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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Report 📄

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Report 📄

Our Mobility-as-a-Service Report (MaaS) commissioned by the French National Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME [https://www.ademe.fr/en]) and the General for Infrastructure, Transport, and the Sea (DGITM [https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/direction-generale-des-infrastructures-des-transports-et-mer-dgitm] ) is now available. It was researched and produced with my friends Julien de Labaca [http:

How Samsung Lost China

How Samsung Lost China

While being the uncontested leader in 2014, by 2020, Samsung had lost China entirely. From an 18% market share of the Chinese mobile phone market in 2014 to a measly 2% in 2018, by 2020, Samsung had virtually disappeared from the Chinese mainland market. What went wrong, and why should

end of global market paradigm

Facing the end of the global market paradigm?

The global market paradigm is unraveling as we speak. While the US is slowly acknowledging that, no matter the metrics you’ll want to consider, they will be second to China within the next ten years; the rest of the world is already adjusting. Mapping the different national strategies to

Covid-19 - innovation copilots

Covid-19 Crisis, Embracing turbulent times? – Part 3

As a follow-up to my series of articles on the Covid-19 crisis I’d like to share a few ideas on what corporations could do to adjust and embrace turbulent times. Now, a few words of warning. I generally dislike these kinds of discussion because they end up giving advice

china - innovation copilots

How China innovation culture deeply differs from ours

Sharing a great quote fished by Nicolas COLIN [https://europeanstraits.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-a-new-china?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDEzNTgwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzU1MzgsIl8iOiJVZExHYiIsImlhdCI6MTU4NjkzNzE4OCwiZXhwIjoxNTg2OTQwNzg4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTc1MDMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.o7LCeOxbH2IvtUDeTkX1NRAdGeOretFOmQOssSbYbgY] on how China innovation culture compares to America (and the West). When ‘normal’ means the world is in flux, adapting to it is an on-going process of problem resolution. The

Understanding why we make predictions with Pierre Wack

Understanding why we make predictions with Pierre Wack

One of the most critical videos you can watch about managing uncertainty is one of the very few recorded interventions of the brilliant Pierre WACK. He was one of the (mostly) unknown heroes who single-handedly reinvented the business forecast discipline in the eighties with his scenario-planning approach. What do you

Covid-19 - innovation copilots

Covid-19 Crisis, A Strategic Analysis – Part 1

The Covid-19 crisis is probably just blooming as we speak. It might be a bit early or just callous to already seek opportunities. But it could be useful to understand the nature of this unprecedented crisis and prepare for what’s to come. But if only, this can also provide