s+b Blogs
How permissioned blockchains could give banks an edge
An alternative version of the technology would allow financial-services firms to become trusted platforms for a wider range of services — if Google and Amazon don’t get there first.
Tech & innovation
s+b Blogs
Electronic word-of-mouth can make or break a product launch
It’s the sentiment, not the volume, of posts that matters.
How cities can stay cool on a warming Earth
As the demand for air conditioning grows worldwide, a more energy-efficient approach, already in use in the Gulf countries, offers a potential solution.
s+b Blogs
Why your customers should be central to your innovation efforts
Ditching the “science fair” mentality toward innovation will help transform ideas into commercial reality.
Infographic
6 steps to upskilling your people
A comprehensive way to build talent and fill jobs in our rapidly changing digital economy. For further insights, read “A strategist’s guide to upskilling.”
GMO
China’s herd of unicorns
About 200 Chinese startups have valuations of $1 billion or more, and many are preparing to go global.
GMO
A strategist’s guide to upskilling
Companies and local governments can unlock opportunity by working together to raise the quality of talent. See also “6 steps to upskilling your people.”
GMO
Nigeria’s untapped banking potential
How Peter Amangbo, outgoing group managing director and CEO of Zenith Bank, positioned it to win the 30 percent of Nigerians who don’t have bank accounts.
A new view of the fortune at the bottom of the digital pyramid
In The Next Billion Users, Payal Arora reports that the global poor have similar digital motivations to everyone else.
The dawn of the Chinese blockbuster
Filmmakers with local heroes and digital technologies are disrupting Hollywood’s global advantage.
The catalytic co-investor: How Siemens US keeps R&D alive
Barbara Humpton, US CEO of one of the largest and oldest engineering firms in the world, talks about continuous innovation, the future of AI, and the societal aspects of technology.
s+b BlogsGMO
Our Planet: Our Business, and our conversations
A new film shows the challenges and opportunities for businesses that want to help avoid environmental collapse.
GMO
How to build disruptive strategic flywheels
Gaming, artificial intelligence, and deep learning are paving the way for dynamic and resilient 21st-century business models.
Conversational computing
James Vlahos’s new book, Talk to Me, is a good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business.
GMO
Ensuring trust in an age of digital banking
Johan Torgeby, CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), one of the biggest Nordic banks, explains how trust and technology must form the foundations of banking in the digital world.
Jabil’s manufacturing leap
How one of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of may create the future of manufacturing.
GMO
How blockchain can improve the aviation industry
Aerospace businesses could benefit from sharing data about aircraft history, maintenance, and operations.
s+b Blogs
Why cryptocurrency’s not quite ready for takeoff
There’s an innovative sweet spot known as the “adjacent possible” that new technologies need to hit before they can soar.
Videos, Galleries, & More
PwC Insights
This ranking of the top 100 companies by market capitalization identifies the risers and fallers, looks at regional and sector dynamics and provides a view on how the global landscape has changed.
