Momenta I Digital Thread

Bruce Weed I Navigating Disruptive Technologies: an exploration of AI, Big Data, Cognitive Computing, Blockchain and IoT Bruce Weed Our conversation with Bruce Weed covered a lot of ground around disruptive technologies – with a central point that the most significant innovations are coming from the combination of IoT, AI/Cognitive and Blockchain used in combination. Bruce helps simplify the concepts around IoT, AI and Blockchain, and provides a wealth of tips, insights and resources for individuals and companies starting out on their journey. Our conversation covers the basics and the nuances of these technologies, tracing the developmental arc of technology and industries, and providing many practical examples of use cases for AI and Blockchain in an IoT context across health care, supply chain, manufacturing and other industries.

Lauren Salisbury I Shepherding Connected Transformation: Making Digital Change Succeed for People and Business Our conversation with Momenta’s Lauren Salisbury touched about the arc of experience working with successive generation of connected industry, and she spends time defining what digital transformation is. Lauren expands on what makes for successful Connected Industry solutions, and discusses the importance of ecosystems in achieving transformation. One of the key tenets of success is sourcing and cultivating talent, and Digital Transformation requires new sets of skills that don’t map to traditional roles. Lauren also weighs in on the differences between the European and US markets and Australia/New Zealand following her recent relocation.

Ralf Schulze I Deep experience working in manufacturing, automotive and industrials with a broad background working in Connected Industry and digital transformation, our conversation with Ralf covered the challenges that traditional product companies face in making the transition to delivering connected products, how cutting edge manufacturing companies use real-time location technologies for quality assurance, and the downstream ramifications organizationally and economically from Connected Industry adoption.

David Bauer I Helping to bring Morgan Stanley’s first website online and at Merrill Lynch being the first major bank to outsource major security services, David has been working professionally with IT security since the late 1980s, being a pioneer in the security field. Our conversation explored his history as one of the first Chief Information Security Officers on Wall Street, from his experience at Bell Labs through Wall Street and his current advisory work. He discusses the role of regulations helping companies improve their security, and shares valuable insights to help small and medium size businesses.

Nick Gogerty I A college major in cultural anthropology, MBA, investor, hedge fund analyst, entrepreneur, academic – to analyzing the nature of innovation, competition and the life cycles of companies and industries, Nick Gogerty has a unique baground. Our conversation explored how his research into survivability of companies led him to seek out first principles – a framework to apply to investing at any stage of a corporate life cycle. Nick’s work is relevant for anyone that’s involved with strategy, investing and entrepreneurship, and our discussion touched on how experience curves impact price/performance in emerging industries, the “Paradox of Growth” and how innovative criteria lead to success or failure. He also spoke about SolarCoin, which he co-founded, and his thesis about the coming clean disruption of energy and transportations.

Tony Seba, RethinkX I Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation Tony Seba’s work on the impact of disruptive technologies has been highly influential to major decision makers in the investment community, in industry and governments worldwide. Our conversation explored the principles behind his framework for analyzing disruptive technologies, then we dove into the thesis behind his 2014 book Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation. Tony discusses how the cost curves for solar, batteries, electric vehicles and autonomous cars have followed his predictions to the letter (batteries are even cheaper than he forecast). He shares the bold prediction that 2021 will be the year the Level 4 self-driving cars hit the mainstream and give rise to an ecosystem of Transportation as a Service businesses that provide transportation at 10X cheaper than today. Tony foresees that the 2020s will be a decade a major disruption across all industries, as households on average will be able to save $6,000 per year on auto expenses and the resulting boost will generate trillions of dollars of value throughout the economy. Our conversation explored Tony also shares his advice for auto companies, and those in the oil business – as well as others facing significant disruption.