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At the Intersection of Business, Technology & Culture
Digital Transformation in the Process Plant Industries (New Report)
Late last year, I keynoted a customer event hosted by AVEVA, a leading global provider of engineering and industrial software (now, newly merged with Schneider
Digitization vs Digitalization vs Digital Transformation
Many people use the terms digitalization, digitalization and digital transformation interchangeably. But I believe the differences among these three terms amount to more than just
AVEVA World Summit – Digital Transformation Keynote (Full Video & Slides)
Last month, I kicked off AVEVA World Summit 2017 with my ‘Digital Revolutionaries’ keynote. This one had it all: exponential change, digital disruption, technological innovations,
CEGOC Business Transformation Summit – Digital Transformation Keynote (Full Video)
Late last year, I had the pleasure of making my first trip to Lisbon as a guest of training company CEGOC, who was hosting their
Telia Connect2Business – Digital Transformation Keynote (Full Video)
Last week I had the opportunity to deliver the closing keynote at Telia’s Connect2Business customer conference in Stockholm. Telia streamed the entire event live and you
What VR Is Today — and What It Needs to Become
With full-immersive virtual reality headsets arriving in homes, HTC Vive (the system that has beat Facebook’s Oculus out of the gate due to Rift component
Look Beyond Virtual Reality’s Hype… and Its Haters
Long-time virtual world-watcher Wagner James Au believes you’re not missing much if you’re missing the point of all the recent virtual reality hype. This is
Will Holoportation Revolutionize the Way We Work?
My love affair with the virtual office began more than a decade ago, but truly blossomed in 2007 when I became a partner at the
What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Real Stupidity
You may already know the short, sordid story of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence called ‘Tay.’ Modeled to speak like a teen girl, in an effort to
A Vision for the Future of Content (#IntelContent Talk Highlights)
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at the eighth annual (and newly revamped) Intelligent Content Conference. I spoke about content
Love Your Haters Redux (2007)
Every now and then, I stumble upon a timeless concept that remains relevant for years after I first blogged about it. The idea of loving
50 Questions to Spark Strategic Innovation
I believe that strategy is change and I know that change can be hard — but getting started shouldn’t be. You just need to be
What Amazon Dash Tells Us About the Future of Shopping – and the Future of Marketing
When Amazon announced Dash — a series of branded smart buttons that will allow Prime members to simply press to replenish popular packaged goods as supply
What’s Not to Like About Facebook’s Content Play?
By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Facebook is in talks with a select set of media companies about the possibility of publishing their
What is Digital Transformation, Really?
Everyone’s talking about ‘digital transformation’. C-suites and boards list it among their top 2015 priorities. Newly minted experts abound. Big consultancies have launched dedicated practice
The Discovery of Water
Marshall McLuhan once pointed out that “Fish did not discover water,” going on to explain that, “in fact, because they are completely immersed in it, they
White Collar Robots
“Technology gets better, cheaper and faster at a rate biology can’t match.” – C.G.P. Grey If you’re interested in the ways automation (aka robots) will affect
Digital Is the Answer. Now What’s the Question?
In early 2007, I wrote a piece for Mediapost about the need for brand marketers to become video content makers. It began, There’s an old advertising
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