The Great Fragmentation: And Why the Future of All Business is Small
- 4h 30m
- Steve Sammartino
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2014
The Great Fragmentation: And Why the Future of All Business is Small is a business survival manifesto for the technology revolution. As the world moves from the industrial era to the digital age, power is shifting and fragmenting. Power is no longer about might and ownership; power in a digital world is about access. Existing businesses need to understand this shift and position themselves to survive and thrive in an environment where entrepreneurs and start-ups enabled by access to technology are genuine threats.
Author Steve Sammartino is widely regarded as a thought leader on the subject of technology and business, and helps companies transition from industrial-era thinking to the mindset and processes required to compete in today's digital marketplace. The Great Fragmentation shows how technological changes such as Big Data, gamification, crowdfunding, Bitcoin, 3D printing, social media, mashup culture and artisanal production will forever change business and the way we live our lives.
- Examine how the digital era has altered where we work, how we work, where we live and what we do
- Discover how the digital era has impacted social and economic structures, including educational systems, financial systems and government policy
- Understand that the social media and collecting 'friends' is just the tip of the iceberg in a digital business environment
Weaving together insights from business, technology and anthropology, The Great Fragmentation provides both corporations and entrepreneurs with a playbook for the future of work, life and business in the digital era.
About the Author
STEVE SAMMARTINO had his first startup before the age of 10, running an organic egg farm in the 1970s before the words ‘organic’ or ‘startup’ had been invented. He now travels the world helping companies transition from industrial era thinking to the digital age. He is an expert on the shift to the digital and connected economy, and loves helping people make sense of it all. Read Steve’s blog at stevesammartino.com
In this Book
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The Industrial Deal—The Shift from Industry to Technology
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A Global Revolution—Industrial Leapfrog
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The Social Reality—Beyond the Surface of Social Media
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Life in Boxes—The Industrial Formula for Living
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Rehumanisation—Words Define Our Future
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Demographics is History—Moving on from Predictive Marketing
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The Truth about Pricing—Technology and Omnipresent Deflation
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A Zero-Barrier World—How Access to Knowledge is Breaking Down Barriers
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The Infinite Store—Rebooting Retail
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Bigger than the Internet—3D Printing
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Screen Play—Post–Mass Media
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Too Big to Fail?—The Great Financial Disruption
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The 3-Phase Shift—A Closer Look at the Web
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The Big Game—An Introduction to Gamification
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System Hacking—A Great Idea with a Bad Reputation
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The Job, the Factory and the Home—How Location Follows Technology
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A Stranger from Romania—Building a Real Lego Car
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Market-Share Folly and Industrial Fragmentation—Industrial Metrics
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The Externality Reality—Is This the End of Privacy?
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Business = Technology—The 4Ps Revised
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