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.
Strategy
An interesting controversy started two days ago when the latest Apple ad promoting their new iPad model raised hell from... pretty much everyone. The video is the kind of high production value we're accustomed to with Apple, and it shows a huge hydraulic press crunching together musical instruments,
Newsletter
In this series, I will share the nine key insights I deeply believe you should be aware of to drive any business into our short-term and yet very volatile future...
Technology
For the next few weeks, I'm taking up the challenge of explaining all the mechanisms at play that lead a technological invention to become an innovation in the market. Which is probably more difficult than what physicists do when they try to explain the universe : )
Hot Takes
If you still need to understand what a platform is, look no further than Tesla's announcement regarding its supercharger network. Other automakers recently licensed the use for it. Tesla is slowing its deployment. Tesla Axes Most of Supercharger Team in Blow to Other AutomakersTesla Inc. eliminated almost its
Culture
When discussing innovation (changing the market), it's often overlooked that your brand will hold you back, sometimes drastically. A brand embodies your market's tacit and explicit expectations about what you deliver. If in doubt about it, or even if you don't know how much
Technology
For the next few weeks, I'm taking up the challenge of explaining all the mechanisms at play that lead a technological invention to become an innovation in the market. Which is probably more difficult than what physicists do when they try to explain the universe : )
AI
In a recent interview with Dwarkesh Patel, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the mother of all bottlenecks when on how AI could sustain its explosive market progression: energy. 📖Here's the transcript of the video, rewritten just a tad to make it more legible (all italics and bolds are me emphasizing
Hot Takes
I'm still trying to process the core reason why the recent Apple Vision Pro doesn't sit well with me as a product, as a platform, or as a strategic move for such a massive behemoth of a business Apple has become. A few days ago, I
Strategy
Mark Zuckerberg has just announced a strategic shift for its VR headset as an open platform to whatever he thinks the metaverse could be. By licensing its Horizon OS to hardware manufacturers like Lenovo and Asus, collaborating with Xbox for a gaming-focused Quest, or accelerating the development of a spatial
Hot Takes
A few weeks ago, I was interested in how U.S. tech journalists were dealing with the EU's finally imposing significant sanctions on digital 'gatekeeper' companies. In this debate, John Grubber, one of my long-time favorite American bloggers, discussing Apple, was seemingly outraged. Two key points
Weak Signals
While the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has supported national startups with $5.5 billion since 2015 to try and reboot this historically sluggish sector, their current outputs have been anything but satisfying. And if a few tech startups like Anduril Industries have thrived, Pentagon bureaucracy still ends up
Culture
In January 2009, Tim Cook, at the time Acting Apple CEO, was laying off his doctrine during Apple's first Earnings Call of the year: We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products, and that’s not changing. We’re constantly focusing