IBM and the Smarter Commerce teamĀ partnered with Brian Solis to publish two ebooks helping executives, digital strategists and marketers compete for the future…today. They are available for free download on Slideshare. Please contact Brian to partner on the development and publishing of original research or thought leadership content. Digital Darwinism and the Dawn of Generation C We live in an era where connectedness is becoming a way of life. With the pervasiveness of smartphones, tablets, online access, and social networks,…
Like Minds Interviews Brian Solis in London [VIDEO]
Brian Solis sat with Like Minds while on tour in London promoting Whatās the Future of Business (WTF): Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences. In this video, Brian discusses digital Darwinism and shares the value of experiences and how to design them to be meaningful and shareable. Special thanks to Martin Sorel of wihp (World Independent Hotels Promotion), Phil Butler of Pamil Visions and Gabriel Laine-Peters for their help in organizing this event. Also thank you to Andrew Ellis of…
Facebook’s Messenger Becomes a Platform, The Sharing Economy Creates a Shut-in Economy + WTF Indiana – ContextMatters #8
Facebook Messenger Becomes a Platform Following F8, Facebook’s semi-annual developer conference in 2014, I suggested that Facebook was evolving from a social network into a bona fide social ecosystem. In 2015, we can see that Facebook is thinking beyond the unbundling of its popular features but also turning them into independent and connected platforms. Following this year’s F8, Facebook introduced new features for payments within Messenger as well as opening direct lines of communication between users and businesses. Additionally, Facebook…
The Future of Business is About Experience Architecture
Digital Darwinism is forcing businesses to #AdaptorDie. Many realize that customers are different. At the same time, leaders understand that how employees want to work is also changing. Yet, they’re frozen in the past, undermining the future simply because they do not know what to do and how. After all that is known, it is the unknown and the fear of venturing into the unfamiliar that becomes paralyzing. I spend a substantial amount of time inside businesses researching digital transformation…
Brian Solis Live in Stockholm: Digital Transformation is The Key to Innovation
Brian Solis presented his latest research around and vision for enterprise Digital Transformation in Stockholm at Telia’s Connect2Business event in March 2015. You can watch the entire presentation below… Bring Brian to your event!
BizX: Person to Watch – Brian Solis
Written by Matt Beuschlein, BizX, Excerpt As a business owner you face hard decisions every day, sometimes with little to no warning. The more you know, the better off you will be; superior information leads to sounder decisions, providing both confidence and peace of mind. Brian Solis is one such individual that constantly shares such superior information. Through his research and teachings he helps people understand the evolution of technology and the impact it plays on both business and society….
Experience Begins Here
Experience is becoming more important than the product itself. What is experience? It’s not a thing, it’s everything. It’s an embrace and an emotional ecosystem that requires purpose, thoughtfulness and mastery. More so, experience requires architecture and a supporting ecosystem to deliver more than features, utility or capability. And, it starts here: <3 We must flip our everyday approach from brand-centricity to customer-centricity. Think beyond budgets, approvals and technology and creativity for the sake of technology and creativity. That’s what…
Pardon My Bluntness, The Future of Marketing is Screwed…But It Doesn’t Have To Be
The Adobe Summit in London is a pretty special event to me. A big part of it of course has to do with its location. I adore London and all of my friends, and those I’ve yet to meet, make the trip special each time. The other reason is that Adobe’s platform reaches EMEA and thus helps marketers who are pushing for change on a global scale. To prepare for the event, the team at CMO.com asked me to share…
Ellen Pao Loses Against Kleiner Perkins and Twitter Partners with Foursquare – ContextMatters #7
Ellen Pao Loses Suit; Wins Awareness for Gender Discrimination The news is everywhere; Ellen Pao lost her discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. At the same time, she’s being credited for disrupting how Silicon Valley does business. USAToday’s Ellen Weise joined the conversation to share her experience in the courtroom and her thoughts on the case. Twitter Partners with Foursquare Did you know that Foursquare is still alive and kicking? Did you also know that Foursquare is also…
CMO.com Interviews Brian Solis on The Future of Marketing
Via CMO.com Brian Solis quite literally wrote the book on the future of business. As Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, heās a digital analyst, business strategist and futurist, specialising in change management and in creating new media strategies and frameworks to build bridges between companies and their customers, their employees and their stakeholders. Heās the author four books, the latest being āWhatās the future of business?ā. Heāll be speaking as part of the Innovations And Thought Leaders track at Adobeās…
