My slides from a presentation for the annual event, CFO of the Year (Årets CFO) in Stockholm in November 2016, http://www.bwz.se/TALENTUM/b.aspx?vi=12&vid=642&ucrc=D3C2BFC8
5. “We always overestimate the change
that will occur in the next two years
and underestimate the change that will
occur in the next ten.”
- Bill Gates, The Road Ahead, 1996
6. Human-like face with social intelligence
2016
http://www.furhatrobotics.com/furhat/
7. People
• “Net generation”
• 24x7 “mobile” workforce
• Knowledge via MOOCs
• Sharing not owning
• Sustainability
• Gigs and not jobs
Technology
• Broadband
• Smart phones
• Cloud
• Internet of Things
• Big Data
• Cognitive computing
• 3D printing
• Robotics/AI
• VR/AR/ Holography
Open Source IP
• Software
• Hardware
• Physibles
Convergence of…..
Finance
• Microlending/microfinance
• Crowdfunding/equity/P2P
• Cryptocurrencies
• Blockchains
• Mobile money/payments
• M2M payments
14. • Launched June 2010
• 519 cities in >68 countries
• Limited physical assets
• 7000 employees
• USD 62.5 bln valuation
(BMW, 1916, 116,00 empl, USD 53 bln)
“Doing more with less” through a global
platform
16. PIPELINES PLATFORMS
Create Innovation
COMPANY
ROLE
Enable interactions
Consume innovation
CUSTOMER
ROLE
(Co)-create innovation
Supply-side economies of
scale
SCALING
ADVANTAG
E
Demand-side economies of
scale (network effects)
Optimize value chain and run
more efficient operations
SCALING
FOCUS
Optimize interactions and
build more networking effects
CONSUMERS COMPANY
EXTERNAL
INNOVATORS
COMPANY
Thomas Kohler, 2016
17. Community platform
Hierarchicalfirm
VS
Microsoft
~ Created by employees within
organizational boundaries
E.g., eZ Systems
~ Created by community collaborators
regardless of affiliation
Teigland, Di Gangi, & Yetis 2012
The Flipped Firm: New model of value creation?
23. The Blockchain is the glue that is going to drive
a productivity revolution across the globe on
par with what Henry Ford did with the
automobile.
— Paul Brody, Americas Strategy Leader,
Technology Sector, Ernst & Young
24. All our knowledge is about the past, but all
our strategic decisions are about the future.
What we don’t know
we don’t know
Most of what we need to know
to make good decisions today is
outside our comprehension: We
don’t even know it’s there.
What we
know
What we know
we don’t know
25. Looking into the future?
Forecast
− How we think the future will be
Vision
− How we want the future to be
Scenario
− What the future can be
Scenarios: Memories from the future
?
?
? ?
28. Reallocating capital
The heads of many companies are not skilled at
capital allocation.……But today, capital allocation is
Job 1. And investing in today’s digital business
models is critical.
— Warren Buffet
https://hbr.org/2016/09/investors-today-prefer-companies-with-fewer-physical-assets
29. Four faces of the CFO
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/finance/articles/gx-cfo-role-responsibilities-organization-steward-operator-catalyst-strategist.html