We tend to view disruptions singularly. For example, we look at the tragedy of 9/11 as a singular socially and culturally disruptive event that changed the direction of the United States and the world. But yet there were technology disruptions that were necessary to allowing that to happen. When it comes to how we...
Read more →There are a number of reasons why companies fail and close like fraud, lawsuits, shifting markets, changes in government regulations, and many others. One of the key reasons, though it isn’t always identified as such, is the inability to spot, think through, and prepare for technology disruptions. Last week as I browsed through the...
Read more →We are constantly getting hammered by new technologies – smart phones, social media, analytics, customer management systems, data visualization, etc. These technologies are all disrupting our status quo. But how do you identify a technology as disruptive and are these same technologies emergent too? Last week I presented on disruptive technologies at the Naval...
Read more →Below is my research agenda for the rest of 2011. I haven’t focused on publishing research and instead have been focused on putting in the foundational aspects for Altimeter to be an amazing company. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing interviews and research, just have not been publishing much of it. Research is...
Read more →In speaking to a few clients and non-clients recently about the impact of disruptive technologies, one thing has become clear – business models being disrupted by shifts in technology is the new normal. Whether you are part of manufacturing multi-national, a government agency, or a SMB in a developing country, your business model is...
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