The Exponential Era - David Espindola, Michael W. Wright

The Exponential Era

Strategies to Stay Ahead of the Curve in an Era of Chaotic Changes and Disruptive Forces
Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2021
Wiley-IEEE Press (Verlag)
978-1-119-74651-5 (ISBN)
45,69 inkl. MwSt
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Praise for The Exponential Era

"The Exponential Era turns strategic planning from a stagnant limited application exercise to an active thoughtful process that can yield benefits for all companies and executives. Every company leader can find a gem in the Exponential Era to apply to their business big or small."
—Michael Splinter, Chairman of the Board, NASDAQ and Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Materials

"I count this among the very best business books I have read. The authors have managed to synthesize a vast array of thinking and methodologies and deployed them in a practical and easily understood planning process (SPX) that addresses today's exponential pace of change."
—James B. Stake, former Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services, 3M Company and Chairman, Ativa Medical Corporation

"The Exponential Era is an essential read for our times."
—John Puckett, Owner of Punch Pizza and Co-founder of Caribou Coffee

"The Exponential Era does a great job of not only describing exponential technologies, but how they likely converge to transform our world."
—Frank Diana, Managing Partner, Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services

"The Exponential Era is a must-read for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and virtually anyone navigating our highly complex and rapidly changing world."
—General (Ret. 4 Star) Joseph L. Votel, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)

DAVID ESPINDOLA is a Partner at Intercepting Horizons and an Advisory Board member of the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota. As a former Chief Information Officer and consulting leader, he has developed global technology strategies and successfully implemented business transformation programs. MICHAEL W. WRIGHT is a Partner of Intercepting Horizons and the author of the acclaimed New Business Normal, a former C-suite global high-tech executive at scale and an active board member. He is a University of Minnesota Sr. Fellow, Chairman Emeritus of the Advisory Board for the UMN Technological Leadership Institute, and formerly an adjunct professor at Carlson School of Management where he taught strategic leadership.

About the Authors xv

Acknowledgments xvii

Foreword xix

Introduction 1

The Threat of Being Amazoned and Uberized 2

Elephants Dancing to a Faster Tempo 4

Where is My Crystal Ball? 4

Trillion- Dollar Platforms 6

Changing Wheels While the Car is Running 7

Dealing with Chaos 8

Uncertainty Must Be Managed 8

The Premise Behind SPX 9

How This Book is Organized 11

Section One 15

Chapter 1 The New Context for Our Future 17

The Future is Not Your Brain’s Priority 18

Exponentials Make Fools of Humans 19

The Phases of Exponential Progression 19

The Exponential Explosion 22

Moore’s Law: The Observation that Changed the World 24

Chapter 2 Exponential Platforms: Convergences and Megatrends 27

Megatrends 29

Hyper Global Connectivity 29

A Longer and Healthier Life 30

Augmented and Virtual Worlds 31

Abundance 32

Upgraded Transportation 33

Instant Personalization 34

Digitization of Work 34

Automated Shopping 35

Radical Interfaces 36

Sustainable Environment 36

Exponential Platforms 37

Artificial Intelligence 37

Networks and Blockchain 41

Biotechnology 43

Quantum Computing 44

Internet of Things 44

3D Printing 45

Robotics 46

Material Science 47

Chapter 3 Animals of the Exponential Kingdom 49

Flash Boiled Frogs 49

Nokia 50

Blockbuster 51

Disruptive

Unicorns 52

Airbnb 52

ByteDance 53

Fast and Furious Gazelles 55

Uber 55

Netflix 56

Dancing Elephants 58

IBM 59

Microsoft 60

Dominating Gorillas 61

Google 61

Amazon 62

Section Two 65

Chapter 4 Introducing SPX: Strategic Planning for the Exponential Era 67

Convergence Research and Strategic Planning 68

The Manifesto that Changed How Software is Built 69

Iterative Experiments in a Feedback Loop 71

Thinking Like a Designer 72

Getting Inside the Opponent’s Head with OODA 73

A New Approach to Strategic Planning 74

Traditional Strategic Planning versus SPX 75

Chapter 5 Detecting Early Signals 79

If It is Obvious to Everyone, It Has No Value 80

Research and Observation 83

Removing Barriers to Information Flow 84

Access is the Name of the Game 86

Dealing with Uncertainty 87

Conducting Research 88

Predictive Analytics 90

Timing Analysis 92

Chapter 6 Learning from Experiments 95

Divergence and Convergence 96

Starting with Divergence 97

Moving into Convergence 99

Short Experiments 101

Risks and Opportunities Identification 104

Embracing Chaos and Bad News 105

Chapter 7 Capabilities – The Essential Fuel to Ride the Exponential Curve 107

Determine Capabilities 108

People 109

Process 112

Technology 115

Market 116

Capital 119

Develop Risk–Opportunity–Capability Map 120

Develop Priority List 122

Chapter 8 Feedback-Based Strategic Decisions 125

Determine Scale and Scope 127

Explore Highest Priorities 130

Gather Data and Feedback 132

Scale or Terminate Initiatives 134

Chapter 9 Leading a Culture of Change 137

Exploration versus Exploitation – the Innovator’s Dilemma 139

Amplifying Flow Through the Organization 141

Mobilizing the Organization Through an Inflection Point 142

Knowing When to Quit 143

Executive Engagement 145

Culture and Behaviors 147

Judgment 148

Curiosity 148

Innovation 148

Integrity 149

Section Three 151

Chapter 10 The Exponential Human – Social and Ethical Challenges in a Chaotic World 153

The Workless Society 154

Education Reinvented 156

Global Synchronous Communications 159

New Ethics for a New Era 161

For My Children 163

A Discussion About The Use of The Term Exponential 165

Notes and References 167

Index 175

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie IEEE Press Series on Technology Management, Innovation, and Leadership
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 224 mm
Gewicht 318 g
Themenwelt Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10 1-119-74651-5 / 1119746515
ISBN-13 978-1-119-74651-5 / 9781119746515
Zustand Neuware
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