Innovation

I’m going to give up on the discussions about banks dragging heels when it comes to the global net soon, but only after a few more pieces of debate. Today, it’s all about innovation. Innovation eventually is absorbed into the mainstream and becomes the incumbent. Yahoo! was disruptive until Google appeared; Google was disruptive until…

I’m going to give up on the discussions about banks dragging heels when it comes to the global net soon, but only after a few more pieces of debate. Today, it’s all about innovation. Innovation eventually is absorbed into the mainstream and becomes the incumbent. Yahoo! was disruptive until Google appeared; Google was disruptive until…

For some years now, banks have been grappling with the idea of cloud. A bit like Big Data, ‘cloud’ is this amorphic term that offers a panacea of solutions and nothing specific. This is not actually true, but the wide-ranging breadth of cloud and few and far between examples of depth, make it a term…

For some years now, banks have been grappling with the idea of cloud. A bit like Big Data, ‘cloud’ is this amorphic term that offers a panacea of solutions and nothing specific. This is not actually true, but the wide-ranging breadth of cloud and few and far between examples of depth, make it a term…

Talking of a two-stream market divided between Political and Economic change and Social and Technological change, there are other undercurrents that ripple in these waters. For example, why is it that most bank conferences are either about regulation or innovation?  Because one forces change to happen whilst the other offers the opportunity to change?  Or…

Talking of a two-stream market divided between Political and Economic change and Social and Technological change, there are other undercurrents that ripple in these waters. For example, why is it that most bank conferences are either about regulation or innovation?  Because one forces change to happen whilst the other offers the opportunity to change?  Or…

I had a Red Pill moment last week. Not an Aha moment but a Red Pill moment because I realised the false reality of our world. You see, I present all the time and talk about the forces of change for the future: Political, Economic, Social and Technological (PEST). I usually skip over the Political…