by Rachel Winstead April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 It’s no secret that digital disruptions are changing the way we live and work. What isn’t so clear is how digital disruption will start to affect small boutiques as online sales steadily increase. Does the small boutique stand a chance against larger competitors? Understanding Digital Disruption When … Continue reading Digital Disruption and the Fate of Small Business Marketing
by Gord Hotchkiss, Featured Contributor, (February 23, 2016) If you ask publishing giant Elsevier, Alexandra Elbakyan is a criminal — a pernicious pirate. If you ask the Lifeboat Foundation, or blogger P.Z Myers, or millions of students around the world, Alexandra Elbakyan is a hero. Labels can be tricky things, especially in a world of … Continue reading The Face Of Disruption
Jennifer NeeleySeptember 22, 2015 Image Source: EXPRESS UK. Google Now director Aparna Chennapragada announces ‘Now On Tap’ during the 2015 Google I/O When Google announced the smarter version of Google Now called Now On Tap in a company event this year, it was only a matter of weeks that Apple followed with updates on Siri. … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence: The Game Changer In Digital Disruption
Daniel BurrusAugust 26, 2015 In 1983, I identified digital disruption as one of twenty technology-driven Hard Trends that would increasingly shape the future at an exponential rate, and at the same time drive economic value creation. Today, as more and more industries and businesses become disrupted, it is important to understand that digital disruption happens … Continue reading Make Digital Disruption Your Biggest Competitive Advantage
Dave BrockAugust 25, 2015 Recently, I was being interviewed on value creation and differentiation. I was asked the question, “What’s the difference between differentiation and dissimilarity?” The question caused me to pause for a moment. Frankly, I hadn’t thought about it before, but the more I thought, it’s an important distinction for sales people and … Continue reading Differentiation, Dissimilarity, Disruption
Daniel BurrusApril 22, 2015 Why didn’t a cab driver think of Uber? Why didn’t Barnes & Noble think of Amazon? Why didn’t Blockbuster think of Netflix? Why didn’t Marriott think of AirBnB? The answer to all four, and the myriad other companies displaced by digital disruption, is that at some point, you established a cash … Continue reading Anticipating Digital Disruption
