Impact

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Impact Influence of Technology

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• Evan Chrapko CA, JD
• Born and raised on a farm in Canada
• Humble beginnings
• YPO, MENSA, CIAR, Aspen Institute, Leafie, story
  in Cdn best-seller Innovation Nation
• 1 Turnaround, 1 MA, 1 IPO

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• Software/Web 2.0
• Bi-directional
• Data-basing now standard
• Less workstation-oriented
• More local (again!)

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• Implications/Predictions
• You are the most important ingredient, again.
  Star power centralized content creation
  dwindle.
• ASPs displace software per se.On Demand or
  Rental Ware or utility computing
• .meaning all that goes with commodity
  economics/dynamics

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• Implications/Predictions (contd)
• Your online persona will outlive you.
• Lives will be wired, not just offices. The
  world (itself) will become smarter, all around
  us.
• Hardware free, Storage free, Bandwidth free.
• English will lose dominance.
• Mass customizationa personally tailored offering
  of everything to everyone

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• So What?
• Do NOT succumb to it cant be done or its too
  late.
• Move fast, but with endurance. Persist.
• Aggressively obsolete ones own offerings.
• Patent, Patent, Patentyes, even in
  anopen-source world with inconsistent laws.
• The world is both your factory and your store
  shelf

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• So What? (General, Timeless)
• Solve the causes of your problems. Dont throw
  Dirhams or Rupees or Pounds at the symptoms.
• Cant wait for rules laws or use them as an
  excuse (one way or the other). Must act to a
  higher standard anywayand always

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• Q A

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• EvanChrapko_at_GMail.com