IROAI » economics

Designing Value Beyond the Inflection Point

IROAI — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:20:21 +0000

“Change is happening faster than ever before. With each and every day more people have the power to change the world. You don’t need have to have a MBA degree to see that a lot of industries are currently approaching or at their inflection point. In fact it’s fair to say that so many industries are hitting their inflection point, that whole economies are approaching their inflection point. We’ve actually become so good at management that this has caused our whole economy to come close to an inflection point! (Which is not strange when you consider that our whole educational system is aimed at doing actually that.)

In an economy dominated by industries that are hitting their inflection point, you need people that challenge the old and explore the new. It’s about creating new value instead of maximizing the existing. Innovation in this era is driven by insights, not efficiency. You need people who can provide these insights and translate them into viable offerings.” Marc Fonteijn (via BogieZero) full article

The Mobile Internet Report

IROAI — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:15 +0000

“Material wealth creation / destruction should surpass earlier computing cycles. The mobile Internet cycle, the 5th cycle in 50 years, is just starting. Winners in each cycle often create more market capitalization than in the last. New winners emerge, some incumbents survive – or thrive – while many past winners falter.

The mobile Internet is ramping faster than desktop Internet did, and we believe more users may connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years.

Five IP-based products / services are growing / converging and providing the underpinnings for dramatic growth in mobile Internet usage – 3G adoption + social networking + video + VoIP + impressive mobile devices.

Apple + Facebook platforms serving to raise the bar for how users connect / communicate – their respective ramps in user and developer engagement may be unprecedented.

Decade-plus Internet usage / monetization ramps for mobile Internet in Japan plus desktop Internet in developed markets provide roadmaps for global ramp and monetization.

Massive mobile data growth is driving transitions for carriers and equipment providers.

Emerging markets have material potential for mobile Internet user growth. Low penetration of fixed-line telephone and already vibrant mobile value-added services mean that for many EM users and SMEs, the Internet will be mobile.

We use a data-rich, theme-based framework for thinking about how the rapidly emerging / changing mobile Internet may evolve. One thing is clear: new computing cycles create / destroy material wealth – and the mobile Internet cycle should be no different.” (Morgan Stanley – The Mobile Internet Report) dowload full PDF report

Designomics

IROAI — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:58:03 +0000

“Design means designing the entire customer experience, from discovering what people really need to shaping interactive solutions for them and finally creating a hard product package such as a cell phone or car that is both aesthetically pleasing and useful to people.

This is the where companies create economic value today. This is heart of Designomics, where Design drives Economics to generate growth and prosperity in the world.” full article