The buzz: “Agility has become arguably the most critical attribute a company needs to remain competitive and relevant” (Tony Klimas, EY). It’s almost 2020 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you anymore.
The buzz: “In God we trust, all others bring data.” (W. Edwards Deming). It’s mid-2019 and your same-old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you anymore. Big news! Data is your most valuable asset, next to your employees.
The buzz: “The mobile revolution is changing the way organizations work, manage their operations as well as engage with their employees” (J.Panchal).
The buzz: “Ecosystems are dynamic and co-evolving communities of diverse actors who create and capture new value through both collaboration and competition" (Deloitte: Business ecosystems come of age).
The buzz: “Psychiatrist to patient, “You’re suffering from a split personality. You’d make a great hybrid cloud" (comics.cloudtweaks.com).
The buzz: “Welcome to the experience economy, where "a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event" (Harvard Business Review quoted on forbes.com).
The buzz: “Before you leave, take a minute to clean” (Kitchen sign).
The buzz: “Products have features. Platforms have communities” (Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT Initiative of the Digital Economy).
The buzz: “To succeed in the long run, businesses need to create and leverage some kind of sustainable competitive edge…strategic advantages will increasingly depend on a shared capacity to make superior judgments and choices.” (sloanreview.mit.
The buzz: “Disruption is one of those words that gets thrown around an awful lot … Today, disruption is often used synonymously with both innovation and transformation.” (Kevin Rands, https://www.cio.
The buzz: “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data” (economist.com). It’s mid-2018 and your old business structures, models and processes will not sustain you.
The buzz: “Operational innovation has been central to some of the greatest success stories in recent business history, including Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Dell” (M. Hammer hbr.org).
The buzz: “Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts” (Tim O'Reilly). It’s 2018.
The buzz: “The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don't react to it decades later. You can't fight innovation” (Ryan Kavanaugh).
The buzz: “Disruption is a process, not an event, and innovations can only be disruptive relative to something else” (Clayton Christensen).