Understanding why we make predictions with Pierre Wack
Doing the work I do, I’m one of the few professions right now that is not in healthcare and yet is currently swamped with work. Which means, that the Part...
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.
Covid-19 Crisis, A Strategic Analysis – Part 1
I was a bit reluctant to jump in the bandwagon of analyzing the Covid_19 crisis we are all facing. But I’m already doing it anyway for two of our key customers, so I thought I’d share my strategic analysis. This will probably be in 3 parts and this is Part 1.
SoftBank and the problem of Tech investment in Europe
SoftBank recent fails and the imminent arrival of US tech investors in Europe is getting many tech and business journalists excited. I think we shouldn’t be so enthusiastic and rapidly refocus how we see tech investment in Europe.
Dark kitchens: from software to physical cloud
Innovation trends such as « dark kitchens » in food delivery business, might seems far away from your market. You might actually not realize how they paint a target on your industry’s back.
My 2017 innovation radar vs. Benedict Evans’ 2020 tech assessment
Forecasts about technology might actually see where tech is going, but more importantly they put into light the underlying key cycles in society and the industry.
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.
The Logic of Uber’s IPO
Uber is intended to hit the stock market at a valuation of $82.4bn. Here’s a few things to keep in mind: The target valuation was initially $100bn, but since Lyft...
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.
My Innovation Radar 2018 – Part 3, Chic and Mortar Retail
We have all witnessed how digital has transformed the retail market all across the planet. At first e-commerce, then Amazon and Alibaba platforms, then even more new entrants, more recently...
My Innovation radar 2018 — Part 2, Platforms’ Dark Patterns
We discussed on the previous article the idea of the weak singularity, where all connected devices tend to be harvested by a few massive platforms, as a global sensor network...
My Innovation Radar for 2018 — Part 1, The Weak Singularity
As I did mid-year 2017, I will start today a discussion on what I have on my innovation radar. This is what I believe will shape both B2B and B2C...