What kind of doorbell do you use? A buzzer? A door knocker or a Ring smart doorbell system?
Right now, you can see all three inventions in use: one that has been around for millennia, and another that was created just 20 years ago.
This shows the wide gap between tech invention and its wide-scale adaption. While the Ring doorbell system is now well known, some people still prefer to use a door knocker – a system that was developed before Biblical times.
This gap between a product or an idea existing, and its wide scale adaption, is where the biggest opportunities lie.
Listen to this episode to learn how to capture them, as a corporate leader, founder or investor.
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This December, Microsoft (founded in 1975) took a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange (founded in 1698). As part of this deal, the LSE will spend at least $2.8 billion on Microsoft’s cloud related services in the next 10 years.
Big Tech and finance have been getting closer and closer in recent years. The CME has a deal with Google, AWS has a deal with Nasdaq, and almost all banks and insurers now use big tech’s cloud services.
This is a sign of things to come for all industries, and carries lessons for Digital Leaders.
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There is plenty of hype about AI, but most organisations are still using old precesses to make decisions.
We are in the Between Times: "after AI's clear promise and before its transformational impact," as described in the book Power and Prediction: the disruptive economics of Artificial Intelligence.
In this episode, Professor Joshua Gans, one of the book's co-authors explains why organisations are not yet adapting the full power of AI and what will happen when they do.
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Why do you keep checking your phone, even when you’re trying not to? It's because the apps on your phone use the Hook Model. described by Nir Eyal in his book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
To learn how apps like Instagram, LinkedIn and Vivino keep us coming back to our screens, listen to this episode.
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