Creating the first customizable blockchain-based e-voting system in Switzerland

Yahya Mohamed Mao·8 October 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Where else than in Zug could one imagine a better place to create the first customizable blockchain-based e-voting system? Zug has become known worldwide as “Crypto Valley” — the Silicon Valley for cryptocurrencies where leading technology experts and innovative companies from across the globe come together to start new exciting… Read More...

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The original Lean “versus” Agile for knowledge work — or is it “and”?

John Coleman·8 October 2018·Delivery

...I wrote recently about why you think your organization wants agility. I also wrote about comparing the Kanbans (including Toyota Kanban), Kanbaning your Scrum, and I started a series on comparing the patterns (or none) for dealing with multiple teams (to be continued this week). Today I wish to reflect on… Read More...

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Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the types of tokens

Yahya Mohamed Mao·7 October 2018·Enabling Technologies

...The impact of the digital revolution is of a sheer magnitude and is seen everywhere in every possible area. With the rise of blockchain technology and digital currency, the traditional understanding of monetary and payment systems has been inevitably turned on its head. Blockchain transformed the well-known notion “crowdfunding” into… Read More...

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Organisational factors that nurture innovation. The case of Philips Lighting.

Yahya Mohamed Mao·7 October 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Without doubt, innovation plays nowadays a crucial factor in the success of organisations and is to be considered as the decision maker of the destiny of the latter. Its omnipresence ranges from new technologies to new ways of doing things (Porter, 1990). Inherently a risky investment, the successful exploitation of… Read More...

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From “X-as-a-service” to “Everything-as-a-service”

Yahya Mohamed Mao·7 October 2018·Enabling Technologies

...In an earlier article, I emphasized the importance of an infrastructure that is able to cope with new modern initiatives and steady growth as business development progresses. Cloud computing is undoubtedly the promise of having a modern and state-of-the-art IT infrastructure without the need for substantial capital investments and… Read More...

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Is cloud computing useless without a cloud exit strategy?

Yahya Mohamed Mao·7 October 2018·Enabling Technologies

...Today’s IT of a company has the role of a real service department. It also covers issues such as cost-efficient IT operations, data security, failure security, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mobility and much more. Consequently and logically, of course, ageing IT infrastructures turn out to be a thorn in… Read More...

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Stay hungry, stay foolish. How business model innovation decides on the success and failure of a company.

Yahya Mohamed Mao·3 October 2018·Strategy & Innovation

...Profit is the very reason for the existence of companies. They define a global strategy called a business model on which they base themselves to create value. The increasingly complex environment is forcing them to constantly redefine this business model. Indeed, the opening of economic borders changes the rules of… Read More...

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Applying Artificial Intelligence for a New Age of Risk and Compliance Management

Yahya Mohamed Mao·1 October 2018·Cyber Security

...Due to the sheer mass of available data organisations are missing an ongoing and real-time monitoring of external and internal data and information allowing them to identify internal weak points (e.g. compliance failures, risk management issues, etc.), provide an early detection of risk relevant web content… Read More...

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Acknowledging societal misconceptions about disability – and a man that is leading that change

Steve Sharpe·30 September 2018·Customer Engagement

...One of the most powerful uses of social media, for me, has been the ability to filter who I follow, to ensure my newsfeeds are packed out with exciting and dynamic influence. A firm believer that we are all the sum of those we surround ourselves with, social media allows… Read More...

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Five Hundred Executives Can’t Be Wrong: Evaluating Deloitte’s Latest Global Outsourcing Survey

Fatmir Hyseni·30 September 2018·People & Change

...Recently, professional services giant Deloitte conducted a survey of 500 leaders representing organisations of all sizes and all parts of the globe, with operational footprints in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The executives responding to the survey represented more than 25 different sectors across six industries. The result… Read More...

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What is Multilevel Modeling?

Kevin Gray·30 September 2018·Data & Analytics

...Multilevel models are known by several monikers, such as hierarchical linear models, mixed models and random-effects models, and are used in medical research, economics, sociology, marketing, educational psychology and numerous other fields. Marketing-related applications of multilevel modeling include some forms of advanced survey analytics, market response modeling and CRM. Read More...

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Artificial Intelligence Transforms Industrial IoT

Ronald van Loon·27 September 2018·Enabling Technologies

...If you’ve been studying artificial intelligence and its growth, you’ll know that the industry is well past its nascent stage now. There is significant maturity in its growth, and companies from diverse backgrounds are realizing the impact of incorporating data and Artificial intelligence into their ecosystems. In a bid to… Read More...

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