Scroll: Can digital media get away from ads?
Ads are both a boon and a problem for digital media groups. Today Vox Media launches an alternative business model worth considering.
Shaping digital
Although deepfakes might be discussed a lot these days, we might not realize that a deeper level the digital economy is shaped so that we don’t distinguish information from promotion anymore.
My perspectives on the future of digital economy in 42 bullet-points
I have been doing a lot of work on the future of digital economy for various multinationals these last months. Part of the work is to map the key driving...
The US just forced China to commit to full digital sovereignty
I’m in Vietnam right now and don’t have a lot of time to share my thoughts and a thorough analysis. I just want to pin that down for further reference:...
How to Feed Digital Monkeys (a discusssion on Status as a Service)
Eugene WEI wrote a reference article on social network business as « Status as a Service ». This is an important read. Here’s why:
Hema Market, the Full ‘Digital is Over’ Experience
For the last ten years I’ve been in China at least once a year. As such, there is no way I consider myself an expert with deep understanding of this market. No, what I have now is a long string of snapshots, flowing together in an accelerated vision of how this market is evolving.
Interview – A digital intrapreneur breaking silos at Airbus
For this first in the series of interviews of Transformation Leaders, I interviewed, at Airbus’ Leadership University, Laurent Fradin, Digital Transformation Leader, from the newly created Digital Transformation Office at...
Digital is Over for Europe, Now What?
This is a discussion replaying my last keynote about digital markets in Europe, why ‘digital is over’, and why Europe still has many options to leapfrog the US and (maybe) fend of China as much as possible.
Digital Is Over Keynote
Tomorrow I'll be giving a keynote on why digital is "over" and what does it mean both for incumbents and the next wave of businesses in Europe. It will be...
Retail needs a digital wake-up call, but not the one you’re thinking about
I was offering in a previous article that like electricity, digital is over. That extends to your point of sales: the store is not going to be more digital.
Digital is over
Many companies are still investing a lot of time and money to play catch up and embark in the digital revolution. The only problem is that in 2018 digital is over. Digital is like electricity. It’s always on, pervasive, low cost and no one brags about being an electric business anymore.
Business Models of Digital Markets / part 1
I'm giving a 2 days course on the business models of digital markets, for the Master students in Digital Marketing of the International University of Monaco. As a preview, this are...
La révolution digitale au point de vente
J'ai découvert ce week-end cette présentation de l'agence Nurun, qui parle du revival du code-barre. L'idée n'est pas très nouvelle, mais elle me semble de plus en plus transformable en...
Retrograde analysis, a tool and a mindset to deal with high uncertainty
In this article we’re going to discuss retrograde analysis, scouting portfolio, optionality and retooling your innovation program to adapt to a high uncertainty market.
Covid-19 Crisis, PESTEL Predictions – Part 2
The second part of my Covid-19 crisis analysis, with my predictions on the key changes businesses will have to face in the next 3 years in terms of politics, economy, social, techno en environmental drivers.
Designing an online MBA class
A short article to describe a few of the key principles I sometimes learnt the hard way, to design an online training for executives.
1-hour online clinics on strategy and leadership
I was a bit careful with this information, but I believe that this week most of us will understand that there is no return of our business as usual until...
Mentoring Design
Still view mentoring as a nice-to-have HR career dev tool? Take another look and see how mentoring design can serve your strategy.