Since 2007, Philippe has collaborated with hundreds of startups and advised numerous multinational corporations on disruptive innovation strategies. He also teaches MBA courses in Europe and Shanghai.
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After initially pausing its launch due to Ireland’s privacy watchdog and broader EU concerns, Meta is now deploying its AI chatbot on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger in Europe. For now, the offering is text-based only and still tries to comply with proper platform regulations, which the US market
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I have been discussing since about 2012 how China evolved as a tech superpower. I also wrote quite a few things about how luxury could absorb and integrate technology–or at least, how hard it actually is. Last year, I was already pointing at the branding push BYD was now
Strategy
I've been quite busy these last weeks and have had to cut in my writing and posting time quite a bit. Let's jump back into it by sharing what held me up so much: designing an effective Organic Growth framework for Saint Gobain global teams.
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A few days ago, I wrote on LinkedIn about switching from Orange as an ADSL provider in France to StarLink. Philippe MÉDA on LinkedIn: #adsl #fiber #logical #decision #business #culture | 16 comments🟧 Many weeks ago I tried to upgrade from my historically bad #ADSL connection to a brand new #fiber
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Benedict Evans (one of the old-guard tech gurus) wrote a piece just a few days ago about the lack of viability of large language model (LLM) AI. In a nutshell, he tested OpenAI’s Deep Research by evaluating smartphone adoption data and highlighted significant inaccuracies stemming from flawed data sources
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I'm not actively monitoring all consumer technologies, but it's been a while since I've played with Android (Google mobile operating system). After a few years, I thought I should check it out. To do so, I needed an Android phone. Getting one was the
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In business strategy, we often work on elaborate approaches to innovate the market: fancy digital tools, disruptive monetization schemes, breakthrough opportunities, and more. Yet, the simple truth is that most leaders in any given market have yet to achieve one core elementary move: being able to address their customers directly.
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As the U.S. devolves into whatever they think a Republic should be (over a democracy), the venerable tech-digital magazine WIRED is outing the kids Elon Musk hired to take over the Federal Government IT infrastructure with direct access to the most sensitive tools running public databases, algorithms, and websites.
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DeepSeek is freaking out the US economy. You probably read about the news this week many times over and saw many comments about this. As a quick reminder, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup founded in 2023 by former hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng, has developed an AI model named R1
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I thought it would be interesting to apply my Bing Technology framework quickly and dirty in the context of the whole TikTok mess. It's quite interesting to check how well everything falls into place (also, if I'd go into more details at the level of '
Quick note
I'm not a huge fan of sending automated Happy New Year emails to our customers, partners, and friends. For many years, I've instead tried to send more personal messages or books to everyone we've been working with during the year. This year, like a
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I usually write my articles here before posting them on LinkedIn. I'm doing the opposite for once: posting on LinkedIn first and sending you there. The discussion about the current TikTok mess is just too eventful to edit an article here with many updates. Also, the discussion on