Reflections on technological & behavior changes
If your reading this article you have probably been exposed to you tube, myspace & probably secondlife - the topics of discussion around most quarters that I visit. I would be surprised if you've been exposed to this and its not changed the way you behave and interact on the web.
Technological connectivity is/will transform the way people live and interact. The technology / PC/internet revolution has done just that. Yet we are at the early, not mature stage of this revolution. New developments in website technology, accessibility and fields such as Nanotechnology are causing this change.
More transformational than technology itself is the shift in behavior that it enables. We work not just globally but also instantaneously. We are forming communities and relationships in new ways (apparently 12 percent of US newlyweds last year met online). More than two billion people now use cell phones. We send nine trillion e-mails a year. We do a billion Google searches a day, more than half in languages other than English. For perhaps the first time in history, geography is not the primary constraint on the limits of social and economic organization.
Companies need to understand the implications of these trends alongside customer needs and competitive developments. Executives who align their company's strategy with these factors will be the best placed to succeed. Reflecting on these trends will be time well spent.
Technological connectivity is/will transform the way people live and interact. The technology / PC/internet revolution has done just that. Yet we are at the early, not mature stage of this revolution. New developments in website technology, accessibility and fields such as Nanotechnology are causing this change.
More transformational than technology itself is the shift in behavior that it enables. We work not just globally but also instantaneously. We are forming communities and relationships in new ways (apparently 12 percent of US newlyweds last year met online). More than two billion people now use cell phones. We send nine trillion e-mails a year. We do a billion Google searches a day, more than half in languages other than English. For perhaps the first time in history, geography is not the primary constraint on the limits of social and economic organization.
Companies need to understand the implications of these trends alongside customer needs and competitive developments. Executives who align their company's strategy with these factors will be the best placed to succeed. Reflecting on these trends will be time well spent.
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