ARTICLES
Thoughts on the future of industry, the evolution of AI, and the discipline of innovation.
The AI Literacy Imperative: Why 2026 Will Separate the Leaders from the Laggards
The exponential pace of technology will create a stark reality: those who master AI literacy will dominate their markets, while those who treat artificial intelligence as merely another software tool will find themselves relegated to irrelevance.
Manufacturing-as-a-Service: The Platform Revolution That's Democratizing Production
Manufacturing-as-a-Service represents a completely new paradigm of how production capabilities are accessed, deployed, and monetized.
The Juicero Paradox: How Silicon Valley's $120 Million Juice Press Became Innovation's Greatest Cautionary Tale
How Silicon Valley's most infamous product failure teaches us about the dangers of over-engineering and the importance of understanding customer jobs-to-be-done.
Software-Defined Manufacturing: The $2 Trillion Transformation Rewriting Industrial Rules
The convergence of software intelligence with physical manufacturing processes is creating a fundamental transformation in how products are designed, produced, and optimized.
The GoPro Paradox: How Innovation's Darling Became a Cautionary Tale
GoPro's journey from innovation darling to cautionary tale offers profound lessons about sustaining innovation, platform strategy, and evolving beyond a single product category.
The Industry 4.0 Workforce Revolution: 5 Trends Reshaping Manufacturing Talent
The convergence of digital technologies with physical manufacturing is fundamentally transforming the skills, roles, and organizational structures required for competitive success.
Unified Namespace: The Data Architecture Revolution That Will Define Manufacturing's Future
The industrial world stands at a crossroads. While executives debate the merits of artificial intelligence and digital transformation, a quiet revolution is reshaping the fundamental architecture of manufacturing data.
Autonomous AI Agents: Beyond ChatGPT to True Business Automation
While executives have spent the past two years marveling at ChatGPT's ability to write emails and generate presentations, a far more consequential transformation is quietly reshaping the enterprise landscape.
Platform Business Models: Why Every Industry is Becoming a Platform
The most valuable companies in the world share a secret that traditional businesses are only beginning to understand. Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Meta became trillion-dollar enterprises not by making better products, but by building platforms.
Humanoid Robotics - The New Industrial Frontier
The factory floor is witnessing a revolution that would have seemed like science fiction just a decade ago. Humanoid robots are no longer confined to research labs or Hollywood movies.
Knowledge Graphs: The Missing Link in Manufacturing's Digital Transformation
In today's hyper-connected manufacturing landscape, data flows like a raging river through our factories. IoT sensors generate millions of data points, MES systems track every production step, ERP platforms manage resources.
Generative AI and Conversational Interfaces: The Next Frontier in Smart Manufacturing
In today's global economy, manufacturing leaders face relentless pressure: volatile supply chains, skilled labor shortages, skyrocketing costs, and customer demands for customization and quality.
Industry6.0: Hype, Hope, or Just Another Buzzword?
The other day I came across an interesting article on automation.com about Industry6.0! Yes, you read it right, 6.0! The manufacturing world is already struggling to implement Industry 4.0.
Internet of Things: A Viable Business?
Not-so-unpopular opinion: the Internet of Things is not a self-sustainable business. The IoT revolution promised to connect everything, but the business model remains elusive.