I was on a plane the other day and was quite amused to hear my neighbour, a fairly senior executive in his early 40s, suggest that his company (in fact, his industry) was actually protected from disruption. The industry in question was Insurance and the player in...
I’ve been known to start off conversations by saying: The more digital you become, the less digital you will want to be. #DigitalIQ Click To Tweet Most Gen Y don’t agree with me; Gen Z typically frown at the thought; and Baby Boomers tend to split down the...
I recently spoke on a panel, invited by Bernie J Mitchell, about the future of blogging, with marvelous co-panelists Katie King and Lucy Hall, and moderated by Andy Bargery. The questions and flow of the conversation led to several key conclusions. First, blogging is...
I should have known that Cluj, the second largest city in Romania, was going to provide a few digital surprises. And it didn’t fail me. First off, the entrepreneurial driver from the airport immediately volunteered to tether Internet access through his own...
I think you’d agree that access to the Internet has become second nature these days. When you check in at the hotel, receptionists know to indicate the wifi login even before telling where the gym or lifts are located or when breakfast is served. When a friend...
Short Term: Mobile and Retail Mobile technologies will completely transform the world of retail in the very short term. If I can walk in to a store, be immediately recognised by beacon and my existing account data, a whole lot of interesting things can happen. Combine...