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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Top 10 Tech Trend Predictions for 2018 from a Tech CEO
by  Heinan Landa


As we cross into 2018, what can we expect to see on the technology side of things? Here are my top 10 predictions (in countdown fashion). I recommend CEOs take a moment to discuss these trends with their CIOs/CTOs and evaluate which ones will provide the most value for your company and should be made a priority in 2018 and beyond.

10. TVs will get smarter and way, way cheaper. Ever heard of Element Electronics brand televisions? I hadn’t either until I found that their sets come equipped with Amazon’s Fire TV built right in. Same story with TCL TVs, which I only know about because they come with Roku streaming. These “off-brand” sets are gaining traction thanks to big-name technologies, while maintaining pricing that makes me seriously regret my (significantly more expensive) purchase a few years back.

9. Businesses will relent and embrace social software platforms. We’re nearing mainstream adoption for software tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. These Facebook-esque platforms reduce email clutter, streamline communication and facilitate collaboration. We’re all sick of splintered, endless email chains, and these intuitive and user-friendly packages eliminate that hassle from our day-to-day. By year’s end, I think we’ll be hard-pressed to find many organizations that still rely exclusively on email.

8. They’ll get smart about using technology to attract and retain millennials, too. Beyond the social software platforms, businesses will focus in on technology solutions that allow for better collaboration, mobility and real-time communication. These are the capabilities that millennials expect, and are the same ones that will help unlock their maximum potential in the workplace. Some businesses will be ahead of the curve with this, and others will shift their approach once they realize they have a turnover issue on their hands.

7. We’ll see more high-powered tablets running around. I expect Microsoft’s Surface tablet and comparable models to continue gaining ground. As companies become more and more focused on creating a highly-effective mobile workforce, they’ll turn their attention toward these powerful devices that travel well and are less intrusive in a business meeting scenario. Some of the “clone” devices – the Lenovo Miix and Asus Transformer, for example – are at a very attractive price point, too.

6. Buyers will get shrewd about the cloud. We aren’t intimidated by “the cloud” anymore. In fact, businesses are getting quite savvy about it; they know that not all clouds and not all cloud providers are created equal, and they’re asking increasingly sophisticated questions when it comes to vetting their options. Providers in particular will find themselves exploring elements like security, risk mitigation, productivity and collaboration in much greater depth than they’ve been asked to before.

5. In response, cloud providers will step up their game. More sophisticated buyers means a more sophisticated product. We’ll see more and more cloud offerings that cater directly toward a specific industry, specific compliance regulations, and specific software packages. The closer providers can get to a specialized plug-and-play product, the better chance they’ll have to get a leg up over their competitors.

4. IT services will get worse. The IT industry is teeming with mergers and acquisitions. As demand climbs for one-stop-shop IT outsourcing, service firms are gobbling up MSPs, telecom providers, cloud providers, cybersecurity firms, strategic consulting firms and whatever else they can get their hands on. Unfortunately, I don’t expect these transactions to result in better service; as these new conglomerates experience massive expansion, they’ll become so focused on integration that, for awhile, they’ll lose sight of their purpose: serving their clients.

3. Voice technology will creep its way into our offices. Amazon has released Alexa for Business, which functions as a voice-controlled “intelligent assistant.” We’ll see some brave souls experiment with shouting orders at a speaker on their desk, and we’ll see the technology evolve as developers respond to the feedback these brave souls offer. Eventually, I think voice command will find a home in the corporate setting… but not to any substantial degree in 2018.

2. Yes, a $1,000 smartphone will be a success. Remember when Apple announced the iPhone X and everyone promptly lost their minds about it being so expensive? $999 is certainly pricey when it comes to smartphones, but it isn’t unreasonable; there’s a large market of folks out there who will shell out this kind of money, and they’re precisely the group that will appreciate the subtle but functional (and elegant) changes Apple has made to this model.

1. LinkedIn will explode. Since Microsoft took over, LinkedIn has gotten a fresh new interface, native video, live messaging, trending stories, and I’m sure more is on the way. We’re going to start seeing businesses flock to this network – which is 500 million users strong – and leveraging it as a powerful tool for both recruiting and business development.

Fuente: Chief Executive

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    Consultor en Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
    Miembro del Comité EEUU del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales
    Representante de The George Washington University para LatAm desde 1996
    Ex Director Académico y Profesor de Gestión del Cambio del HSML Program para LatAm en 
    The George Washington University (Washington DC)
    CEO, MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP LatAm
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    soluciones integrales, eficientes y operativas en todas las áreas vinculadas a:

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    Thursday, January 11, 2018

    How Companies can prepare for the new Digital Reality
    by  Katie Kuehner-Hebert


    Organizations that pay attention to the principles for digital disruption will be best positioned for today’s complex digital reality, according Mathias Herzog, a partner at PwC’s Strategy&, and one of the authors of the strategy consulting group’s report, 10 Principles for Digital Disruption.

    “Over time, disruption impacts market share and profitability of incumbent business models, and there is a gradual impact we’ve seen with most disruptions,” Herzog said in an interview with Chief Executive. “In most industries, organizations that have passed that tipping point – as defined by market share and beginning to lose money – have migrated to a new business model.”

    These organizations have a heightened sense of urgency, whereas other organizations find themselves a little further from the tipping point, so they perhaps have more time, he says. As such, there’s a time sensitivity that varies based on the situation.

    In either case, PwC believes there are a number of things organizations should do in a structured manner to really understand the disruptive forces at play and how they might potentially impact them. Here are a summary of the 10 ideas.
    1. “We advise our clients to build their ‘organizational muscle’ around assessing the environment,” Herzog says. “One data point to follow is the venture capital flow into technologies – look into the funding that is going into new types of business models within a given sector. This can offer indications of how rapidly disruption is approaching.”
    2. Define your digital identity, looking freshly at the way you deliver value, in light of what digital technology can do for you.
    3. Begin building new capabilities early and proceed strategically, rather than frantically and reactively, he says. That way, these capabilities will be ready when their industry finally reaches its tipping point.
    4. Companies should also focus on their right to win, by building an identity grounded in their distinctive capabilities, and then aligning their value proposition around that.
    5. Constantly reimagine your customers’ needs in ways you may not know is possible, and in return, you will likely gain privileged access to those customers, he notes. If your audience responds to price reduction, for example, work to increase customer adoption with lower prices to scale up new business models and “make it difficult for rivals to compete.”
    6. Identify ways to create value from underused facilities, tech resources, staff time and information available for sharing across your enterprise.
    7. Use platforms, Herzog says, to break free of the constraints of your sector or even of your department, and go wherever the capabilities system provides an advantage. By relying on technology and capabilities provided by others, companies can carve out a differentiated niche on the vast business-to-business systems emerging now.
    8. Also, use your new business model to enable an enterprise-wide digital transformation, instead of experimenting on the side with “safe” but quarantined pilot efforts. “Companies should challenge the rules,” Herzog says, “orienting practices toward the intent rather than the letter of the law.”
    9. Foster a culture rooted in strategy, customer experience and technology – by evolving digital insight and business strategy along the journey.
    10. Use digital technology as a catalyst to change the way their business operates. They should assemble teams that integrate business strategy, customer experience and technological acumen.
    Herzog doesn’t believe organizations have a choice to ignore these principles. With past disruptions, as incumbent business models shift in value, market share and customer knowledge also shift – customers become more savvy and then have an expectation that business will disrupt.

    “At some point, the businesses that don’t move will find themselves in a situation beyond the tipping point, and then it becomes really hard,” he said. “They are then on the decline – on the defensive – and their ability to invest in things other than their old business model is going to get more limited.”

    “It will be a death spiral – that’s definitely something we’ve seen with past disruptions,” Herzog said.
    Source: Chief Executive

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      Especialista Multicultural Global en Management Estratégico, Conducta Organizacional, Gestión del Cambio e Inversiones, graduado en University of California at Berkeley y The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
      Consultor en Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
      Miembro del Comité EEUU del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales
      Representante de The George Washington University para LatAm desde 1996
      Ex Director Académico y Profesor de Gestión del Cambio del HSML Program para LatAm en 
      The George Washington University (Washington DC)
      CEO, MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP LatAm
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      (mamc.latam@gmail.com; +5411.3532.0510)
      es una Consultora Interdisciplinaria cuya Misión es proveer
      soluciones integrales, eficientes y operativas en todas las áreas vinculadas a:

      Estrategias Multiculturales y Transculturales, Organizacionales y Competitivas,
      Management Estratégico,
      Gestión del Cambio,
      Marketing Estratégico,
      Inversiones,
      Gestión Educativa,
      Capacitación

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      b) Universidades y Centros de Capacitación,
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      Thursday, January 4, 2018

      How can you identify the real Innovation Hub?


      Many cities and states are laying claim to the title Innovation Hub. But is there a way for those considering where to open or relocate a business to tell if a city or state is walking the walk?

      Innovation centers are the future, but to determine if it has truly taken root in a place, you must look to the recent past and ask: Have big investments been made to encourage innovative thinking among executives and students alike? Have public school initiatives and workforce-training programs equipped residents with STEAM skills?

      Rhode Island recently underwent a successful makeover into a true hub of innovation, an initiative that took many years. This small state has become a leader of the pack for other places that want to prioritize innovation—and not just by paying lip service to the concept.

      What Rhode Island has also done is the following:
      1. Invest: Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo’s innovation initiatives include investments in the form of tax credits, grants and workforce training programs and partnerships between schools and local companies. The Innovation Voucher Program offers companies with fewer than 500 employees the opportunity to apply for grants of up to $50,000 to fund an R&D project alongside a local university, research center or medical center. This program supports research that leads to commercialization for small and growing businesses.
      2. Support: Created the Innovate Rhode Island Small Business Fund in 2013 to support a variety of small business programming to foster job creation and enhance the workforce pipeline. The Fund encourages the establishment of high-growth ventures in Rhode Island.
      3. Collaborate: Twenty acres in Downtown Providence are being cultivated as the state’s new Innovation and Design District. Situated between academic and business partners, the District has a unifying vision of innovation and economic development.
      4. Educate: Under Gov. Raimondo, Rhode Island implemented strong statewide STEAM education and training, including CS4RI, the country’s most comprehensive computer science initiative. And the Wavemaker Fellowship is positioned to keep graduates in-state by defraying the cost of student debt for grads working in the STEM fields at Rhode Island employers.
      To tell if a place is innovative, look to the caliber of companies arriving there. General Electric will open its digital technology center in Providence. Trade Area Systems is leaving Massachusetts for Providence to recruit better talent. Extracts producer Finlays will open a research and manufacturing space in the state and General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to hire thousands of new employees at its Quonset Point shipyard.

      Rhode Island is now the fastest-growing advanced industries hub in New England. According to the 2016 Brookings Institution’s American’s Advanced Industries: New Trends report, it’s now in the top third in the nation for advanced industries job growth. From 2013 to 2015, the rate of growth in advanced industries jobs increased by 285 percent. In 2015, more than 40,000 full-time workers were employed in advanced industries, earning an average salary of $73,918.

      Fuente: Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

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        Especialista Multicultural Global en Management Estratégico, Conducta Organizacional, Gestión del Cambio e Inversiones, graduado en University of California at Berkeley y The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
        Consultor en Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
        Miembro del Comité EEUU del Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales
        Representante de The George Washington University para LatAm desde 1996
        Ex Director Académico y Profesor de Gestión del Cambio del HSML Program para LatAm en 
        The George Washington University (Washington DC)
        CEO, MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP LatAm
        TE Oficina: ( 0054) 11 - 3532 - 0510
        TE Móvil (Local): ( 011 ) 15 - 4420 - 5103
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        Skype: medinacasabella


        MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP LatAm ©
        (mamc.latam@gmail.com; +5411.3532.0510)
        es una Consultora Interdisciplinaria cuya Misión es proveer
        soluciones integrales, eficientes y operativas en todas las áreas vinculadas a:

        Estrategias Multiculturales y Transculturales, Organizacionales y Competitivas,
        Management Estratégico,
        Gestión del Cambio,
        Marketing Estratégico,
        Inversiones,
        Gestión Educativa,
        Capacitación

        de Latino América (LatAm), para los Sectores:

        a) Industria y Servicios,
        b) Universidades y Centros de Capacitación,
        c) ONGs y Gobiernos.
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