Hot Takes
I'm not going back on why virtual reality, promised for twenty years, is still not here (the technology is ready, but there's no scalable problem to solve). But lately, I've been thinking a lot about how slow infrastructure changes create fast-paced market transformations. Probing
Hot Takes
You've been hearing a lot about the despair of the hospitality sector to get new hires, but the lack of talents to recruit is now widespread. Only a few months ago Revelio Lab was publishing statistics on how the last two years of pandemic affected the banking and
Weak Signals
Following up on last week's article on forecasters, I want to zoom in on the one tricky issue when you go about plotting where the future will be: exponentials. The problem(s) with exponentials Very often, exponentials are a cheap sleight-of-hands used by many forecasters like with AR/
Weak Signals
While we are entering even more volatile times than two years ago – can you wrap your mind around this? I barely can at this point – it's worth remembering that our collective brain will seek reassuring perspectives. In the industry, the most reassuring ones are solid forecasts. How do
Strategy
On the surface, the success of the Citroën AMI as a light electric car is endearing. But despite its promises it might be a cautionary tale for the rest of us in the industry.
Hot Takes
Back from a few days off. With a lot of work ahead of us this summer, we're managing vacations as a stop-and-go process. It's quite nice, to be honest, and also sparks reflections in a very different way than what you'd get after a
Culture
Last week I was having a deep meaningful conversation with my dear friend Margreeth van der Oord about the “business as usual” state of the world: despite the many crisis, everyone is focused on maintaining life as it is and not many question or act differently. This lead me to
Following up on yesterday's article about Apple WWDC announcements, an obvious – and yet amazing – new possibility is to use an iPhone as a webcam for a Mac. Think about this: How many other platforms do we know that can interoperate software and hardware as seamlessly as that? Apple
After yesterday Apple's WWDC 2022 annual keynote, it's difficult to zoom out from the myriad of software tweaks and products announcement (only a new Mac, really). Let's deep dive into what might have been discretely unveiled. Apple cars.
Hot Takes
In a world shaken by so many struggles, we're starting today a short series questioning the logic and practices of business schools, academia, and executive education.
Hot Takes
Culture
To go even further on the topic of team introspection, I thought I’d share some guidelines or tips to help you and your team. The challenges we want to overcome are: to create trust and dispel fears of negative consequences in order to allow an open and truthful sharing,