The pace of digital and technological change has accelerated over the last couple of decades. Since I started work in the late 1980's everything has changed:
To give you some idea of the speed of innovation, TechCrunch launched its Disrupt conference in 2011 where just 45 start-ups demonstrated their products & services. This year at the same conference.... there are 5,000 of them.
However it is my belief that this speed of change, although on an upward trajectory, is going to get faster.
How fast? I've no idea. But if I'm right, the tools for delivering better and more customer-focused products will only get more efficient and the competition to create new and improved services will only get stronger.
Things are going to get crazy and brilliant at the same time... and I'm looking forward to it. So maybe sometime soon that suit of mine will one day stay in the wardrobe and only get used for family events.
- There's no such thing as a job for life
- Wearing a suit to work does not make you the most important person in the room (or indicate you're the highest paid)
- More and more things (products) now exist as software: music players, cameras, audio/visual editing tools, etc.
To give you some idea of the speed of innovation, TechCrunch launched its Disrupt conference in 2011 where just 45 start-ups demonstrated their products & services. This year at the same conference.... there are 5,000 of them.
However it is my belief that this speed of change, although on an upward trajectory, is going to get faster.
How fast? I've no idea. But if I'm right, the tools for delivering better and more customer-focused products will only get more efficient and the competition to create new and improved services will only get stronger.
Things are going to get crazy and brilliant at the same time... and I'm looking forward to it. So maybe sometime soon that suit of mine will one day stay in the wardrobe and only get used for family events.
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