Key clues 2020 Where to find 2020 key clues for business? In the biggest warehouse of information – the internet. Data from wifi-enabled devices, location-tracking mobile phones, public data scraped from the web, sentiments on social media, credit card transactions & jobs statistics – much intelligence can be gleaned from these about what will appear…
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Exhaust Around 2000: birth of surveillance capitalism. Tech firms didn’t know how to make money from the internet. We did a search, they delivered results & ejected our details. Then Google stumbled on the answer: keep the “data exhaust” (who we are, what we seek, what we do next), render it into information to sell…
Empire Sovereignty – what does a powerful empire look like now? It’s got many people in its grasp. It collects & stores data about its subjects, to use for its own gain. It tracks their activity & location to target them with ‘information’. It cites privacy/ security as reasons for changes which benefit the emperor. …
Newsworthy Readers will pay for newsworthy content as good journalism still has the power to change lives. Ideas & information matter in a knowledge economy. News will get shorter, quicker + more graphical, digital, automated, personalized & paid for – but is still cheap. News is an industry in transition, not in decline Guessed the Word? …
Credo Words & deeds must sync. Who believes big tech co’s mission statements when they don’t pay their fair share of taxes? “Connecting the world.” “The earth’s most customer-centric co.” “Make the best products that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.” “Organize the world’s information & make it universally accessible & useful.” Yeah, right… Guessed…
Reject Reject the status quo? Guard against throwing out the baby with the bath water‘No’ can be a prelude to ‘Yes; there may just be a need for more information. The best businesses accept rejection (and learn from it), and reject acceptance (which may make them complacent) Guessed the Word? Series 33…
You If you’re not paying for a service, you are the product The customers are the advertisers, who use info about you to target their ads Guessed the Word? Series 18 (5/5) [pic: simschmidt]