Click here for the original article on ADZINE. Click here for a translated article using Google Translate. Brian Solis ist nicht nur der Direktor der Marktforschungs- und Beratungsfirma Altimeter Group, sondern mit „Engage“ auch ein viel beachteter Buchautor zum Thema Social Media. Mit seinem neuen Buch „The Future of Business“ macht sich Solis auch über die Zukunft ganzer Geschäftsmodelle Gedanken, die sich derzeit durch Internettechnologien und vor allem durch Social Media drastisch verändern. Wir konnten Brian Solis auf der TNW…

  Recently Brian Solis was asked to present at Brand Innovators San Francisco on the evolution of Digital Transformation as a result of the new and ever-changing digital customer experience (DCX). You can read more about the report here. Heidi Forbes Öste (forbesoste) was in the audience and following the presentation, she sent along a visual noteboard summarizing key points. You can download a higher res image here. Please download the report on Digital Transformation here.  

IBM’s Casey Lucas recently explored Brian Solis’ 12 Pillars of Innovation and how it applies to the adoption of cloud computing. Here’s an excerpt of the post… Adoption of the cloud is on the rise amongst companies of all sizes, all around the world. It is recognized by industry professionals as a cost-effective, reliable, and low-risk technology that can assist the growth and development of all types of businesses. Companies are adopting the cloud for a variety of reasons and…

While in Paris for the European launch of What’s the Future of Business, @tweetbosses caught up with Brian Solis (@briansolis) to discuss his personal and professional use of Twitter. Brian also shares his advice for executive use of Twitter and what they should and shouldn’t do. p.s. His other account is @MrSolis

CIO’s J.D. Sartain published an important piece on how the sharing economy is impacting traditional businesses. The article features friends and former colleagues Brian Solis and Jeremiah Owyang. To tee things up in the article, Owyang identifies five keys areas of the collaborative economy: 1. Goods. Women in particular share clothes and jewelry in order to access an unlimited closet without buying so many “things.” Startups such as 99 Dresses, Poshmark and Threadflip serve as buy/sell/trade sites that provide name-brand…

Daniel Rivero (@TooMuchMe) interviewed Brian Solis to get his thoughts on politicians who are placing roadblocks in front of Uber and other ridesharing services over at Fusion.net. Solis told Fusion that the taxi industry, and others being affected by like-minded services (think hotels and Airbnb) will simply have to adapt.  “You can stand there and force politics onto anything that threatens you, but all you’re going to do is stall the inevitable, and cost everyone a everyone a lot of…