Marketflash: Bitcoin, Robots, and When to Cook the Golden Goose
SAP Unpacks Perception vs Reality in Digitalist Magazine.
Is Bitcoin doomed, along with the technology behind it? How quickly are industries adopting the Internet of Things? What do celebrity chef Grant Achatz and MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle have in common?
The answers are revealed in the new issue of Digitalist Magazine, Executive Quarterly, now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Published by SAP, this mobile-native magazine filters through the noise, with articles about under-the-radar trends, profiles of disruptive companies and technologies, and interviews with leading thinkers who are shaping the future of tech and business. For executives who are redefining their organizations for the digital economy, Digitalist Magazine Executive Quarterly offers compelling ideas and insights for leading the transformation.
The cover story -- When to Cook The Golden Goose -- engages the reader with a playful animation, depicting the virtual wall which many companies have hit: digital business models and technologies are truly disruptive. Cisco CEO John Chambers predicts that 40% of global companies will be crushed under the pressure to undergo digital transformation. The critical issue then, which this feature story examines: how do you remake your company without destroying it in the process?
Other highlights from the Q1 issue, available online:
- Inside Scoop on Bitcoin and Blockchain - three misleading common perceptions vs. the realities
- Bring Your Robot to Work - how robots and humans can coexist and also enhance each other's productivity at work.
- Charted: Internet of Things Adoption - an interactive infographic shows the opportunities for connection and IoT growth across seven major industries.
- Appetite for Disruption: celebrity chef Grant Achatz and business partner Nick Kokonas are profiled in the Creators column for their disruptive business model that is reshaping dining reservations.
- We Need to Talk: MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle is featured in the Thinkers column, for her leading-edge views on the value of human interaction that is unmediated by technology.
Elana Varon, former executive editor of CIO Magazine, is the editor of Digitalist Magazine, Executive Quarterly. Elana has more than 20 years of experience writing on tech and business.
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