It might be a bit late for 2023 prophecies, since the year has already started. Nevertheless I wanted to share a few thoughts about what interesting things, I think - and to a large extend hope - we will see starting to materialize in the year ahead as part of growing trends, and what the… Continue reading 4 perspectives for 2023
Tag: technology
The right experiments
When you’re experimenting with new technologies and new ways of doing things, make sure that you get the order of sequence right. Don’t fall into the trap of experimenting based on what is easiest from a technology point-of-view. While it may seem like a great idea and a good way to get started and move… Continue reading The right experiments
Tech power to the people
When we talk about the gig economy and using technology to enable great new services for customers, we mostly talk about them from the perspective of the platforms; innovative tech, great user experiences, new business models, regulations - and valuations. Which is exactly why it is so interesting that the table is starting to get… Continue reading Tech power to the people
Muscle is not enough
Ever since I spent a week at a business modelling bootcamp together with - among others - a couple of quite secretive NSA employees, I have been fascinated by lean innovation within the military. Why? Because I can't think of a much bigger - pardon me - clash of philosophies; one is nimble, lean and… Continue reading Muscle is not enough
Understand the root cause
Sometimes you can be so blinded by a specific solution to a problem that you completely forget what the root cause of the problem was. When people are facing challenges of some sort, they seldom jump straight to very specific solutions to the problem. Instead they dwell at the problem for a while - short… Continue reading Understand the root cause
Arghh, it’s good enough
"They will love it, when they see it. And they will realize that this is just what they have been waiting for." Trying to build something for a market that's nascent is super hard on so many levels. Yet, it is also one of those areas where time and time again, I meet founders who… Continue reading Arghh, it’s good enough
Design for the flipside
The events of recent years have shown that with great technology comes great benefit and great risk. Even the best services and tools can be used in ways that have opposite consequences of what was intended. And the risk of the latter happening gets compounded when the genie is out of the bottle; it gets… Continue reading Design for the flipside
Understand the machine
Launching an entirely new research area into machine behaviour as suggested by MIT Media Lab seems like an obvious good idea. Because the more we leave to machines, the better we need to understand the decisions those machines make, the rationale behind them and the impact they will have on our outcomes. Forcing ourselves to… Continue reading Understand the machine