World Economic Forum Digital Platforms & Ecosystems working group meeting, 14 June 2018, New York
The World Economic Forum held the first meeting of its new 'Digital Platforms & Ecosystems' executive working group last Thursday, at its...
Platform Strategy: Less than 2% of incumbents have an effective one
McKinsey published some important research in August last year showing which types of corporate strategy and business models - in...
Xiaomi, a Business Model Maverick: Lessons for Leaders in all Sectors and Geographies
In my online executive programme, the New Growth Playbook – How to Transform your Business Model for the Digital Economy, I share some...
BT Group: Urgent Need to Re-Juvenate its Business Model
Summary:
- BT, like most telcos, has not evolved its business model and is now suffering
- It urgently needs to follow Steve Jobs’ advice and...
Sainsbury's merger with Asda is another symptom of the decline of European retail business models
This week's announcement of Sainsburys merger with Asda, to create the UK's 'biggest retailer', is another example of the decline of European...
A Business Model Renaissance is Urgently Needed for Post-Brexit Europe
European industry continues to lag badly behind the US and China in adopting advanced business models, in particular digital platforms.
In 2016...
Key to transformation: Engage your CFO
My new online course on Business Model Transformation (The New Growth Playbook) launches on 28th May.
Here are some thoughts on the importance of...
Transform your business model - new webinar 16th April 2018
Delighted to be supporting London Tech Week in June. As a warm up, the organisers have asked me to deliver a webinar on 'Total Business Model...
Telcos continue to sleepwalk...
This time last year, just before the annual industry gathering at Mobile World Congress (MWC), I suggested it was high time telcos ...
Digital Health - How Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase will disrupt healthcare
Last year Warren Buffet famously responded to an analyst when asked: "Why didn't I invest in Amazon? I was too dumb to realise what was going...