It was the day after the U.S. election. I arrived in Copenhagen. I was tired. It near the end of a two week trip that took me to Munich, Amsterdam, Beirut, and London. But, I was also excited to attend Digital Copenhagen, a conference that explores digital trends affecting the future of business. My presentation was set to challenge conventional beliefs around several important technological and business trends. Before I took the stage, I joined the crew at TwentyThree to…
E-Commerce and Apps Pave the Way To The Future of Retail: Inside Amazon Go, A New Retail Experience
We’re a company of builders. Of pioneers. It’s our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Here are just some of the innovations pioneered by Amazon, and we’re always looking for the next one. – Amazon Every industry is ripe for disruption. It’s what you do now that defines your future and legacy. One of the most exposed industries to disruption at the moment, among many, is the retail sector. From…
TechRepublic: What CEOs are getting wrong when it comes to digital transformation
A tension remains between what digital transformation is and who should own it, said Brian Solis, principal analyst at Altimeter. “The challenge is that businesses don’t yet fully realize the promise of digital transformation or the purpose of it—they still look at it as a technology play,” he said.
EMERCE: Brian Solis– ‘Experience design voor betere branding’
“Bedrijven denken vaak dat ze de klant centraal stellen, maar in de werkelijkheid zijn het vaak de aandeelhouders. En dat is oké”, stelt Solis. “Maar de consumenten veranderen en stellen steeds hogere eisen. Bedrijven moeten nieuwe manieren zoeken om te verbinden met consumenten en waarde te creëren. Daarom moeten we human-centric zijn, om het soort ervaringen te ontwerpen dat betekenis heeft en shareable is.”
New York Post: Nobody has real friends anymore
Brian Solis, who is interested in “digital anthropology,” said the possibility of being a so-called “bad friend” for opting to go mainly digital is something people are still adapting to.
“We are getting lazier, and so putting something on a wall is checked off as a personal interaction for most people,” he said. “But we’re learning the hard way, through experience — so there really is no answer to the ‘bad friend’ notion. It’s all user-defined.”
NATO Review: Content Wars– Daesh’s sophisticated use of communications
“Social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology” — Brian Solis
Western military forces – in most cases – are in fact anti-social.
There is no real intention of engagement, no replies to comments or tweets. We busy ourselves measuring likes, comments, shares, retweets and reach but the parade of shallow vanity metrics being delivered in reports as a solid return on investment does little to measure or quantify the actual strategic effect applied. In many cases, the strategic effect is unclear or absent to begin with.
Neosperience: Key Findings From The 2016 State of Digital Transformation
What comes out clearly, reading the report – based on the input of more than 500 digital transformation strategists and executives – is that “innovation has become a key priority in digital transformation efforts. This trend is rapidly gaining momentum as companies look to the startup ecosystem as a means to innovate and tap into the new expertise and talent often missing from more traditional organizations.”
ValueWalk: Digital Darwinism– Digital Disruption At Its Evolutionary Best
Author and influencer Brian Solis asserts that a customer’s journey, right from searching to buying a product or service comprises of ‘micro moments’, which marketers need to cater to by deploying new tools and techniques birthed by technology that boost the chances of making their products and services discoverable. Especially since Google noticed that 90% of people who search for products or services on their smartphones initially do so without having any particular brand in mind, and 65% hunt for the most relevant information regardless of who is providing it. He uses the term ‘Digital Darwinism‘ to refer to the varying but inevitable degree of disruption brought about by technology on various businesses.
Mike McRitchie: Ultimate List– 156 Most-Read Marketing Blogs
I took many of the top lists on the web. I dumped the ones with pathetic social media numbers. And the best of the best rose to the top.
You’ll see the big names. But you’ll also be exposed to some other blogs with interesting twists that just might help you jump start your business marketing and take your small business to an exciting new level.
INfluencia: Rattraper l’évolution du darwinisme digital
Comment se faire un avis dans ce lacis de plaidoiries souvent trop ethnocentrées ? En jetant déjà un coup d’œil sur les très, trop nombreuses études qui s’attardent sur la nature et l’impact de la révolution numérique en entreprise. Certaines ne sont pas très sérieuses, d’autres heureusement permettent de tracer de nouveaux chemins sur la carte qui mène à la transformation digitale. C’est le cas de l’étude nord-américaine de Brian Solis, établie pour le cabinet Altimeter du groupe Prophet.