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“Connected” vs. “The World”
We are in the midst of an era of connectivity that is driving “connected business”. While the premise of connecting products isn’t necessarily new, how organizations posture to compete in a world of increased connectivity is. This month Gregg Garrett, argues that organizations need to look towards centralizing individuals focused on wrestling with the impact that […]
Are We Readying Our Workforce for the “Connected World”?
The most recent copy of Specialty Publication’s Connected World Magazine is on newsstands, available for download on your mobile device, and through their website. This month Gregg Garrett, discusses in his standing column that leaders of “connected” groups need to pay more attention to how we are preparing our workforce for jobs in the connected […]
Will a Connected Fund Pivot Firms?
As connectivity changes business and market paradigms new and established firms need to innovate and navigate their businesses through this new market force. This innovation can be an intra-firm activity fueled by R&D and employee ideation or it can become an inter-firm activity where cross-industry consortiums and venture capital are used to navigate this new […]
What’s Not in Connected Strategies?
As products are becoming more connected there’s a tendency for firms to narrowly focus their product architectures and connected strategies on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Yet, firms are missing a key view: the customer experience. Our position is that M2M isn’t about machine-to-machine communications – it’s about redefining a business, an industry, and a customer’s way […]
CGS Releases New Whitepaper on Connected Automotive Economics
CGS Advisors is proud to release our most recent Industry Insights on Connected Automotive Economics. This whitepaper, sponsored by Covisint, explains why automotive OEMs must adopt pricing models which align to the real economics of being connected. Key Themes: The public has high expectations for the connected vehicle. Automotive consumers want to pay for connected […]
CGS Advisors participates in DC Innovation Corp (I-Corp)
CGS Advisors associate Rick Whittemore is mentoring DC I-Corp team from Children’s National Medical Center. DC Innovation Corps (I-Corps), the new, National Science Foundation-backed program aimed at translating the region’s vibrant research community into successful startups and licensed technologies, kicks off its first cohort October 8 at the George Washington University with 20 teams of […]
Innovating on the Fringe
For a few years we have been enamored with the concept that innovation is no longer taking place within traditional networks. It has shifted beneath our feet to “The Fringe”. “This fringe” is at the edge of our businesses where our customers live. No matter if B2B or B2C customers mash-up services and products into […]
Your Customers Are Connected – Are You?
We have recently released a whitepaper that summarizes high-level findings from a proprietary research study conducted with new vehicle buyers in early 2013. Participants were asked to confirm their awareness of current Connected Vehicle (CV) offerings, and to identify their expectations for, and perceptions of, various future services. It was conducted by CGS Advisors with […]
Real Time Satisfaction – In the Strangest Places
CGS was recently engaged by a European client to advise on the effect of the Connected World on customer experience. Even with today’s proliferation of connected people, things and services, it’s often a bit of a stretch for traditional retailers to believe that the Connected World is transformational RIGHT NOW. I don’t think you can get […]
Can Connected Be The Strategy
Over the last few months we have been researching, analyzing, and most recently advising clients on how the connected era is driving strategic shifts in many industries. As we continue to refine our analysis, we have started to make parts of it public. First, directed to the automotive industry, we conducted a Webinar with Automotive […]