Networks generate extraordinary outcomes. This is ancient knowledge. Our rulers knew this. Chandragupta Maurya, who established an empire across the Indian subcontinent, for example, built a massive highway along what was then the Uttarapath (Northern path). For approximately 2,300 years, his 2,400 km highway linked what we today recognize as…

The world of technology is buzzing with some new and some not-so-new words: Meta, NFTs, and crypto. Google Trends shows that interest in the three topics peaked last year, dipped a considerable bit in the first three months of 2022, and has now remained steady (see Figure 1). Of course…

It has been a challenging time for global supply chain administrators and their teams of commodity specialists. It began with Brexit in early 2020, was immediately made worse by the unpredictable lockdowns of COVID-19, followed by severe port congestions, and compounded by planet-wide extreme weather events. As if that was…

Platforms are the future. You could argue — and you won’t be wrong — that technology platforms have been around for decades. At the most fundamental level, an operating system is a platform; Software as a Service (SaaS) can be thought of as a platform; Content Management Systems (CMS) are…

The COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, giving us variants of concern. Dr Stuart Ray, Vice Chair of Medicine for Data Integrity and Analytics at Johns Hopkins, points out that “New variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are detected every week.” Some are more dangerous than others. The memo is clear: There…

IoT implementations have taken a hit. One pre-COVID-19 forecast predicted US$524 billion in total IoT revenue for 2020. This was revised downwards by 7% to US$487 billion in the post-outbreak forecast. The trend has continued into 2021. Report after report points to a contraction in IoT markets. A key reason…

There is widespread acceptance for a remote work model. Customers, employees, employers, and stakeholders are becoming more comfortable with it. In their minds, even as pandemic restrictions are relaxed, this is no longer a stop-gap arrangement. Be prepared to hear investors and boards routinely quiz you on your remote work…

Data gives Artificial Intelligence (AI) its potency. With the break neck growth in data and connectivity, AI has become the go-to technology to solve the world’s problems. AI can find friends for us, help address climate change, predict how the COVID-19 virus will evolve, improve cybersecurity, tell CPG organizations what…

You could not have missed the disastrous flooding that ripped through Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands last month. It was so bad that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier forgot about COVID-19 and described the floods as the “worst natural disaster” in a century. The deadly heat dome in Canada and the…