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The cost of interactions between individuals has fallen to zero

Expand to see inline the other posts in Fun­da­men­tal Shifts» This will be a short and to the point post. I have sought to explain how this blog is (kind of) orga­nized (see here). In the process, I have changed a bit the orga­ni­za­tion, and have now to com­ply with it :) So let me do a few posts that …

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Return on Attention is a key metric in a world of Attention Scarcity

Expand to see inline the other posts in Strate­gic Shifts» Atten­tion is increas­ing in rel­a­tive scarcity (as explained in details in a pre­vi­ous post), and what is scarce is valu­able. While any prod­uct, ser­vice or other activ­ity costs atten­tion to both the con­sumer and pro­ducer, atten­tion is becom­ing increas­ingly valu­able. It is hence essen­tial to ensure that what you produce …

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Pace of change is accelerating: what if there is no equilibrium?

Expand to see inline the other posts in Fun­da­men­tal Shifts» THE GIST Gist: The his­tor­i­cal pat­tern of change has been one of dis­rup­tive changes fol­lowed by sta­bi­liza­tion peri­ods – punc­tu­ated equi­lib­rium. The Equi­lib­rium par­a­digm is the most used by exec­u­tives, strate­gists, etc. Even in a punc­tu­ated equi­lib­rium par­a­digm, there is a rever­sion to equi­lib­rium after dis­rup­tion, thus mak­ing it the …

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Attention scarcity is deeply reshaping businesses

Expand to see inline the other posts in Fun­da­men­tal Shifts» Atten­tion is fast becom­ing one of the scarcest resources, so one of the most valu­able as well “What infor­ma­tion con­sumes is rather obvi­ous: it con­sumes the atten­tion of its recip­i­ents. Hence a wealth of infor­ma­tion cre­ates a poverty of atten­tion, and a need to allo­cate that atten­tion effi­ciently among the …

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Digital media explodes in supply

Expand to see inline the other posts in Fun­da­men­tal Shifts» The Gist As the infra­struc­ture of the Inter­net has been solidly put in place and the tools to cre­ate dig­i­tal media dropped in price and in skills as a bar­rier to entry, the sup­ply of dig­i­tal media has exploded. Think YouTube, Pod­casts, etc. In this series: Dig­i­tal media explodes in …

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