game of phones - becoming the architects of connection (midwest dreamin' closing keynote 2016)
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Game of Phones Becoming the Architects of Connection Peter Coffee
VP for Strategic Research
@petercoffee
In 2015, I Could Tell You That The Real Point is Connection
…but that’s no longer news – and cords are being cut
When Curves Cross, “The Right Thing” Changes
From IBM PC in 1981 to HP 6305 (most popular desktop) in 2015 • 4.77 MHz to 3.6 GHz: Compute speed has risen ~20% per year
• 64K to 4 GB: Memory has surged ~40% per year
• 160K to 500 GB: Mass storage tsunami ~50% per year
Desktop systems are burdened with too much state • File system technology has not addressed new needs
• People can’t find stuff
• People keep redundant and inconsistent copies of stuff
• Governance falls short of rising demands
• People lose stuff
• People share stuff in unknown, unsafe, unauthorized ways
We didn’t build for where we wound up going • 300 bps to 50 Mbps: Connectivity has grown by ~45% per year
This Year, People Talk About Post-Sale Experience and Value
Revenue Goal: “20% by ’20” “In this post-sale, on-demand, attention economy, digital transformation is more than a technology shift, it’s about transforming business models and how organizations and brands engage.” – Ray Wang, July 2016
Don’t Fight for the Chance to Do the Old Things
• Conference Board CEO Challenge, 2016:
- Talent attraction and retention - Leadership development - Growth in emerging markets - New competitive challenges - Customer engagement
• Don’t wait for someone to write a job description
Start something
• The first follower is what makes a leader
Hacking the Future…Together
“It is my responsibility as a technician not to simply criticize but to offer suggestions”
– Lee Felsenstein, Military Editor The Berkeley Barb (1968) Quoted in Hackers (Steven Levy, 1984)
“To avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before… It is no longer resources that limit decisions, it is the decision that makes the resources” – Alvin Toffler (1971)
Thank you Peter Coffee
VP for Strategic Research [email protected]
@petercoffee
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