3 simple tricks for driving change in your workplace, no matter your role Posted on October 7. The authors of ‘Hack Your Bureaucracy’ explain a central misunderstanding about getting things […]
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SenseMaking from the Web
The Value of Content: Subscriptions and the Passion Economy | Digital Marketing Resource Hub Posted on September 9. Have we now reached the point where the average internet user accepts […]
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Sources for image gallery plus other related articles: Culture: The Biggest Challenge in Getting the Subscription Model Right MaaS transit: The business of mobility as a service The first era of SaaS ends: ‘Best of breed’ was prelude to […]
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Here is list of recent announcements and posts in the As a Service trend which I am curating in a magazine on Flipboard. Here they are (20 of the most […]
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These are some thoughts captured and co-written by Stephen Danelutti and Jason Noble, two long time contributors to the world of Everything As a Service (XaaS) who met recently. We […]
Read moreAs a Service trend research – products to services
One of the chapters I am covering in a trend report I am working on (As a Service Trend) will explain how even tangible products can be open to “servicification” and […]
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The engine of the subscription economy
I read this article the other day: 4 Reasons Why Salesforce Could Acquire Zuora. I’m writing this trend report: As a Service Trend. Two of the chapters I will be […]
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Mary Meeker is famous for the insight of her Internet Trend Reports so of course I read them. Two slides stood out in relation to the trend I am tracking and the report I am working on. I captured my views with some annotations.
The end of ownership and the rise of usership
To own or to use is not a new concept. I started grappling with this at least 12 years ago when I worked for a technology division at Sony and we developed a mobile music streaming service with Vodafone. That was in the day before iPhone was launched, before Spotify, when the iPod was on the rise. Check out the demo video I recorded.
(more…)Update on As a Service Trends
I’ve not had a chance to post for a while and there has been a fair bit of activity in the space so I have quite a bit to share. […]
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Nuggets from the last few weeks. If you have any similar announcements, reports or good articles, please share in a comment as I’m collecting them for a new eBook / […]
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As I think more about this whole space and track the developments in it with posts like this, I’m trying to envisage dynamics of the perfect business in it. That […]
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When Ikea considers changing its business model then you know something is afoot. The big news this last week was Ikea thinking about making certain items available on a subscription […]
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In my new eBook / trend report I will cover the As a Service trend (see point 9 here for more on that) and the role customer success plays in […]
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