#396 – END OF BIG BUSINESS AS WE KNOW IT – GREG HUTCHINS

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The system is not working. That is how a paradigm shift begins: the established way of seeing the world no longer functions.
Matthew Fox – American Actor

COVID has created some big business winners. But, post-COVID it’s the end of many companies as we know them:

“The Coronavirus pandemic brought the global economy to a screeching halt this spring (2020), sparking fears of a corporate bloodbath. As the year ends, it’s clear that the crisis has rewired the economy in surprising ways and served up unexpected opportunities for some big businesses to prosper.” Continue reading

#395 – CLIMATE CHANGE OR GLOBAL EXTINCTION? – GREG HUTCHINS

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Is climate change humanity’s greatest ever risk management failure?
The Guardian newspaper

Climate change. Global warming. These are the ‘new normal’ or the ultimate ‘Horsemen of the Apocalypse’. U.S. intelligence report said:

“Global environmental and ecological degradation, as well as climate change, are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond. Climate hazards such as extreme weather, higher temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, soil degradation, and acidifying oceans are intensifying, threatening infrastructure, health, and water and food security.” Continue reading

#390 – TECH EATS COMPANIES – GREG HUTCHINS

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Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.
Marc Andreessen – Venture Capitalist

We’ve been involved in engineering and tech automation for years. What surprises us is the observable breadth, depth, and impacts of automation (AI included) over the last five years, which COVID accelerated. What’s the big deal about automation? Continue reading

#389 – WHEN SHOULD A COMPANY SELF – DISRUPT

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So, when should a company self-disrupt? Or, more importantly when should you self-disrupt.

Companies face these disruptor questions:

1. What are possible triggers to start (your) self-disruption?
2. When should they (you) self-disrupt?
3. How quickly should they (you) self-disrupt?
4. How should they (you) self-disrupt?
5. What’s their (your) final destination?
6. How are they (you) going to monetize (make money)? Continue reading