Capabilities of the Networked Society – available and on-demand
This is my fifth post in a series about mastering the six new assets in the Networked Society. I started with a review of the assets that played a central role when the industrialization started a few...
View ArticleIs the Tesla Powerwall home battery really that disruptive?
The big news in the tech world this week was Tesla announcing the Powerwall – a home battery to store electricity. There has been a lot of buzz around this announcement, with many claiming that it is a...
View ArticleCan Code Conference live up to its history and hype?
The year was 2013: Lyft was brand new, Google Glass was hot, and he Networked Society blog team was at the AllThingsD event in California. It was only two years ago, but in a disruptive and fast-moving...
View ArticleA conversation about Code Conference – from gender diversity to virtual reality
It’s the end of three great days of discussions here at Code Conference, and there’s been a lot to digest. To help me wade through it all, I grabbed my colleague Jennifer Neuner, based in Silicon...
View ArticleIt’s time: The value of diversity and inclusion in the Networked Society
When we talk about the Networked Society we normally talk about the outputs – the benefits that flow from disrupting and transforming established business, economic, and social models. And when we...
View ArticleThree drivers of industry disruption
Three big trends are combining to accelerate the pace of disruption. For entrepreneurs across the globe, the time to test new ideas has never been better. From hotels to cabs to cars, the disruptors...
View ArticleIs your industry about to be disrupted?
Four warning signs indicate that the answer is far more likely to be “yes” than “no”. Executives should revisit some of the warning signs outlined by former Harvard Business School professor Shoshana...
View ArticleThe consumer is dead. Long live the user!
The essence of industrialization was to automate the production of things, which in turn brought about the industrialization of people, changing work and workplaces. People went from producing their...
View ArticleImplementing change is like driving on the long road to Hana
With disruptive market changes, it is easy to think change will come as a major turn on the business highway. But while it might be true that market shifts are disruptive, the way businesses execute...
View ArticleTales of transforming cities
The fifth report in our Future of Commerce and Consumption report series, The Tale of Two Transforming Cities, depicts two cities that are redefining themselves through ICT and entrepreneurship. In the...
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