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Philippe MEDA

Since 2007, Philippe has collaborated with hundreds of startups and advised numerous multinational corporations on disruptive innovation strategies. He also teaches MBA courses in Europe and Shanghai.

The P in PESTEL is often mightier than the T

The P in PESTEL is often mightier than the T

While the U.S. Congress is doing whatever, the European Union has reached a comprehensive deal on AI regulation for generative AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. The first key point imposed on the tech sector is about safeguards and exemptions on faces live

Are AR and VR being digested into AI?

Are AR and VR being digested into AI?

Sorry for all the acronyms. The question concerns two highly hyped technologies of these last five years: augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). These technologies have been slowly falling out of the hype train as they still fail to deliver any opposable value to any market (if you disregard

Withings, a sleeping small giant?

Withings, a sleeping small giant?

Withings is a French consumer electronics company that was among the first to explore health and fitness-connected devices in a different way. Beyond creating the first WiFi scale in 2009 and later an FDA-cleared blood pressure monitor, for me, their most remarkable device is their watch. Withings Unveils a Slick

The year Google (starts to) disappear?

The year Google (starts to) disappear?

An interesting link from the venerable Daring Fireball about the perception from within Google of how the company is going, quoting an engineer who worked there for 18 years: Much of these problems with Google today stem from a lack of visionary leadership from Sundar Pichai, and his clear lack

A podcast with No Design (in French)

A podcast with No Design (in French)

I was lucky enough to be invited to chat on the podcast of my good friend Jean-Louis Frechin, who has been one of the leading design figures in France for so many years. The podcast is in French (sorry - not sorry): ‎Le design parmi les gens: Philippe Méda, pilote