About digital transformation, design, creativity and lifestyle in the Networked Society.
Yesterday was November 11th, for many an ordinary day in an ordinary week. For example, a couple of days ago I ordered a pair of new headphones from a Swedish online store. Certainly not a purchase I make every day, but an ordinary one all the same. But yesterday, I received an ad from the... Continue Reading →
oday most business offerings consist of a product or service that a company creates and then delivers to customers. This is the traditional way – produce and deliver. The platform model is fundamentally different, serving as the technological base upon which customers, developers, businesses and their partners can build added value through increased participation. Wherever... Continue Reading →
Digitalization is happening in all areas of life and business; I guess most of you have noticed that. Physical products are either becoming digital services or are significantly enhanced with new digital service capabilities. What’s also happening right now is that business practices are becoming digitized to become faster, more relevant and more cost-efficient. An... Continue Reading →
This is my fifth post in a series about mastering the six new assets in the Networked Society. I started with a review of the assets that played a central role when the industrialization started a few hundred years ago, such as capital, factories, and raw material – investment intense, concreate and very physical assets... Continue Reading →
There is a rising amount of data generated every day – pieces of information generated from basically every human interaction. As we carry our smartphones, tablets, laptops and fitness trackers, among other connected devices, with us, all the transactions, purchases, searches, page visits and app usage generate huge volumes of data. We generate data when... Continue Reading →
Anything that can benefit from a connection will have one in the Networked Society. About seven years ago, our former CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg stated that there would be 50 billion connected devices by 2020. That was mind-blowing at that time. What would all these devices do? Since then, a lot has happened, and we have... Continue Reading →
Regardless of what industry you work in, the transformation we are in right now is going to hit you, in some industries sooner than others. But irrespective of industry, there are a set of assets that will be common building blocks for the future of business in the Networked Society. The first asset is the... Continue Reading →
When our ancestors exchanged farm life in favor of factory life in the shift from an agricultural world to an industrial world, life changed fundamentally for hundreds of millions of people. The very basic logic of life shifted for this new working class, with new concepts such as defined working hours, indoor work and a... Continue Reading →
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to visit Detroit. It is a fascinating city facing many challenges getting on its feet again, which makes it a really interesting place to visit if you want to study entrepreneurship and creativity. My reason for being there was to study the progress of a city... Continue Reading →
Mikael Eriksson Björling 