Dateline: January 19, 2018 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Balancing innovation and cybersecurity can be a challenge. Product design prioritization means that that difficult decisions have to be made about what to include in the design, and often cybersecurity is not above the cut line. Recently, TechTarget interviewed Alissa … [Read more...]
Is Blockchain for You?
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Dateline: March 24, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin that allows information shared on a network to be coordinated, secure and current, is taking innovative thinkers in industries outside of financial services by storm. Recently consultants from Oliver Wyman's energy practice published an … [Read more...]
Ten Technology Trends for 2017 According to Gartner
December 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 23, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. As the year draws to a close, we begin to see predictions about technologies and trends for next year. So today we share the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 which are grouped into three themes: Intelligence, Digital and Mesh. The 10 trends are: … [Read more...]
Using Data for Your Customer’s Journey
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Dateline: September 23, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last week, this blog shared an article about using big data to create customer value. This week, we continue on that theme by sharing another HBR blog about How One Company Used Data to Rethink the Customer Journey. SAS executive, Adele Sweetwood told the story of the SAS … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Changes How We Will Hold Meetings
March 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 18, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week, I've been at SXSW Interactive scouting out innovative ideas and identifying trends. SXSWi celebrated it's 30 anniversary this year, and the conference was as overwhelming as ever with hundreds of sessions, speakers, and events to attend over a 5 day period. One trend … [Read more...]
Process Reengineering with Machine Algorithms
March 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 11, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Optimizing business processes, or reengineering. as it was called back in the early 1990s when it was made famous by my former colleague Dr. Michael Hammer, is back in vogue again, but with a twist. In a Harvard Business Review article, Companies are Reimagining Business … [Read more...]
The New Innovation Agenda
February 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: February 26, 2016 For many firms, the innovation agenda is now as much about human capital investment as delivering new products and services. Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Innovating is the new life breath of most organizations...Innovate or fade into oblivion seems to be the mantra. How do successful companies keep the … [Read more...]
This Is The Year To Focus On Innovation, Not Operations
January 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 22, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. CIOs who cling to an operational role could find themselves marginalized in the coming years, whereas those who focus on innovation could attain new heights. That is how CIO.com interpreted the findings of a report published by industry research firm, IDC. The report, "The … [Read more...]
