Remember the bit in “Alien” where Ripley makes her last stand against the invading space creature, staring it down with …
The Seventh Discipline of the Secure Business
Among the CEO’s most important responsibilities is securing her or his company against internal and external threats. Ultimate responsibility lies …
Got Mesh? Big Business Ideas For The Future
The mesh, coming soon to a device near you, won’t just change your technology experiences. Actually, it’s not just coming …
Symphony of Disruption and Disintermediation
In prior blogs about Schumpeter’s Gale, you explored how the winds of technological change and creative destruction are picking up …
New Fintech or Another App? That’s the Last Thing You Need
Let’s face it. The only two things we really need to know about people – and for that matter, companies …
Privacy & Communications: It’s Not Just Do-or-Die
It’s an extreme worst-case scenario: In a tug-of-war between individual privacy and government oversight, privacy wins and dozens of people …
Even Bright Companies Get the Blues
As the global technological revolution accelerates, a wave of creative destruction is overtaking the infrastructures of many of the world’s …
Genius Is as Genius Does
Time for the lightning round! Before you read any further, take out your smart phone and open a new note. …
The Mesh: A Future of Trust, Reputation & Freedom
The mesh is coming, sooner than you might think. The mesh will be a ubiquitous network of interconnected devices that …
The Global Mesh and Why Your Business Needs to Care About It
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be an early adopter. If you purchased one of the first cellular telephones, for example, …
Integrating Your Business’ Technology
Are your technologies like islands in the stream of information? How well do they work together when the stream turns into a torrent? Do your legacy e-mail, CRM, and accounting systems cooperate effortlessly …
Fear of the Black Swan and Risk Assessment
If you are at the C-level in a business, you probably worry about the Black Swan event: an unforeseen catastrophe …