The year started with the Mother of All Disruptions as the world teetered toward economic and financial collapse. The technology industry withered in general due to lack of demand. Intel, for example, reported its first loss in 21 years in the second quarter. As we head in to 2010, things seem to be on the [...]
I guarantee that everybody reading this blog takes for granted the wealth of information at their fingertips. Looking for something? Google it.
But for the billions of people in the developing world that don’t even have a mobile phone, what do they do?
Last year at SoCAP ‘08 I met a young woman with an intriguing social [...]
I have mentioned Safaricom in this blog several times as an example of a classic disruptive leader and touted their M-Pesa text-based payment system as a game-changing service targeting the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). But a recent article in the International Herald Times showcases the challenges this service and others face. In truth, any [...]
Every month I am going to highlight a specific leader in the technology industry that best exemplifies the skills and qualities of a Disruptive Leader. Each will be a leader who:
Embraces challenge and adversity as a way to strengthen organizations and business fundamentals.
Uses game-changing strategies and tactics to overturn the status quo both within their [...]
This is a reposting of an article I wrote last week for NextBillion.net. NextBillion is a site that “brings together business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.” While a few of the ideas are covered in the About section of this blog, I wanted [...]
