A list of articles for professionals or founders just entering the innovation field who want to get acquainted with key concepts without getting too much into the weeds yet.
Hot Takes
There's a concept that is starting to take hold as a central narrative for how the web will evolve very rapidly: AI has started an irreversible transformation of the web as we knew it, and before we even realize it, 99% of the content produced and shared will
Hot Takes
ChatGPT is getting sued by a first small batch of artists and writers on the way it was trained by scrapping the internet for content, including very much copyrighted ones. As reported by The Verge, The first to sue is the comedian Sarah Silverman and two horror/pop fiction writers
Hot Takes
Meta (Facebook) has officially launched Threads, its Twitter competitor. And it's a straightforward Twitter clone, which is probably the best thing to do if you want to siphon out angry Twitter users in the shortest period efficiently. The interface seems quite decent and unobtrusive, while simply using your
Advanced
The summer seems to be installed, and even if most of us are not kicking off work pressure our feet in the sand, sipping margaritas, I thought it would be nice to update a list of book recommendations. The twist this year, though? I haven't read all of
Beginner
My last social bastion of interesting (and polite) social exchange on an internet platform might be going away. I'm referring to LinkedIn announcing testing new options for 'content creators' and ways to monetize the platform for them. You have to remember that LinkedIn does monetize its
Hot Takes
Sometimes you have to decide if you're in a Kodak moment or if you have to hold to your guns. Nikon (facing a possible significant disruption from generative AI) has an interesting and quite smart stance. But if it does pay to know who you are, you still
Hot Takes
After our full discussion about the GAFAM and other possible frailties, as they headed in 2023, I predicted a few things. One of them was that Microsoft would be uniquely able to leverage AI quicker and with more acumen than Google, Meta, Amazon, or Apple. Even if everyone is touting
Weak Signals
When discussing innovation, pretty soon, we end up talking about marketing and branding. If you do something new that challenges the market, there's an embedded drive to be remarkable yourself by shaking the usual market codes. In 2003, Seth Godin wrote The Purple Cow and summarised many key
Beginner
As I'm fairly conservative –quite the understatement– about the possible size and interest of the AR/VR market, I wanted to checklist everything positive about Apple's Vision Pro. The first reason is that it's always interesting to see both sides of a discussion for
Strategy
It's been a long time since I wrote about startups, and I thought it would be a good idea to help those of you with the idea of launching a startup in 2023 to set their expectations right. So, here's my default list of simple things
Beginner
Everyone trusts Apple will announce a mixed reality (XR) headset this week. A pair of goggles that will allow you to switch from VR to AR seamlessly. I'm quite incapable of seeing the appeal. And yes, I believe I do understand quite a few of the strategic intricacies
Newsletter
Ten years ago, I wrote an article that would end up being key to how Stéphanie and I would define our business. The article's title was Small is Beautiful, a Vision of Excellence with Fewer than 10 Employees. I was arguing at the time that micro-enterprises might be