DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Extension of the Realm of Intelligence
The theme, “Artificial Intelligence and the Smart City,” is the culmination of a long series of meditations on the world of open organizations.
Digitalization: The Pharmakon of Open Organizations
The first industrial revolution saw the birth of the idea of an enterprise—the same entity we are familiar with today[1]. The creative crucible of the third industrial revolution is in the process of giving rise to a new form of business. I’m...
Is Buffer an Example of the Company of the Future?
In a previous article extracted from his co-authored book Innovation Intelligence, Albert Meige talked about the mega trends in employment and work organization. Among these mega trends, he mentioned flexibility in terms of both time and space...
Mega-trends in employment and work organization
In parallel to the third Industrial Revolution, the world of work and employment is changing rapidly. Birth of the enterprise: from a marketplace of skills to employment Blanche Segrestin and Armand Hatchuel give a very clear history of employment and of...
News from the symbiotic transfer economy front
I've been receiving a lot of links from Albert recently. He's been on the road quite a bit this month, making new connections and finding out about new startups along the way. Or maybe these subjects are just always on his radar. Let's see what we have, shall we?...
How the world of industry confronts the hurricane of digital transformation
When Apple launched the iTunes Music Store in 2003, it unknowingly created a textbook case of digital disruption. Initially designed to facilitate legal downloads in order to increase the demand for iPods, the platform has revolutionized the...
We had to impose ourselves on IT: Interview with Frédéric Sutter, Digital Transformation Program Director, Airbus Group
Frédéric Sutter has been the Digital Transformation Program Director of Airbus Group for about a year. Frédéric and I have crossed our paths several times in the past, most notably among which the CTO Senior Staff Meeting I had been invited to...
The Entrepreneur Generation
It started in the late 1990s. Internet entrepreneurs were a new breed, low on the radar of these placid pre-9/11 years. Back in those days, the EU was self-confidently marching into a post-historical and post-heroic age. The tragic echoes of...
HEC-Roundtable: Managers from GE, Safran, IBM, Total, Airbus Discuss Digitalization
On April 11, 2016, the HEC Advanced Technology Group organized a roundtable on the topic of the digitalization of capital-intensive industries. 120 people attended this sold-out event, which took place in the now well-known halls of Remix Coworking, rue des Petites...
Industrial Digital Transformation: Interview with Robert Plana, General Electrics
Can you tell us about you and your career, which spans the worlds of research and industry? Collaboration with industry has been central to all of my work as an applied researcher. I have found this to be interesting on a personal level. In all...