On August 17, 1943, 376 B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force embarked on a critical mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, targeting a ball-bearing plant. Despite the loss of 60 bombers, the mission highlighted the strategic importance of mundane ball bearings in World War II—without them, tanks and airplanes were immobilized. This episode … Read more

The following is an essay I wrote for the December Issue of xLab’s Newsletter.http://dlvr.it/Szl6c2

Turn Product Owners into Digital Usershttp://dlvr.it/SltVgX

The role of generative AI in the digital-first strategyhttp://dlvr.it/Sk8bJb

Why traditional firms fail in digital transformation?http://dlvr.it/Sjgnpp

“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations 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 a bigger threat to those with underlying health conditions, the economic disruption due to Covid-19 is posting uneven threats to organizations with underlying … Read more

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 in the US (165 million worldwide) subscribed to Netflix after 12 years of operation, this was a remarkable accomplishment by a legacy company. Smelling blood,http://dlvr.it/SjR70Y

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 announcement of cutting its revenue forecast for the quarter that ended in December, this raises a lot of questions about the future of Apple. Of course, for those who follow … Read more

You probably haven’t heard of the German computer scientist, Karlheinz Brandenburg, but most of us use his invention everyday. Brandenburg is the inventor of the MP3 algorithm that compresses audio files without losing the sound quality to untrained ears. It is one of the most fundamental technologies for the digital music revolution. It introduced the … Read more

Posted 1.5.17 Q: How do you define “design thinking?” A: There are many definitions of design thinking. Typically, design thinking is understood as a set of broad approaches to organizational problem-solving and innovation based on the tradition of human-centered design practices. It emphasizes an iterative, visual and multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving that moves from generating … Read more