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How to make biking a success in Europe
Hot Takes

How to make biking a success in Europe

A few weeks ago, I gave a webinar for one of France&
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Philippe MEDA
What is a platform? Map edition
Weak Signals

What is a platform? Map edition

Last June, I was pointing out how being able to seamlessly use
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Philippe MEDA
Google kills Stadia; speaks about how incumbent it is, and maybe not a platform anymore
Hot Takes

Google kills Stadia; speaks about how incumbent it is, and maybe not a platform anymore

Yesterday, Google killed Stadia, their game streaming project. A message about Stadia
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Philippe MEDA
🟢 What is a canary in the coal mine?
Toolbox

🟢 What is a canary in the coal mine?

One innovation tool we often use is the "canary in the coal mine." I've been illustrating and writing about quite a few in different contexts these last few years but never really explained the tool and how to use it. So, here goes...
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Philippe MEDA
What is the age of the captain?
Weak Signals

What is the age of the captain?

In 2018, a 5th grader mathematics problem given in a school in
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Philippe MEDA
Wide vs Deep, the margin strategy of innovators
Innovation Strategy

Wide vs Deep, the margin strategy of innovators

For years, Apple has been vastly underrated in many sectors, such as
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Philippe MEDA
Siemens is digesting, rebranding, and moving in, to a no-nonsense Industrial Metaverse
Hot Takes

Siemens is digesting, rebranding, and moving in, to a no-nonsense Industrial Metaverse

Last July, Siemens unveiled their new business accelerator dedicated to the metaverse.
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Philippe MEDA
Digital? It's not only pizza-delivery!
Hot Takes

Digital? It's not only pizza-delivery!

Most of the tech and digital news this year has been depressing,
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Philippe MEDA
Tardigrade vs. Zombie technologies
Hot Takes

Tardigrade vs. Zombie technologies

To end the week, I'd like to share an interesting
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Philippe MEDA
🟢 How to kill a Facebook (or any network effect-based business for that matter)
Innovation Strategy

🟢 How to kill a Facebook (or any network effect-based business for that matter)

We talked many times over about network effects and their indisputable power. The question today is: Is there a self-defense manual against them? Or "How to kill a Facebook"?
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Philippe MEDA
The Russian brain drain

The Russian brain drain

Fascinating tweet from Johannes Wachs a few days ago: Preprint day: I
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Philippe MEDA
Do we need more Silicon Valleys? (No)

Do we need more Silicon Valleys? (No)

Historically, I have been doubtful of reproducing innovation models imported from other
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Philippe MEDA
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