Nodes Connectivity will allow us to track, measure, and validate the value of everything we do. Moreover, it will all work in real time. Here is where the Breaker power of hyperconnectivity becomes apparent. For this first time in human history, we are able to gather...
GE realized that in the Innovation Economy, where information devices are essential to the success of any business, connectivity between its people wouldn’t be enough. It also saw that its customers were leaving and going to non-traditional competitors. Innovation for the company became more than...
Three Ingredients of Success The three ingredients of success are hyperconnectivity, game mechanics, and socialization. All three work in concert with another, flowing seamlessly between each other. Hyperconnectivity Over the next several decades, connectivity will accelerate to nearly unforeseeable levels. There has been a dramatic jump in...
Connection Architects The Connection Shift calls for leaders to become connection architects. This involves emphasizing a management and leadership style that promotes building bonds between people, not separating them through hierarchy and bureaucracy. It has far more to do with the connection of people, markets, and...
So how do you develop relationships with your customers – or what I call “conduits of connectivity?” There’s an old management theory which was propagated back in the 1970s called “management by walking about,” or “MBWA.” The idea there was that, as you walked around the...
