"What is driving change in the economy today?" This is no longer the question facing mangers today. Instead managers are asking "What should I do to respond to these changes?"
To help audiences answer this central question, David Ticoll, information-age visionary, author and leading architect of next-generation Internet strategies and solutions for Global 2000 organisations, will deliver a strategic plenary presentation at the E-Commerce World, M-Commerce World, Information Security World and Cards Africa 2001 conferences at the Dome at Northgate on 3 October 2001.
Ticoll has an unparalleled track record as a visionary at the intersection of business strategy, technology and organisational performance. He identified the emergence of `business webs` (b-webs) in 1997, in a research program at US-based Digital 4Sight, a think tank and consulting firm where he is CEO and co-founder.
The Internet changes everything, including the corporation itself. In the 21st century, a new platform for wealth creation - which Ticoll calls the b-web - is replacing the 20th century enterprise.
His bestseller "Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs" (co-authored with Don Tapscott and Alex Lowy) explains how the Net is changing strategy, marketing and management. In b-webs, internetworked, fluid - sometimes highly structured, sometimes amorphous - sets of contributors come together to create value for customers and wealth for shareholders. B-webs are reinventing value propositions, transforming the rules of competition, and mobilising people and resources to unprecedented levels of performance.
In his South African presentation, Ticoll will compellingly explain how every business performs as one of five `types` of b-web. Combining seven years of case-based analysis of emerging technologies and lively interaction, Ticoll will help audiences envision a new, winning strategy agenda for business model innovation beyond the dot-com crash.
Ticoll is a monthly columnist with tele.com, a publication for global telecommunications executives. He consults and advises dozens of Fortune 500 companies and has undertaken thousands of research and analysis pieces for private clients. Ticoll is published in many other publications including Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0 and USA Today.
Ticoll joins other industry experts at The Dome at Northgate from 3 to 5 October 2001, where the latest thinking in mobile commerce, e-commerce, smart card application and information security will be under the spotlight, and where solutions and products for all aspects of e-business will be showcased on the exhibition floor.
For more information, visit the event Web site at http://www.terrapinn.co.za/e-business or contact Terrapinn on (011) 463 2802.
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