The Future of Software, Technology, Business and the App Economy

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“The future is already here - it’s just unevenly distributed” William Gibson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things

Apps & Software

Internet of Things

Big Data & AI

Interdependence

Shift towards interdependent Ecosystems

http://frankdiana.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/the-smart-home/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-28/robots-could-cost-australian-economy-5-million-jobs-expert-says/5484740

140.000 people +++

Whatever can be digitised…will be

Via Pew Research on Facebook

A fast, highly uncertain, complex and ambiguous world

A fast, highly uncertain, complex and ambiguous world: We need to get better at ‘flipping the VUCA’

Velocity Unorthodoxy Collaboration Awesomeness

Moto Android wear via Google and Youtube

Google Now App (part of Google Mobile)

Transformative: connectivity, data, software, artificial intelligence

Transformation …going beyond change

Transformation: discard ‘toxic assumptions’

http://qz.com/232834/streaming-music-has-become-a-pawn-in-a-high-stakes-chess-match-

who-will-win-and-why/

Is your business digitally contestable?

http://mashable.com/2014/06/11/uber-protests-europe/

‘Managed Dissatisfaction’ is no longer a feasible business model

Assumption: controlling access will force paymentVia Michael Moriz / Sequioa Capital, via LinkedIn

Assumption: controlling access will force paymentVia Michael Moriz / Sequioa Capital, via LinkedIn

Reality: Pay-Will not Pay-Wall!

Digitization, automation, fragmentation: hyper-efficiency everywhere

“Software is eating the world” *Marc Andreessen

Digital devices, services and platforms are literally ‘moving in’: Carry ➲ Wear ➲ Integrate ➲ Implant ➲ ? Merge ?

Intelligent Everything…!?

Business Intelligence (BI): going warp-drive

The best apps are about relationships, trust, brand loyalty fka ‘customer service’

CRM build into the product - everything is CRM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobsfever/7034556759/in/photostream/

“Machines are for answers, humans are for questions”*Kevin Kelly

Algorithms need ‘Humarithms’

Awesome Technology + Great People + Credible Purpose

Summary and take-aways

“The best way to predict the future

is to create it” Alan Kay

Thanks for your time and attention!