Eagle eyed London Calling readers will have noticed that this blog has taken a closer look at the effects of digital disruption over the last few months. Not only do I enjoy writing on this topic, I believe it is at the centre of CEO thinking across the world today. This was borne out by [...]
I was invited to a very interesting dinner on Thursday night at the Royal Institution by Nimbus Ninety as part of their Business Leadership Exchange program. The event was held under Chatham House Rule (although none of us signed anything), so I am not sure how much I can say. If you enjoyed this blog [...]
I read an interesting article on the BBC website this morning that says American Express is to cut 5,400 jobs – mainly in their travel business. The line in the article that stuck out for me (emphasis mine)was: It said the majority of the job losses would be in its travel business, which is being “fundamentally [...]
Reading the Telegraph newspaper on my iPad this morning, I noticed that for the first time they are going to publish an edition on Christmas Day. What was also interesting was that instead of cranking up the printing presses while everyone is enjoying Christmas, they have decided to publish a digital only version. Good move as [...]
Interesting report just out from Ovum which predicts that global telecom operators are expected to have lost $US23 billion ($22.58b) in SMS revenues by the end of 2012 as smartphone users shift to free messaging applications. They go on to forecast that the cumulative losses would reach $US54 billion by the end of 2016 as [...]
Interesting piece from Forrester analyst James McQuivey who says that digital disruption is a bigger deal than you think. I agree! In his post, he mentions three key reasons why: Digital disruption is already remaking even industries that have no digital products. Think pharmaceutical and construction – no “digital products”, but James says these industries are [...]
Below is a now very common sight on any day at my local Starbucks on Kensington High Street in west London. Most of the people in the photo below (11 out of 14 in view to be exact – click for a larger view) are on laptops, notebooks, tablets or phones (the guy at the [...]
I have been reading an excellent report authored by the Australian arm of Deloitte titled “Digital Disruption – Short Fuse, Big Bang?” The report looks at the Australian market specifically, but is also relevant for those in the UK, EU and US. Highlights are that one-third of Australia’s economy faces a “short fuse, big bang” [...]
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