The changes rocking the business world feel abrupt, but were a long time coming. by Lance Ealey Why now? Why are so many massive business disruptions occurring at the same time in so many different industries? The Internet of Things, big data, digitization, ubiquitous connectivity, the cloud, automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning—the list of breakthrough technologies appears to grow longer every day. Everyone knows about the impact of Moore’s La

Industry incumbents are in a battle royal with outsiders that don’t fight by the same rules—but don’t have all the answers, either. by Lance Ealey The future is up for grabs in most industries, and the hands reaching for it extend far beyond traditional sector boundaries. It’s a time of fundamental change for incumbent players as they watch digitally savvy attackers rush in to capture market share and value from their industry revenue and profit pools. While some characterize

At the beginning of the 1950s, the average US car produced 117 horsepower; by the end, it generated 260. Vive la révolution! by Lance Ealey The jalopy that sits in your driveway is the product of a savage kind of industrial Darwinism that began in the nineteenth century and continues to this day. The goal of this contest has always been the same: winning the right to define the automobile’s current archetype (or paradigm), which involves how each of the many inventions that