For the first time since the pandemic, I had a chance to travel back-to-back to Seoul and London. It was wonderful to be travel again
Author: Youngjin Yoo
Professor | Writer | Teacher
Digital Innovation, Design, Organizational Genetics
Case Western Reserve University
Why Square bought Tidal?
Square – the fintech company that he owns – is buying a majority share of Tidal – the music streaming service started by Jay-Z. The price tag
“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations (1)
Digital Transformations. Every organization — for-profit, non-profit, public, and private — is talking about it. Covid-19 has only accelerated the trend. Just as Covid-19 is
AI as Information Infrastructure and the Future of Firms
Right before we knew that the world was going to be taken over the virus, I gave a talk at Bremen University at their Diginomics
Empire Strikes Back!
On November 12, 2019, over 10 million families signed up for Disney’s new digital streaming service on the first day of service. Given that 60 million families
My recent talk at IOT Thought Leadership Meeting
If you are interested in what I mean by “Digital First” strategy and what we are trying to do at xLab, please watch this 18-min
A Network View of the WordPress History
One of the key distinguishing features of digital technology is its generativity. Simply put, it is how the people do things that you as the
What should Apple do?
Over the last three months, Apple lost over $400 billion in market capitalization which is larger than that of Facebook. Together with Tim Cook’s bombshell
A new site
I managed to move my blog site from Typepad to WordPress. Given that I have been writing papers on WordPress for several years by now,
Launching xLab
The primary reason I returned to Cleveland 2.5 years ago was a simple conviction that one of the biggest crises and opportunities of our time
How might we add an audio layer in everyday life?
We are surrounded by all sorts of sounds all the times. Some we choose; some we don’t. We set an alarm clock. We set up
A Tale of Two Stores
Store One: Office Max I went to Office Max to pick up chairs that I ordered earlier. The store was almost empty. I was happy