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Smart Service Canvas

ITONICS

The connection of physical objects and cyber things through a wireless network provides us with immediate access to information about the physical world and the objects in it. Services that aggregate and analyze data through intelligent technical systems or platforms to create customer value are called smart services.

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How to fight climate change with innovative business models

The BMI Lab Blog

Due to its complexity, there is no easy, quick-fix solution to address it. It spans from new technologies over new business models all the way to consumer readiness and societal acceptance. What role do new technologies play? Experts agree that climate change is clearly linked to Green-House-Gas (GHG) emissions.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years. of the company.

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. Well not anymore, GE recently in its 3 rd quarter review revealed its chronic cash position. GE has been caught in this for some time.

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How Vertical Farming is Disrupting Urban Food Production

Daniel Burrus

People might think, when it comes to technological innovation, “either we keep the old, or we adopt the new.” And by utilizing the Internet of Things, Toshiba was able to automate and more accurately track its farming operations, creating a more effective environment for cultivation. ©2015 Burrus Research, Inc.

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You Are Being Digitally Disrupted – Do Something About It

The Inovo Group

This is the AI-assisted world that is the result of the internet-of-things, blockchain, advanced analytics, machine learning, natural language processing or other digital technologies being implemented today. There are specific things you can do today to start the transition. Transforming Your Business.

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50 what-if questions to reimagine the future

Board of Innovation

50 what-if questions to reimagine the future We have handpicked a selection of trends & shifts in technology to help you come up with more relevant business ideas. nformation and telecommunication technologies ade the world interconnected. Eye tracking is technology that measures the motion of an eye relative to the head.