Archive - Digital First

In 2024, Let's Make AI Boring

On August 17, 1943, 376 B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force embarked on a critical mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, targeting a…

Feb 5 •

December 2023

The year 2023 - the Year of Generative AI

The following is an essay I wrote for the December Issue of xLab’s Newsletter.

Dec 5, 2023 •

April 2023

Designing a Digital Value Loop

Turn Product Owners into Digital Users

Apr 2, 2023 •

February 2023

ChatGPT, Herbert A. Simon, and Jean Baudrillard

The role of generative AI in the digital-first strategy

Feb 28, 2023 •

Do Not Just Transform Value Chain. Build a Digital Value Loop.

Why traditional firms fail in digital transformation?

Feb 20, 2023 •

The Dawn of Labor Market 3.0

The labor market is an engine of an economy and the bloodstream of society. It is where individuals find jobs, build their careers, and pursue their…

Feb 14, 2023 •

May 2022

How did software eat the world?

“In short, software is eating the world… Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming. This includes even industries…

May 21, 2022 •

March 2022

The end of the beginning: The emergence of next-generation digital innovations

On Jan. 3, 2022, Apple became the first company that reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion. Apple reached this once-unthinkable valuation level…

Mar 30, 2022 •

March 2021

“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations

“Why”, “What”, and “How” of Digital Transformations Digital Transformations. Every organization — for-profit, non-profit, public, and private — is…

Mar 16, 2021 •

February 2021

Empire Strikes Back!

On November 12, 2019, over 10 million families signed up for Disney’s new digital streaming service on the first day of service. Given that 60 million…

Feb 23, 2021 •

January 2019

What should Apple do?

Over the last three months, Apple lost over $400 billion in market capitalization, which is larger than that of Facebook. Together with Tim Cook’s…

Jan 5, 2019 •

January 2018

The Problem with Innovation

You probably haven’t heard of the German computer scientist, Karlheinz Brandenburg, but most of us use his invention everyday. Brandenburg is the…

Jan 13, 2018 •

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