Jairo H Venegas

Advisor/Consultant. I help Boards, C-levels and Individuals to Innovate/Transform Institutions. Connecting Innovation and Strategy to Value

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Trends
Gartner's 10 TECHNOLOGY Trends for 2019: The Good, the Obvious and the Missing
Forbes - Steve Andriole
This is the second installment of the annual Gartner prediction/trends set. The last one focused on strategic predictions. This one focuses on Gartner’s technology trends. This year’s list feels a little
Business (South Africa)
5 key challenges for businesses as they head for digital transformation
fin24.com - Lameez Omarjee, Fin24
There's a high risk of things going wrong when technology is involved, a conference heard. Speaking at cyber security firm Fortinet's international …
The Curse of Culture
stratechery.com - Ben Thompson
One of the seminal books on culture is Edgar Schein’s Organizational Culture and Leadership. Schein writes in the introduction: Perhaps the most …
Opinion
Digitizing Individuals: How Digital Identities Can Fix the Internet and the World Around It
Forbes - Gerald Fenech
Proving who we are used to be a pretty straight-forward affair, or as Popeye the Sailor Man used to say: I am what I am and that’s all that I am. The increasing digitization of our lives, however, doesn’t
Armed Forces
Top U.S. general says competition with old foes requires new strategies
cbc.ca - Chris Hall
America's top soldier says the world is witnessing a return of an open competition between the U.S. and its allies and old adversaries Russia and …
Business
Tesla just had the worst year in its history, but now it's starting to look like the best tech company in the world
Business Insider - Matthew DeBord
• Tesla is a hybrid of tech company and car company — and with various scandals roiling the tech sector, Tesla seems like a tech company that's at least trying to do good. • Tesla endured its own self-manufactured
Develop a Learning Organization and Build Breakthrough Innovation Competency
futureofcio.blogspot.com - Pearl Zhu
With the increasing pace of changes and cutting throat competitions, To effectively respond to the digital dynamics, companies must begin thinking …
Digital transformation requires paying off that technical debt, studies show
ZDNet - Joe McKendrick
'IT leaders want to enjoy all the benefits of new information technologies while keeping their legacy systems humming.' Gee, isn't there a way of …
Opinion
Bezos Is Right To Worry About Amazon's Future
Forbes - Bryce Hoffman
When word leaked out of Seattle that Jeff Bezos had told employees “Amazon will go bankrupt,” the company’s stock took a nose dive. But those comments shouldn’t worry Amazon.com investors; Bezos’ statement
Marketing Strategy
5 Effective Marketing Strategies You’re Not Doing
business2community.com - Christopher Jan Benitez
Maximizing your digital marketing campaigns should be your primary goal.However, lots of digital marketers are launching successful marketing …
Opinion
The Schmeling Effect: Amazon, Google And Facebook Saw What Others Did Not
Forbes - Brittain Ladd
Jeff Bezos recently made headlines by predicting that one day Amazon will go bankrupt. The comments by Bezos reverberated globally due to the perception of most business leaders and retail analysts that
Employment
Tech loyalty threatens productivity in the workplace
ZDNet - Eileen Brown
There is disconnect between the tech that workers want and what leadership is providing - and employees are not backing down. Business professionals …
Innovation
11. Exploring Disruptive Innovation & S-Curve Transitions - Innovation Roundtable Insights
buzzsprout.com
All Episodes Apple Podcasts • RSS Feed Innovation Roundtable Insights 11. Exploring Disruptive Innovation & S-Curve Transitions November 13, 2018 Bill …
Entrepreneurship
Mid-Market Companies Have an Edge in Innovation
business.com - By John David
Middle-market, entrepreneurial companies – not large-cap companies – are poised for dramatic growth and market opportunities if they embrace …
Business Intelligence
Facebook Lenses
stratechery.com - Ben Thompson
While I was mostly unplugged on my vacation last week, with the news of Facebook’s disappointing earnings report and subsequent stock decline — the …
Public Relations
Report: When marketing to seniors, drop the humor and emotional pleas | Articles | Marketing
prdaily.com - Vlad The King
Despite stereotypes, older consumers are embracing technology and digital platforms—but still seek specific marketing messages. Though 41 percent of …
Jeff Bezos
Do Big Businesses Die Young? Fact-Checking Jeff Bezos
Forbes - Elisabeth Brier
As one of the world's most valuable brands, it's hard to imagine a time when Amazon may cease to exist. Jeff Bezos, the company's illustrious CEO and founder, however, sees its extinction as a real possibility.
The Great Digital Illusion – Wake-up Call
robllewellyn.com
The fourth industrial revolution is an exciting time to be alive and innovative start-ups are proving size doesn't matter when you know how to put …
MIT
Three Characteristics of a Winning Digital Strategy
mit.edu - Gerald C. Kane. Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane is a professor of information systems at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and the MIT Sloan Management Review guest editor for the Digital Business Initiative. He can be reached at gerald.kane@bc.edu and on Twitter @profkane.
Three years of research consistently highlights the single biggest predictor of a company’s digital maturity as the existence of a clear and coherent …
Tech Industry
How is helping workers prepare for a digital skill shift
mckinsey.com
Jacquelline Fuller, president of Google.org, shares how her organization is preparing for the future of work through online training that reaches …
Lean Startups
EY - Better Innovation
ey.com
Renowned entrepreneur Alexander Osterwalder and EY Global Tax Innovation Leader Jeff Saviano come to you live from downtown Boston. The co-founder of …
Employment
Steve Blank How to Keep Your Job As Your Company Grows
steveblank.com
If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most …
Tech Trends
It’s All About Business Model Innovation, not New Technology
The Wall Street Journal - Irving Wladawsky-Berger
New technology, no matter how transformative, is not enough to propel a business into the future. By Irving Wladawsky-Berger To survive in today’s fast changing marketplace, every business--large or small,
The Top 10 Business Strategy Books of 2018
Inc Magazine - By Soren Kaplan
In my work advising executives from both big companies and startups, I get insight into what's on the minds of some of the most strategic, innovative leaders in the planet. There are a few consistent common
Opinion
How Can My Business Stay Relevant With Rapid Advances In Technology?
Forbes - Quora
How can I remain relevant when technology is advancing so rapidly? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the
Entrepreneurship
4 Tips For Transforming Sales in Legacy Industries |
Inc Magazine - By Entrepreneurs' Organization
At the core of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)'s mission is an unwavering commitment to helping entrepreneurs at every stage learn and grow. During Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 12-16, EO
Machine Learning
Infographic: AI, Machine Learning and the Cloud
ZDNet - Mark Samuels
mul-ti-plexer-er. noun. A device, in electronics, that synthesizes disparate data signals into a single, uniform output. ZDNet Multiplexer merges …
Connectivity
Tech-enabled transformation: The trillion-dollar opportunity for industrials | Digital McKinsey
mckinsey.com
November 2018 – The digital revolution is just beginning. As data, connectivity, and processing power expand, so do opportunities for …
Singularity
Making sense of Microsoft's approach to AI
ZDNet - Mary Jo Foley
Microsoft has a master plan for trying to get more customers to jump into the AI waters. Here's an attempt to explain how containers, accelerators, …
Molecular Biology
Coffee or tea? The answer might be in your genes
The Guardian - Nicola Davis
Do you prefer coffee or tea? The answer to that question might in part be down to your genes, research suggests. Scientists say a genetic predisposition to perceiving the bitterness of particular substances

Jairo H Venegas

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Gartner's 10 TECHNOLOGY Trends for 2019: The Good, the Obvious and the Missing

5 key challenges for businesses as they head for digital transformation

The Curse of Culture

Digitizing Individuals: How Digital Identities Can Fix the Internet and the World Around It

Top U.S. general says competition with old foes requires new strategies

Tesla just had the worst year in its history, but now it's starting to look like the best tech company in the world

Develop a Learning Organization and Build Breakthrough Innovation Competency

Digital transformation requires paying off that technical debt, studies show

Bezos Is Right To Worry About Amazon's Future

5 Effective Marketing Strategies You’re Not Doing

The Schmeling Effect: Amazon, Google And Facebook Saw What Others Did Not

Tech loyalty threatens productivity in the workplace

11. Exploring Disruptive Innovation & S-Curve Transitions - Innovation Roundtable Insights

Mid-Market Companies Have an Edge in Innovation

Facebook Lenses

Report: When marketing to seniors, drop the humor and emotional pleas | Articles | Marketing

Do Big Businesses Die Young? Fact-Checking Jeff Bezos

The Great Digital Illusion – Wake-up Call

Three Characteristics of a Winning Digital Strategy

How is helping workers prepare for a digital skill shift

EY - Better Innovation

Steve Blank How to Keep Your Job As Your Company Grows

It’s All About Business Model Innovation, not New Technology

The Top 10 Business Strategy Books of 2018

How Can My Business Stay Relevant With Rapid Advances In Technology?

4 Tips For Transforming Sales in Legacy Industries |

Infographic: AI, Machine Learning and the Cloud

Tech-enabled transformation: The trillion-dollar opportunity for industrials | Digital McKinsey

Making sense of Microsoft's approach to AI

Coffee or tea? The answer might be in your genes