World Internet Conference 2017: Key Takeaways

China’s journey toward becoming a digital economy is well underway.  Internet Plus is the vision and the framework that is guiding the digitization of China’s economy and the development of the next generation of digital businesses and industry models.  The epicenter of China’s digital industrial revolution – Wuzhen.

Blockchain Solutions Forum 2017: Key Takeaways

Business leaders need to tread carefully. The Blockchain gold rush is on and there is plenty of fool’s gold out there.  However, just like the Internet, technologies such as Blockchain can have significant implications for your business and industry and should be taken seriously.

When Agile is Bad for Business

There is a lot of noise today about the use of Agile in digital business. In my experience leading Agile development projects, helping early “eBanks” innovate their web development and operations and advising some of the leading digital enterprises today with their transformation and innovation initiatives, I have come to realize that there is an fundamental misunderstanding of Agile as it pertains to “digital business.”  Furthermore, there is a pervasive misconception that Agile practices somehow translate into business agility and adaptability.  Not true.