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Future Horizons: 6 Key Digital Trends Organizations Can’t Ignore by Steve Rubel and David Armano
1. Six Digital Trends Organizations Can’t Ignore
Curated by David Armano, SVP, and Steve Rubel, SVP, Director of Insights
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2. OWNED
properties
Technologies tend to get all
the attention. Yet, they’re
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3. The trends, however,
develop more slowly and
they’re often timeless.
Focus on the trends, but
leverage the technologies.
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4. TREND I – DIGITAL MEDIA RELATIVITY
Space is
infinite, time is
finite.
Recommendations:
• Scale surface area by
activating employee thought
leaders in digital embassies
• Combine paid, owned,
earned and social - make
them work hard for you
• Dayparted engagement
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5. TREND I – DIGITAL MEDIA RELATIVITY
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6. TREND II – THE “HEADLESS” INTERNET
Web sites fade.
Mobile apps
surge.
Recommendations:
• Become a curator and a
convener, not just a creator
• Build relationships with
developers to scale your
mobile footprint
• Embrace experimentation
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7. TREND II – THE “HEADLESS” INTERNET
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8. TREND III – DIGITAL PRIVACY
Privacy is both a
communications
risk but also an
opportunity.
Recommendations:
• The four M’s of listening:
mindfulness, monitoring,
measurement and mining
• Digital readiness/response
• Embrace “supreme
transparency” as the norm
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10. TREND IV – DIGITAL & REAL WORLDS COLLIDE
Engagement
amplified by
coordination
between physical,
social & digital.
Recommendations:
• Leverage mobile, RFID
code, Augmented reality to
converge experience
• Incorporate event planning
& gestural activity
• Bridge “digital divide”
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11. TREND IV – DIGITAL & REAL WORLDS COLLIDE
Make the experience
seamless
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12. TREND V – THE SOCIALIZATION OF COMMERCE
Buying, selling and
social forms of
currency influence
what we recommend
& purchase
Recommendations:
• Integrate “social layers”
into digital commerce
• Tap into “collective
purchase intelligence”
• Collect data for predictive
behavior models
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13. TREND V – THE SOCIALIZATION OF COMMERCE
Connect social
graphs with
commerce
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14. TREND V – THE SOCIALIZATION OF COMMERCE
Combine traditional
with social currency
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15. TREND VI – THE AMOEBA ECONOMY
Traditional command
and control business
disrupted by organic
infrastructure,
amorphous form &
adaptability
Recommendations:
• Establish “innovation hubs”
across organization
• Empower enterprise wide
collaboration
• Encourage a “culture of
change” vs. complacency
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16. TREND VI – THE AMOEBA ECONOMY
Develop platforms
which harness the hive
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17. TREND VI – THE AMOEBA ECONOMY
Develop new
ecosystems which
foster mutual gain
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18. Thank You
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