Emerging technologies and innovative new business models are transforming life, business and the global economy at unprecedented speeds. As digital technologies reshape the modern world, businesses established in less fluid times are having to make increasingly complex and critical decisions against the ticking clock of change. How leadership reacts and how they view this

By Richard Copland Clients often ask which technologies to watch out for over the next few years.  The typical ask centres around the medium term, a time frame of the next two to three years and not the immediate near term.  Previous conventions and arrangements that constitute businesses sense of management time frames no

By Eric van Niekerk, Research Lead, Innocentrix “Why fix what is not broken? We are focused in accordance with our strategic plan and we know how to do that. We have no need for innovation.” Is this a familiar phrase coming from the boardroom in your organisation? This attitude can place organisations in danger of

By Richard Copland. I attended the techUK Financial Services & Payments Programme and a seminar on exploring the Blockchain’s potential and demystifying the hype. The positioning of this session was very much along the lines of Blockchain has the potential to revolutionise the delivery of financial services and payments.  From disintermediating banks from the payments

By Richard Copland. I recently spent the day at WIRED Money, where the ideas design business and technology media entity brought together the people and businesses disrupting the world of finance. The event offered a range of sessions covering themes and technologies changing the face of money. With Brett King from Moven saying that the