| Complexity Avalanche: Overcoming the Threat to Technology Adoption |  | Author: J.B. Wood
Publisher: Point B Inc
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Pages: 200
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0984213007
Dewey Decimal Number: 338
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Publication Date: October 19, 2009
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Most customers struggle to keep up, and usually settle for far less value than they could (and should) get from their purchases. A new business model for the tech industry is needed one that requires radically different thinking about the future of services, sales, R&D priorities, and how companies create shareholder value. This new way of doing business views the use of the product as the beginning of a journey with a customer, not the end. The growing consumption gap caused by the avalanche of complexity that these companies have unleashed on their customers is undermining feature-based differentiation as a competitive advantage. Results-based differentiation actually measured by customers may be the next Big Thing in tech. Complexity Avalanche offers technology companies a roadmap for moving to this next level of services. This is not a book strictly for service executives, but for every executive whose company builds, sells, or supports technology.
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 Hitting on all cylinders March 12, 2010
K. Schneider (Plano, TX USA)
Wood's assessment of the gap between what technical functionality we can provide users with, and what they can actually use, is an accurate starting point and foundation for the entire book. The corporate focus of high tech companies must shift to provide appropriate value-add services that enable people to get the most out of the technology delivered. The book is a comprehensive look as the problem and the solution, with supporting real-world scenarios and data to support his assertions.
 An insightful, very readable book on a key business subject November 14, 2009
Russ Foster (San Jose, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. It is at once (1) an impassioned argument for making service a more key and integral part of a technology company's total offering, (2) a presentation of some very interesting research on the current and projected state of the service art and its potential positive impact on the bottom line and (3) a clever piece of collateral literature for recruiting members for the technology service professionals' trade association (TSIA), of which the author is President.
I may not be the optimal reviewer for this book, for I'm not a service professional. Some of those folks may chime in with dissenting views. I am, however, an operations manager for a niche microwave test equipment and components manufacturer that still manufactures in Silicon Valley. I was looking for information on operating an organized and responsive product service function conducted not in a dedicated customer service group but in manufacturing, since we have the people most experienced in making the products and all of the expensive ATE to do the job. I didn't find the answer to that specific question but did find some extremely valuable insights into the more global importance of service to a so-called "product" company like ours.
I rank this book with Moore's "Crossing the Chasm" and close to Christensen's "The Innovators Dilemma" as my favorite recent reads on technology business.
BTW, IMHO the book contains a bewildering array of acronyms and appreviations that I had to look up multiple times in the index. For this reason ONLY, I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. It should be shipped with a (large) book mark, on which the dozens of acronyms and appreviations are defined for quick reference. Or, perhaps it just requires a sharper reader than I. HTH. LOL.
Food for Thought April 18, 2010
E. Parker (Dallas, TX)
Wood did a general good job of getting his point across about a consumption gap around technology and thought behind solving it. Not all of his concepts are ground breaking as they can be seen as variations of past theory. For example, marginal utility in economics could be seen as a long standing theory behind what Wood presents at the consumption gap. His presentation of Days to Repurchase (DTR) was a good reminder, but not new. There were a couple of gaps like Service Science. I had to go elsewhere to find a more detailed explanation around current thoughts of this topic.
All in all, Wood put up a pretty good offering that is definitely worth a read. Just know that you will come across a couple of topics that he does not fully flesh out.
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