Tech’s impact on business and culture in 2014
It would be impossible to capture the disruptive influence the latest digital technologies are currently having on the world in a single blog post. But what Zeitgeist has collated here are some...
View ArticleImitation & Innovation in China
It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If true, it should follow then that China are huge fans of most consumer electronics brands. We’ve written before about threats to...
View ArticleTrends, threats and opportunities in the film industry
“In the 1950s… 80 per cent of the audience was lost. Studios tried many ways to win back this audience, including new technologies such as Cinerama, but none of these worked. What did work was to view...
View ArticleMedia Trends 2016
The most enjoyable pieces we pen for this blog are our looks ahead to TMT trends in the next year (they also, coincidentally, happen to be our most popular articles). Do check out our 2015 and 2014...
View ArticleTech frailty in 2016
In the course of history, many smart people have been scared by the rapid progression of technology and its impact on the way we live. Forget the printing press; Socrates was concerned that even the...
View ArticleOn new distribution strategies in film
Fade to black? “Any media company is a laboratory right now. There is no established way to do anything.” Thus spoke Adam Moss recently, in his role as editor in chief of New York magazine. The...
View ArticleNew realities of competitive advantage
This week’s purchase of Yahoo suggests Verizon’s strategy department thinks much the same way as myriad other organisations; “size matters”. Whether it’s about minimising risk or increasing economies...
View ArticleAnswering the call to greater engagement (and revenues): WhatsApp, WeChat and...
’39 Steps’ to more revenues Not that we like to dwell on “I told you so” situations, but Zeitgeist has been rambling on about the missed opportunities of WhatsApp – relative to its Asian counterparts...
View ArticleMedia & Tech firms on corporate governance and shareholder responsibility
In this post we’ll be looking at a variety of firms in the media and tech sector as we examine how their vision impacts on the broader economy. Short-termism and misdirection (Amazon and legacy...
View ArticleMischief, managed – digital disruptors in need of legacy structures
“Move fast and break things”. That is the motto of Facebook, and unofficially many of its contemporaries. While much of the most visible impact of new digital organisations has been on how they respond...
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