This made my day… I just read a book review for “The End of Business as Usual,” my second solo book published in 2011. Not only is it a review of a 13-year-old book. It’s a review in the “Journal of Academy of Business and Emerging Markets (ABEM),” Canada! The book still has staying power! 💪 Thank you to Dr Michael B. Pasco, Professor at the Graduate School of Business, San Beda University, Philippines, for the thoughtful review. 🙏 The…
TechReport: The 15 Must-Follow Tech Visionaries
TechReport just named Brian Solis as one of the 15 ‘must-follow’ tech visionaries. Social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter / X have become more than just places to stay in touch with your network. They’re now powerful marketing tools, with many companies leveraging their capabilities and spending billions of dollars on them. Given this, influencers can have an enormous impact on their communities. In the tech sector, particularly in the B2B space, influencers include founders, futurists, and CTOs with real…
Event Marketer Features Keynote Highlights from Brian Solis on the Future of Experience Design and Innovation at EMS 2023
Brian Solis delivered the keynote speech at EMS 2023 in Las Vegas, the leading conference for creators of the brand experience. Solis’ keynote focused on “Creating Next Generation Customer Experiences” by reimagining the art and science of experience design. His mission was to help experience architects create more innovative, immersive, and memorable experiences. He shared insights from Disney imagineers and storyboard artists, Apple’s UI and UX spatial computing methodologies, and the role of memories in experience. Event Marketer magazine also…
CNN Türk: Şirketteki değişimi siz başlatın – You ignite the change within the company
I’m not sure how I missed this story, but wow! CNN Türk covered the release of one of my favorite research reports I published as a Principal Analyst, “The Digital Change Agent’s Manifesto.” The research was conducted over years of studying digital transformation at companies including Coca-Cola, NFL, Starbucks, and Visa. The result was a guide to help digital executives find a path to gain support from the C-Suite and lead total transformation. Re-reading the report, the insights serve as…
McKinsey: A CEO’s guide to the metaverse
Via By Homayoun Hatami, Eric Hazan, Hamza Khan, and Kim Rants, McKinsey Quarterly Suddenly, the metaverse is in the zeitgeist, for better or worse. Investment more than doubled in 2022 powered by big moves (such as Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, now under antitrust review) and small ones (about $12 billion to $14 billion of venture capital and private equity investment). Everyone has heard about the successes racked up by some big gaming companies: Roblox reported more than 58…
Uncertainty prompts tech efficiency
Gadget, the magazine of personal technology in South Africa, quoted Brian Solis as part of its coverage of Salesforce’s “State of Service” report. As inflation takes hold and rate hikes dominate headlines, customer service teams are focusing on technologies that promote productivity and efficiency. This is a key finding of the fifth edition of the State of Service report by Salesforce, a global leader in Customer Relations Management (CRM). The report shares insights from over 8,000 professionals across 36 counties…
CRYPTOGLOBE: Beyond Money-Motivated Projects – The State and Promise of web3
via Siamak Masnavi of CRYPTOGLOBE On Monday (June 13), American serial entrepreneur and technology investor Kevin Rose commented on Ethereum, Web3, and the current crypto market conditions. Rose currently works as a partner at True Ventures, where he is focused on “blockchain (NFTs, cryptocurrency, DeFi), consumer internet, and health/wellness.” He also hosts the “PROOF” and “Modern Finance” podcasts. Some of Rose’s angel investments are Twitter, Square, Foursquare, Nextdoor, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Facebook. On Monday, Rose told his over 1.6…
LEADERS Magazine: Digital Darwinism – An Interview with Brian Solis
via LEADERS Magazine – April, May, June 2022 – Volume 45 Number 2 ISSUU digital magazine version | Web version | PDF Digital Darwinism: An Interview with Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist, Salesforce EDITORS’ NOTE Brian Solis is a world-renowned digital anthropologist and futurist who serves as Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Solis is also an eight-time best-selling author and international keynote speaker. Forbes has called him “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time,” ZDNet said that Solis is “one of the…
The AI Journal: Top 20 Digital Transformation Pros you NEED To Follow
Via The AI Journal According to IDC, over the next four years, worldwide Digital Transformation technology investment is set to reach at least $7.4 trillion and will be the first time that DX will account for the majority of IT spending – predicted to be a huge 53% of budgets. Digital transformation is a set of methodologies and tools which are used by modern companies to optimize their operational activities, such as increasing their reach power, providing differentiated service and…
TheStreet Quotes Brian Solis Exploring the Future of Cashless Commerce
via Veronika Bondarenko, TheStreet With the use of cash dropping around 15% per year since 2017, it is no surprise that we’re starting to see more and more cashless restaurants pop up around us. Between the pandemic and general digitalization, only 16% of Americans were found to “always” have cash on them in 2020. The move toward credit cards, apps, and phone-based payment methods has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If people stop using cash, then places will consider stopping accepting…
