Unbundling the Enterprise

APIs, Optionality, and the Science of Happy Accidents

De: Stephen Fishman, Matt McLarty

Narrado por: Ron Butler

Unbundling the Enterprise provides a blueprint for organizations to remain relevant and maximize growth in the digital economy by embracing the flexibility and optionality enabled by APIs.

Drawing on real-world examples of both innovative “digital pirates” and legacy “digital settlers,” authors Stephen Fishman and Matt McLarty articulate strategies to unbundle business capabilities into reusable digital assets. These building blocks can then be rapidly combined and recombined to capitalize on new opportunities and innovations as they emerge. For business and technology leaders, Unbundling the Enterprise provides an actionable methodology to engineer “happy accidents” and sustainable success in turbulent times.

Underpinning their strategy are techniques tailored for digital business, like using APIs to create widespread optionality, designing digital business models focused on value exchange, and optimizing outcomes through tight feedback loops. More than copying the superficial traits of digital pioneers, this book reveals the deeper mindset shift required to continually capitalize on unanticipated opportunities enabled by rapid technology innovation.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

“Unbundling the Enterprise…blew me away. It is a combination of some of my favorite books: Dr. Carliss Baldwin's Design Rules and Eric Evans's Domain Driven Design with the strategic insights akin to Good to Great and Reengineering the Corporation.”—Gene Kim, researcher and bestselling author of The Phoenix Project and Wiring the Winning Organization

Excellent Insights

Excellent insights, very approachable content. Great examples. An easy, relevant read full of practical advice for today’s business and technology leaders.

Timely, thought provoking and implementable

Excellent professional resource and an easy read. This book has great real time examples to learn from and easily transferable information that is implementable. I’m looking forward to taking what I’ve learned and implementing within my professional career.

Perfect blend of business acumen and tech strategy

Fishman and McLarty have told a compelling story of how to maximize potential by weaving together the state of the art in digital product development, options, and economies of scale; powerfully and entertainingly illustrated by the concept of digital pirates. This isn’t a “follow my secret recipe” book; it teaches the mindset to embody which, when diligently exercised, sets the conditions for repeated success through low cost happy accidents in a complex ecosystem. Importantly, it’s backed by a variety of noteworthy real world success stories. As an architect, this resonated well with me, however I recommend this for any leader who drives or influences strategy to level up their organization.