The two most important keys to the future!

Publicerat 12 September 2017

Amazon began with a young Jeff Bezos who, through his job at the time, learned that Internet usage grew strongly. He then made his analytical homework and decided that he would start a website for selling books. Here’s an interesting clip from 1997 where you can hear Jeff Bezos himself describe his process.

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It would be easy to say that “the rest is history”, but instead we are going to stop and think about it. Being small, on the right market, at right time and growing is one thing, being big and continuing to develop is a completely different challenge. The two are very often confused. The question for established actors is not if, but when their conventional ways of doing business are going to become outdated. Many companies hold on to obsolete business models far too long… and eventually die. But there are ways to go forward – and like everything else it takes decision making and commitment.

Amazons competitors at the time was called Barnes & Noble and in Sweden Akademibokhandeln. Today, the list can be made considerably longer – way too long to post here, but have a look at this link. Firms like DHL, Volvo and Scania is going to be challenged in smart deliveries, transports with self-driving drones. With regard to data analysis and data storage, Amazon today competes with both Google and IBM. And with the acquisition of Whole Foods, Swedish food actors like Martin & Servera and ICA will also have to think about what their real challenges will be in the future. Läs mer

The two most important keys to the future!

Publicerat 12 September 2017

Amazon began with a young Jeff Bezos who, through his job at the time, learned that Internet usage grew strongly. He then made his analytical homework and decided that he would start a website for selling books. Here’s an interesting clip from 1997 where you can hear Jeff Bezos himself describe his process.

black-and-white-sport-fight-boxer

It would be easy to say that “the rest is history”, but instead we are going to stop and think about it. Being small, on the right market, at right time and growing is one thing, being big and continuing to develop is a completely different challenge. The two are very often confused. The question for established actors is not if, but when their conventional ways of doing business are going to become outdated. Many companies hold on to obsolete business models far too long… and eventually die. But there are ways to go forward – and like everything else it takes decision making and commitment.

Amazons competitors at the time was called Barnes & Noble and in Sweden Akademibokhandeln. Today, the list can be made considerably longer – way too long to post here, but have a look at this link. Firms like DHL, Volvo and Scania is going to be challenged in smart deliveries, transports with self-driving drones. With regard to data analysis and data storage, Amazon today competes with both Google and IBM. And with the acquisition of Whole Foods, Swedish food actors like Martin & Servera and ICA will also have to think about what their real challenges will be in the future. Läs mer

Professor Emeritus Eric Giertz

Publicerat 9 September 2017


KTH Executive School thank our founder Professor Emeritus Eric Giertz for his contributions. Eric has been in the forefront in research connected to business development and technology for decades and in this movie you can hear about some of his work.

Dags att ta steget in i den digitala världen

Publicerat 17 July 2017

Sommarfunderingar? Dags att ta steget in i den digitala världen. Allt vi tror idag kommer att digitaliseras – och så en hoper saker till vi inte har tänkt på. I den här kursen tittar vi tillbaka på vad som hänt, får perspektiv på var vi är och en förmåga att titta framåt. Det är väldigt tankeväckande när man tittar på sin egen organisation och bransch. Det säger Stefan Vlachos, verksamhetschef på Karolinska sjukhusets Center for Innovation om KTH Executive Schools kurs i Digital Transformation.

 

Reading list for lazy summer days

Publicerat 27 June 2017

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It is summer, at last. For lazy days we have selected a few book titles that do broaden perspectives.

Alec Ross, Hillary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation, distils his observations on the forces that are changing the world in The Industries of the future. Robotics, artificial intelligence, the commercialization of genomics, cybercrime and the impact of digital technology. How will we need to adapt to all of this? You can purchase it here.

The other titles we recommend are Originals, Plattform Revolution and Crossing the Chasm.

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Böcker för lata sommardagar

Publicerat 26 June 2017

images[9]Nu när sommaren äntligen är här vill vi ge dig inspirerande lästips för lata dagar i hängmattan. Vi har valt ut några boktitlar som breddar dina perspektiv.

Alec Ross, Hillary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation, har i The Industries of the Future samlat sina observationer kring vilka drivkrafter som förändrar världen. Robotar, AI, kommersialiseringen av genomiken, cyberkriminalitet och effekten av digital teknik. Hur måste vi anpassa oss till allt detta? Du kan köpa den här.

De andra titlarna vi rekommenderar dig i sommar är Originals, Plattform Revolution och Crossing the Chasm.

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Förarlös, Ägarlös, Fabrikslös…därefter även Varumärkeslös?

Publicerat 19 June 2017

Redan innan den globala finanskrisen slog till hade världen överkapacitet i produktionen av bilar. car-571449_1920Istället för den utslagning som marknaden då hade kunnat tvinga fram hände raka motsatsen. Lätt att glömma då vi alla just nu fokuserar på de framtida förarlösa bilarna.

Obama gick in och konserverade de amerikanska märkena, Merkel de tyska, Sarkozy de franska etc. och ingen direkt utslagning blev av.

Idag produceras det alltså påfallande många bilar i världen – i sig en utmaning.

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Talare från riksdag, regering och EU om trender och samhällsförändringar

Publicerat 31 March 2017

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Anna Felländer talar om Diginomics

Vi kan nu stolt presentera talarna i första etappen av KTH Executive Schools affärsprogram speciellt anpassat för beslutsfattare i organisationer inom infrastrukturservice – talare från bland annat både riksdag, regering och EU i den den del som fokuserar på omvärldsförändringar och analys. Se hela programmet och anmäl dig här.

Konsultchef – ta dig tid att reflektera över dina vägval

Publicerat 22 March 2017

Johan Olsson bild 2Intervju med Johan Olsson – ny programdirektör i Konsultchefsprogrammet

Om du vill höja intäktsnivån och behålla personal – ta dig tiden för årets upplaga av Executive Program in Consultancy Management  på KTH Executive School, rekommenderar Johan Olsson. Läs intervjun här.


Too fast for you?

Publicerat 13 February 2017

baw7648-360x240Under två dagars innovationsworkshop initierad av HiQ i samband med Svenska Rallyt i Värmland diskuterade vi bland annat hastigheter. Hur fort affärslandskapen nu förändras. Har man full kontroll går det för långsamt är en av slutsatserna.

Med den höga omvandlingstakten blir det som i rallyskogen, någon avåkning ibland. Det som utmärker de mest framgångsrika är dock hur snabbt de är uppe på banan igen och hur de använder erfarenheterna för att kontinuerligt förbättra sin prestation.