smarter things, businesses & society

www.fredericdemeyer.com

smarter things, businesses and society

helping you anticipate the future

@fdemeyer

are we really getting smart(er)?


but then… have things really changed?


YES


•  how we are getting smarter? • why we aren’t smart yet?

why are we getting smarter?


•  Demographic trends –  Growing world population –  Ageing population –  Migration patterns –  Urbanization –  Gap rich-poor –  Generation Y –  Generation Z –  War for talent

•  Geopolitical trends –  Power shift –  Globalization 3.0 –  Rising middle class –  Energy dependence –  The Market State

•  Business trends –  Life Cycle Assessment –  Disintermediation –  Crowdsourcing & funding –  Open innovation –  Gamification –  Corporate Social Responsibility

(CSR) –  Cause Marketing –  Social Business Innovation –  Social entrepreneurs –  Intrapreneurship –  Businesses get social –  Holacracy –  Virtualization of the corporation

•  Environment and sustainability –  Climate change –  Scarce resources –  Peak oil –  Water shortage –  Food stress –  Clean energy –  Smart cities –  Bio materials –  Cradle-to-cradle –  Biomimicry –  Urban farming –  Eco activism

•  Technology trends –  Big Data/ data science –  Internet of Things (IoT) –  Augmented Reality –  Consumerization of IT

(BYOD) –  Technology ‘as a Service’ –  Home 3D printing –  Business 3D printing –  Bioprinting –  Enhanced Humans –  Wearable Technologies

•  Consumer & societal trends –  Mass customization –  Ethical buying –  ‘Buy local’ –  Social & Group buying –  Personalization –  Sharing economy

–  Radical transparency –  Massive Open Online Courses

(MOOCs) –  Personal Health –  Digital divide –  Virtual Currencies

how are we getting smarter?


1.  new types of insight 2.  new ways to be efficient 3.  new ways of collaboration

data is the new oil


internet of things

turn data into insights (?)


of respondents claim to be effective at collecting and leveraging customer data from digital interactions. of respondents say they have adequate tools and skills to analyze digitally generated data. of respondents have made adjustments to their business model to pursue strategies driven by digital information about their customers.

16%

42%

33%

Source: Cognizant report “Putting the experience in digital customer experience” (2015)

turn data into insights


competitive differentiation?



smarter products



smarter pricing



smarter services



smarter agriculture



smarter societies

more efficient


3D printing

more efficient


biomimicry

more efficient


willing to share or rent personal items (Nielsen, 2014)

agree they could live happier without the majority of things they own (Havas prosumer report 2014)

of sharers would recommend the last sharing service they used to friends or colleagues (Havas prosumer report 2014)

68% 52%

91%

sharing economy


more efficient

sharing economy


more efficient

access economy

more collaborative


open innovation


more collaborative

the age of platforms


more collaborative

open source platforms

more collaborative


intrapreneurship (?)

more collaborative


in-house startups

more collaborative


outside-in

more collaborative


disruptive organisational models

more collaborative


the stars of intrapreneurship



1.  we are getting more insights out of richer data 2.  we are finding new ways to improve efficiency 3.  we collaborate in new ways


•  how we are getting smarter? • why we aren’t smart yet?

reluctance to change


threatening the current status


Is the sharing economy an opportunity or a threat to your company?

pace of change


digital divide


regulation



friction

•  global vs local •  inside vs outside •  online vs offline

•  ownership vs access •  evolution vs regulation •  disruptive vs traditional

the real smart society


sharing the same vision of future opportunities

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