Platform approach to AI

One of the elements which is ground-breaking in relation to OpenAI and #Microsoft working together is that the vision is to deliver ‘foundational AI’ capability as a platform for others to commercialise, productise and also industrialise. In my mind, this is the key element here. This is taking a small team, iterative science and innovation, scaling this and through … Continue reading Platform approach to AI

Economies of Speed

Here is one of the best; and simplest; articulations of the levers and elements which drive the core of business transformation and how the keystone for traditional businesses looking to reimagine themselves for the digital/cognitive world can be the move to cloud. 38 minutes which will leave you with a series of elements to focus … Continue reading Economies of Speed

Welcome to a new meta

Great to have a new ‘meta’ on the interwebnets with the new platform business behind Facebook, Oculus, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. So hello to meta from can do meta. This meta experience has been online since 2007/2008 and is an evolution of my old agenda365.com blog, but Zuckerberg and the team are truly looking ‘beyond’ … Continue reading Welcome to a new meta

Weekend Reads: 3 Tips, Circles of Innovation & Digital Nations

Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, organisational transformation and beyond. Having worked with 1000s of entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups during my career at AOL, Yahoo!, News Corp and IAG (Insurance Australia Group), it was interesting this week to synthesis my experiences over these years into 3 tips for those just … Continue reading Weekend Reads: 3 Tips, Circles of Innovation & Digital Nations

Weekend Reads: The 3Ds and enduring shifts in behaviours.

Some weekend reads for those in the world of digital, technology, organisational transformation and beyond. It is rare that Benedict Evans comments on the world of corporate technology and transformation, but this piece on the decades of change within businesses and how the 3 Ds (Digitization, Digitalization and Digital Transformation) are creating a new landscape to unleash … Continue reading Weekend Reads: The 3Ds and enduring shifts in behaviours.

Software has eaten your world

Marc Andreessen wrote his article, Why Software is Eating the World, in 2011. Within it were the signals for boards, leaders, and businesses of the world we are in today. This week a number of articles/podcasts have converged in my mind and referenced back to 10 years ago, when, Marc Andreessen wrote in the WSJ his … Continue reading Software has eaten your world