At Hannover Messe, the CEO and CTO of Siemens, Cedrik Neike and Peter Koerte, explored the roles of culture, human-centered design, and leadership in effective digital transformation. At the beginning of the clip below, Neike and Koerte are presented with a quote from Brian Solis, “digital transformation is more about humans than about digital.” They then share their thoughts about why people have to be at the center of any digital transformation to be successful. In his 2014 report on digital…
The New Future of Work and the Importance of Self-Care, Well-Being, and Digital Wellness
SO SO SO EXCITED… In remote and hybrid work, we’re getting things done in new ways and reinventing the #FutureofWork at every step. We are also learning about our needs, to be not only productive, but also what we need to do differently to be happy, successful, and well. Now more than ever, we need to learn and practice new forms of self-care, well-being, and digital wellness as digital will only become more pervasive (and sometimes invasive) in our…
More Intelligent Tomorrow: The New Economy Will Require Empathy
Henry Ford famously said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” So how do you find novel approaches to solving old problems? More Intelligent Tomorrow host Dave Anderson sits down with Brian Solis to talk about interesting ways to get creative solutions to our long-standing challenges. Please listen to the full podcast here. Dave Anderson is a keynote speaker, tech evangelist, and podcast host with a refreshing perspective on marketing, analytics, and…
Zoom’s Work Transformation Summit: Humanizing the Customer Experience
Zoom is part of our everyday life now, creating new windows into work, entertainment, education, and augmenting how we communicate with one another and how we experience events and engagements…together. I was honored to join Zoom’s Work Transformation Summit and have the opportunity to share the virtual stage with Chief Product Officer Oded Gal. The event explored “how to deliver impactful customer experiences” in hybrid world, one where virtual interactions are the new normal and digital- and mobile-first behaviors open…
LEADERS Magazine: Digital Darwinism – An Interview with Brian Solis
via LEADERS Magazine – April, May, June 2022 – Volume 45 Number 2 ISSUU digital magazine version | Web version | PDF Digital Darwinism: An Interview with Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist, Salesforce EDITORS’ NOTE Brian Solis is a world-renowned digital anthropologist and futurist who serves as Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Solis is also an eight-time best-selling author and international keynote speaker. Forbes has called him “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time,” ZDNet said that Solis is “one of the…
The Future of Patient Experience & Innovative Experience Design in Healthcare: Visionary Keynote at HIMS22
Brian Solis recently delivered his keynote presentation at HIMSS22, “Visionary Keynote: The Future of Patient Experience & Innovative Experience Design in Healthcare.” Following the event, Teta Alim writing for HealthTech, summarized a series of keynotes focused on healthcare innovation. Her story included a summary of Brian’s presentation, too! HIMSS22: Lessons to Reimagine Healthcare as Interconnected and Innovative Experts at HIMSS22 share key insights on interoperability, the patient experience and provider perspectives on the future of care. The annual HIMSS conference…
Upgrading the Airport Experience for Travelers – Airport Experience Conference
Via Shafer Ross, Airport Experience News Brian Solis keynoted the Airport Experience Conference in Orlando, Florida. Following is a summary of his presentation, “Digital Disruption And The Post-Pandemic Consumer.” Following his presentation, Brian also signed copies of his best-selling book, “X: The Experience When Business Meets Design.” AXC Keynote Solis Suggests Brands Redesign the Airport Experience Special Coverage: 2022 AX Conference Brian Solis is a digital analyst and anthropologist and Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce who took the stage at…
Web3.1 Keynote: The Promise of Web3
via Chris Heuer, founder, Web 3.1 – Please join us in building our Web 3.1 community, and designing the organization which we will co- own together on Wednesday April 6, 2022 at Beyond Web 3.1. A highlight of the Web 3.1 Leadership Summit was the keynote from Brian Solis, a renowned author and innovation leader at Salesforce. In his live kickoff, he spoke about where we are and where we need to be, to leave the world better off than…
The Digital Change Agent’s Manifesto How the People Behind Digital Transformation Lead Change From Within
Several years ago, I published research that I believe is actually more meaningful today. In a post-pandemic world where every company is accelerating digital transformation, executives cannot miss the opportunity to transform their business for a new economy. “Leaders must reassess how digital technologies and information can create new customer value. The alternative is to try to succeed in a digital economy with a pre-digital value proposition.” – Jeanne Ross, organizational theorist, principal research scientist at MIT Sloan School of…
Roadmap: Curating the Internet – Bessemer Venture Partners
Alexandra Sukin of Bessemer Venture Partners explores the evolving movement of curating the internet. In her article, she quotes Brian Solis and a term he coined in Fast Company to describe the rise of social networks based on interest graphs and close-ties as social “nicheworks.” Why is curation having a moment right now? How is the internet being curated today? Curation as a business model…the future is curated. Content is the backbone of culture, and with the rise of emerging…
