adopt new technologies, and how to minimize adoption barriers
Jul 21
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Kevin Mireles
Why the 1% is the 80%
Stop treating your largest customers as if they're just a single segment. Given the level of customization and uncertainty, each one probably needs to…
Jul 7
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Kevin Mireles
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June 2025
AI is just another form of modernization
How to apply economics, psychology and real-world experience to AI Adoption
Jun 20
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Kevin Mireles
Forget the 80/20 rule. Focus on the .001%.
Why? We live in a world of Hyper Paretoism, where Walmart is 12.4M times larger than the average US business and the richest 1% control 40% of the…
Jun 3
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Kevin Mireles
May 2025
Why is it quick wins so often lead to slow death?
The push for quick wins often comes at the cost of longer-term success, so why do we keep thoughtlessly pursuing them
May 22
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A lie exposed!
Real product companies are sales driven!
May 15
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Kevin Mireles
The Minimum Viable Replacement Framework: A new approach to replacing old systems
What I learned from burning through $20M of FedEx's money, and how you can avoid your initiative from turning into an exploding watermelon
May 3
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Kevin Mireles
What is the team cohesion & performance like?
Are they a high-performing team, or an entirely new team with no track record?
May 1
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Kevin Mireles
April 2025
Has the technology been proven to scale?
If it hasn't been proven to scale, assume it will fail!
Apr 27
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Kevin Mireles
Is the Technology Proven?
Until the technology has been proven it's risk that needs to be managed
Apr 27
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Kevin Mireles
Identify and solve the hardest problems first, so you can plan and architect correctly
Has the team identified and solved the hardest problems that need to be solved from a scalability, flexibility, complexity, uncertainty, etc…
Apr 24
System Customizations: Do you know what they are, and/or who they are for?
How well documented are the customizations?
Apr 24
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Kevin Mireles
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