Expand to see inline the other posts in Fundamental Shifts» The release of the Shift Index from the Deloitte Center for the Edge is an excellent occasion to come back on the foundations of the various Shifts that are currently redefining the way businesses have to operate.
The core digital infrastructure technologies (Computing, Storage, Networking) are …
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Core Digital Infrastructure Technologies improve exponentially without stabilizing
The cost of interactions between individuals has fallen to zero
Expand to see inline the other posts in Fundamental Shifts» This will be a short and to the point post. I have sought to explain how this blog is (kind of) organized (see here). In the process, I have changed a bit the organization, and have now to comply with it :) So let me …
Return on Attention is a key metric in a world of Attention Scarcity
Expand to see inline the other posts in Strategic Shifts» Attention is increasing in relative scarcity (as explained in details in a previous post), and what is scarce is valuable. While any product, service or other activity costs attention to both the consumer and producer, attention is becoming increasingly valuable. It is hence essential to …
Pace of change is accelerating: what if there is no equilibrium?
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Gist: The historical pattern of change has been one of disruptive changes followed by stabilization periods — punctuated equilibrium. The Equilibrium paradigm is the most used by executives, strategists, etc. Even in a punctuated equilibrium paradigm, there is a reversion to equilibrium after disruption, …
Consuprise 2: Combine consumer and entreprise markets to multiply network effects
Expand to see inline the other posts in Strategic Shifts» How can web start-ups use the enterprise market to make inroads in the consumer market(s) they target? By playing at the edge, and using the enterprise market to strategically dominate competitors in the consumer market eventually targeted. The revenue streams created in the process (detailed …
Umair Haque speaking in Stockholm
Umair Haque, which is fast becoming a reference, has been speaking at the Daytona conference. You can watch him in a very high quality video below.
Though a lot of the material has been shared on his blog, I’ve taken some screenshots and a few notes of the slides while watching, if you can’t spend the hour …
Remarkable beats excellent
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Gist: In a world of information abundance, the most difficult step is not to be excellent at what you do, but to be noticed. Any entity that is good enough and noticed will dominate the excellent but unremarked one. This MP is obvious for …
Cognitive Biases series: Disjunction effects
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Gist
When people do not know with certainty if an event A will occur or not, and if they have to make a decision based on event A occurring, then they may postpone their decision until they know with certainty if A has occurred, even if …
These are Schumpeterian times, don’t look ahead for the same old past
If you don’t know your Schumpeter, now is the moment to delve into his works. I echoed before about the broad Schumpeterian moment under way across a wide range of industries. What we are witnessing here is pure creative destruction at play, crystallized in a couple of defining years (08–09).
That’s also why I will step …
Attention scarcity is deeply reshaping businesses
Expand to see inline the other posts in Fundamental Shifts» Attention is fast becoming one of the scarcest resources, so one of the most valuable as well
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate …
by Julien Le Nestour