Technology plays an important role in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and its impact is even more profound on Goal #9 i.e. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. While it is undeniable that technology is important, the rapid development in technologies have led to issues…

Traditionally, contracts are transacted in paper form and a middleman is used as a trusted source when a transaction is made between two parties that do not know one another. However, things change when smart contracts come into play. Smart contracts are applied to automate business processes and the middleman…

Ultimately, project managers play an important role in sustainabilty. Projects are complex and come with many ripple effects. As project managers, it is important for us to understand what we can control. We need to acknowledge that we can only control part of a project but we can also influence…

To ensure that sustainability is incorporated in the project and/or program level, project and/or program managers have a role to play. Sustainability can be incorporated in all phases of a project. Planning phase: Utilise foresight tools, such as horizon scanning and scenario planning, for long-term strategic planning and capacity building. …

As of 2010, the United States Census Bureau estimated a global population of 6,805,000,000, with 4 births and almost 2 deaths each second of every day. The U.N. predicts that the Earth’s population will reach 9.2 billion by 2050 if our population continues to grow at that rate. The growth…

Apart from the lack of customer centricity and lack of vision, the third reason that lead to the pitfall of a digital product is the lack of commitment. Once a product is developed, many organisation tends to think that it is done. They focus on the outputs (What gets done)…

In Avoiding Digital Product Pitfalls (Part 1), I note down how the lack of customer centricity lead to product failure. In this article, I’ll share my thoughts on how the lack of vision contribute to the failure of a digital product. Lack of Vision and Aspirations More often than not…

According to HBS professor Clayton Christensen, 95% of all product innovations fail. Why is that the case? Lack of customer centricity (Part 1 i.e. This article) Lack of vision and technology strategy (Part 2) Lack of commitment (Part 3) Lack of Customer Centricity For a digital product to be successful…