The best disruptors are focused on customers, not products, they use technology rather than fear it, they create new opportunities often where regulations don't exist and they are backed by those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk. Colin Cullis presents stories of Business Unusual - those people and companies driving the next industrial revolution. The associated articles and videos are available here
https://www.702.co.za/features/110/business-unusual
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 13 hours 8 minutes
Privacy - what the internet gives, the internet may also take away
Almost all parts of our lives involve the internet. That level of sharing may have a negative consequence for privacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The mobile phone is dead
Mobile phones have been in SA for 22 years. The device that replaces it might already be in your hand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Writing is not what it used to be, OMG - lol
Consider how much your phone has changed the way you write and what it means for you and your business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Social protests in the 21st century
Will social media enable a new age of transparency and accountability or create the largest and most dangerous mobs in history? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Quantum theory is starting to be put into practice
The story of quantum theory and its applications could be compared to the era of the horse and the arrival of the car. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What a three-way Olympic swimming tie says about our strange measuring system
The metric system defines the world around us, but those definitions are not what you think they are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pokemon Go - listen to this before you think about playing and benefiting from it.
75 million downloads (and counting) make it one of the most popular games of the decade and businesses could look to cash in too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Forget driverless cars, get a personal urban aircraft
Most will not be able to afford a personal aircraft, but recent innovations will see many more strange craft take to the sky. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Should a machine be allowed to use lethal force?
The 4th Industrial Revolution has been said to result in the loss of jobs. It's fair to say it may also lead to the loss of life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Sharing Economy has a discrimination problem, who will fix it?
A study found that black Airbnb hosts get less for a similar property than white hosts. Some can't get a booking because of race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.