Investors: Profit from Disruption
Corporates: Accelerate the Transformation
Policymakers: Flourish from Innovation
Post-Industrial Forum
20 October, 2020 (post-production)
9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST
The pandemic and technology disruption have pushed dozens of well-known enterprises to the edge of bankruptcy and beyond. Join us as we explore what is happening to the traditional (and huge) industries that have been impacted the most, and how they might be reinvented.
Where are the hidden treasures in the “shipwrecks”?
Post-Industrial Forum
7 October, 2020
9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST
In this episode we explored how smaller countries can become centers of innovation, with an emphasis on Estonia. Amid the pandemic and technology disruption, large countries and political blocks are struggling to adapt. In contrast, Estonia has embraced free markets, digital disruption, and open trade. How did Estonia’s transformation happen, and what can other countries learn from it? What opportunities does Estonia offer founders, corporations, and investors? Our special guest was Taavi Rõivas, prime minister of the Republic of Estonia from 2014-2016.
White Paper
February 25, 2019
Abstract
Exponential technologies are invalidating long-held assumptions about jobs, firms, industries, and whole economies. Agility alone will be insufficient for the flourishing for investors, companies, and nation states. Leaders need to better understand the profound nature of the changes that are occurring.
From our blog
Together with exponential technology development, decentralization is a central theme in the post-industrial transition. The Social Distancing Economy created by the pandemic and government lockdowns has accelerated many aspects of decentralization. People are leaving the big cities in search of physical safety, a higher quality of life, and a lower cost of living. It will…
We are entering a Post-Industrial Transition powered by a combination of exponential technology development and decentralization. While there is much talk about digital disruption, most enterprises today are focused on digital modernization. Digital modernization is not about industry disruption. It involves introducing new technologies to improve customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. For mature business units, there is no way…
Disruptive technologies are having an undeniable impact on large businesses. Most enterprises today are in the process of “digital transformation.” What they are doing initially, however, is more accurately described as a digital modernization. New technologies are introduced to improve existing businesses by elevating the customer experience and streamlining operations. A 2017 article from McKinsey titled…
From the late 19th to the early 20th century, Frederick Winslow Taylor developed the first school of industrial-era management thinking. Only about ten percent of workers possessed a high school diploma back then, and there was plenty of manual labor that needed to be systematized. With the increasing complexity of work resulting from technological progress,…
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