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Software, and the death of traditional management consulting
Startups challenge the rules of business, but changes in software and the more important role of developers is also changing top-down management thinking. Read more…
Articles by Jouko Ahvenainen
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Un-MWC 2020 – my quiet week in Barcelona
MWC 2020 was cancelled but I decided to go anyway and find what goes on in the city without the crowds. It was a very different kind of week! Read more…
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Nokia – from Death Valley to elephants’ graveyard?
Nokia appears to have problems, especially with its 5G offering, The question is, whether the new management will able to build a new Nokia? Read more…
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Once upon a time, in a land far away, a bank killed innovation…
Some banks have embarked on the road to innovation, only to be stifled by the ‘old guard’ keen to kill it off. Read more…
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Independent data developers – making data apps for consumers
An open market and individual app developers will give more freedom to consumers and how they want to use their own personal data. Read more…
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Getting from fintech to techfin – a slow evolution
Fintech development is still more like an evolution for launching new services and we won’t see real disruption until we move from fintech to techfin. Read more…
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We are reaching the age of consumer counter-intelligence!
With the data dominance of businesses over consumers maybe it’s time for consumer counter-intelligence. Read more…
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In business, passion is your biggest driver, or your worst enemy
How many times you have heard said that you must find your passion? There might be much more important qualities to realize your dreams. Read more…
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The battle between IT and digitization models
It is the legacy IT and IT department that are the obstacle to new digital models. Is there any way to get traditional IT and digitization to work together? Read more…
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Data liability concerns become mainstream
The data utilisation masterminds are now concentrating on how to make services that come without ‘data liability’ or creating entirely new data models. Read more…