Did You Know is not enough: Business intelligence is about context and relevance not flash.

More and more we see presentations like this one. I like to call it the Chicken Little phenomenon. There is a tendency for self-proclaimed experts to compile trivia and imply relationships and consequences that "proves" the world is changing so fast, we're going to be left behind. Reality is, of course, that the telephone, the internal combustion engine, television, even the Cotton Ginny had as much effect on society, the economy and our futures, as the Internet. The Internet is already twenty years old. Life has not ended as we know it; mostly because human being are the most adaptable and change friendly species on the planet. It's really why we don't live in caves chasing Mastodons anymore.

Change is what we make of it. Strategy is how we use time, resources and effort to collectively succeed. The question is not "Did you know"; it is as we see at the end it's really "What does it mean?" and furthermore "Why is this important?". Does your business have a Vision that lets you separate the trends form the trivial? This is the new business strategy, not about how to solve or cope, but how to transform. Jumping and reacting to hasty conclusions from "facts" like these - that led to the Internet bubble of the '90s and the credit crunch. Look how well that turned out.

Life is about to change again: This is what a moment of innovation looks like.

Cute video of a girl band playing with gadgets or a wailing siren warning you that there is an emerging digital lifestyle that's going to completely change your customers' expectations and how you'll have to demonstrate value to them? Do you have a strategy for that?