Podcast appearances and mentions of Larry Downes

It's not just the MAGA crowd who are concerned with government waste and inefficiency. In a convincing Wall Street Journal op-ed, best-selling tech author Larry Downes questions the need for a thousand Social Security offices around the country. Downes argues that the federal government's resistance to digital transformation has resulted in staggeringly low user satisfaction rates - just 12% for federal government services. Despite more than 85% of federal workers being based outside Washington, there have been few serious attempts to modernize these services through e-government initiatives. While the incoming Trump administration's "Doge" team has talked about reforming government, Downes remains skeptical about implementation, citing political obstacles rather than technical challenges. He notes that while Estonia and Denmark offer successful e-government models, American reform efforts face unique hurdles, including congressional resistance to closing local offices and bureaucratic procurement processes that often outlast technology cycles. Downes suggests that modernization could significantly improve service delivery while reducing costs, though it would impact federal employment. He emphasizes that this isn't about privatization but rather bringing government services into the digital age - something that could potentially serve as a safeguard against authoritarian overreach by systematizing government processes in transparent, digital systems.Larry Downes is the author of five books on the impact of technology on business, society, and the law. His first book, “Unleashing the Killer App” (Harvard Business School Press), was an international bestseller, with over 200,000 copies in print. The Wall Street Journal named it one of the five most important books ever published on business and technology. His most recent book is “Pivot to the Future” (Public Affairs), co-authored with Omar Abbosh and Paul Nunes of Accenture. It has been nominated for the 2019 Thinkers50 Strategy Award. Downes writes the “Innovations” column for The Washington Post and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. He was previously a columnist for Forbes, CNET and The Industry Standard. He has written for a variety of other publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Inc., The Economist, Wired, MIT Sloan Management Review, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Recode, The Hill, Congressional Quarterly, Slate, The European Business Review, The Boao Review, and The San Francisco Chronicle. Downes has held faculty appointments at The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of California—Berkeley, where he was Associate Dean of the School of Information. From 2006-2010, he was a Fellow with the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. From 2015-2019, he was Project Director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business. Downes testifies frequently before Congress on issues related to the regulation of technology, including those dealing with antitrust, privacy, communications policy, media law, and the role of the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission in the 21st century. He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1993-1994, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He lives in Berkeley, CA.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cKowphuV5o In a college football-crazed town, after the big game, three of the players are accused of a hate crime of beating a gay man to death. The task of defending them falls to the school's former All-American football star turned lawyer. CHRIS CAMPBELL, the lauded letterman now with a briefcase, is aided by an expedient college administration and a loyal police department but he hides a guilty conscience and has never been involved in a murder trial. What's more, the prosecuting attorney is ABALARDO VAS, the most prominent attorney in the state, who also happens to be a gay man with a grudge against the college football team. Get to know the writer: My screenplay is about a former All-American football player, now a disillusioned lawyer,who returns to his alma mater to solve a vicious hate crime that implicates his former football team. He is caught in the crossroads of his loyalty to his team and to doing the right thing. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it's only $3.99 per month. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Larry Downes, author of Pivot to the Future: Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World. Larry Downes is an Internet industry analyst and author on developing business strategies in the age of disruptive innovation. He is the co-author of Big Bang Disruption and author of New York Times business best-seller, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance (1998), which was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the five most important books ever published on business and technology. He is a columnist on innovation for both The Washington Post and Forbes and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Downes has held faculty appointments at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Northwestern University School of Law, and the University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he was Associate Dean of the School of Information. Since 2014, he has served as project director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Adubato and Mary Gamba are joined on Lessons in Leadership by Larry Downes, Retired Chairman, New Jersey Resources, who shares the lessons he has learned regarding giving back, succession planning and overall wellness and leadership. Then, Steve and Mary talk with Jodi Grinwald, CPC, Founder & Change Agent, Today is the Day LLC, and … Continue reading Lessons in Leadership: Larry Downes and Jodi Grinwald

In this special edition of Lessons in Leadership, Steve Adubato and Mary Gamba are joined by Larry Downes, Retired Chairman, New Jersey Resources and Marlene Laó-Collins, Executive Director, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, about the mental health, poverty-reduction and social and crisis services they provide. Then, Steve and Mary talk with John Auriemma, President, American … Continue reading Lessons in Leadership: Larry Downes and Marlene Laó-Collins / John Auriemma

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Larry Downes, the author of “The Year in Tech 2022: The Insights You Need From Harvard Business Review”. Larry Downes is the author of five books on the impact of technology on business, society, and the law. His first book, “Unleashing the Killer App” (Harvard Business School Press), was an international bestseller, with over 200,000 copies in print. The Wall Street Journal named it one of the five most important books ever published on business and technology. His most recent book is “Pivot to the Future” (Public Affairs), co-authored with Omar Abbosh and Paul Nunes of Accenture. It has been nominated for the 2019 Thinkers50 Strategy Award. Downes writes the “Innovations” column for The Washington Post and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. He was previously a columnist for Forbes, CNET and The Industry Standard. He has written for a variety of other publications, including The New York Times, USA Today, Inc., The Economist, Wired, MIT Sloan Management Review, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Recode, The Hill, Congressional Quarterly, Slate, The European Business Review, The Boao Review, and The San Francisco Chronicle. Downes has held faculty appointments at The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of California—Berkeley, where he was Associate Dean of the School of Information. From 2006-2010, he was a Fellow with the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. From 2015-2019, he was Project Director at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business. Downes testifies frequently before Congress on issues related to the regulation of technology, including those dealing with antitrust, privacy, communications policy, media law, and the role of the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission in the 21st century. He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1993-1994, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He lives in Berkeley, CA. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As part of our Thought Leader's Voice podcast series, we are thrilled to be in a conversation with Paul Nunes on 'Becoming a future-ready organization: See and seize the future.'In the Thought Leader's Voice podcast series, we explore the world of how independent thought leaders bring their ideas to scale within the business world and share powerful, thought-provoking insights with our listeners.Our objective from this podcast series remains to educate senior-level marketers & thought leaders to help them solve some of the most quizzing marketing questions propping up right now.This is an independent and self-sponsored series aimed towards enhancing the profiles & importance of thought leaders amongst CXOs.We are thrilled to be joined today by renowned innovator, author, and speaker on business strategy, Paul Nunes, Global Managing Director of Thought Leadership for Accenture Research.Through more than 35 years at Accenture, Paul has researched technology-led changes in business and marketing strategy. His findings and writing on marketing and business strategy are regularly featured in publications worldwide, and he writes a regular column on disruptive innovation for Forbes with author Larry Downes.Paul is co-author of three award-winning, international-bestselling books – and frequently speaks at industry and management conferences around the globe and top business schools, including Harvard, Columbia, Wharton, and Dartmouth.Paul was a front runner in pivoting strategies, having been awarded a U.S. patent in 2010 for his systematic method of improving organizational innovation processes. He earned his Master of Science in Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.Join the conversation to access actionable advice shared in an incredibly insightful way.Key Takeaways:The amalgamation of an increasingly complex business landscape, the proliferation of data, and the pressing desire to be at the forefront of competition have led organizations to focus on using analytics to make strategic business decisions. How important is it for businesses to embed data analytics and AI into their core strategy rather than focus on the past for insights to stay at the forefront of digital disruption?In the Financial Services sector, we have seen banks leading the analytical space by discovering new ways to leverage transactional and behavioral consumer data by going beyond traditional structured information and looking for unconventional sources of information that predict an applicant's creditworthiness. How can organizations leverage risk analytics to find themselves better positioned to quantify, measure, and predict risk?The need for adaptability and speed while remaining cost-effective will not end with the pandemic. How has the growing fragmentation and changing consumer preferences made moving decision-making authority to people at the edges not just possible but necessary?Redesigning structure and decision-making processes demand rethinking the skills of the workforce. To give people the right mix of skills at speed, how can organizations take a data-driven approach to identify and predict new pockets of skills demand while still empowering employees to chart their course?How important is it for organizations to build sustainability into their operations' fabric and make social responsibility sustainable?Can continuous innovation and reinvention become a learned behavior/process and be built into business routines, as well as operating and strategic models?

Steve and Mary talk with Larry Downes, Retired Chairman and CEO, New Jersey Resources, about the importance of learning, teaching and sharing. When it comes to leadership, Downes says everyone is a leader. 1/24/21

Larry Downes is the author of five books on the impact of technology on business, society, and the law. His first book, “Unleashing the Killer App” (Harvard Business School Press), was an international bestseller, with over 200,000 copies in print. The Wall Street Journal named it one of the five most important books ever published on business and technology. His most recent book is “Pivot to the Future” (Public Affairs), co-authored with Omar Abbosh and Paul Nunes of Accenture. It has been nominated for the 2019 Thinkers50 Strategy Award. Downes writes the “Innovations” column for The Washington Post and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. He was previously a columnist for Forbes, CNET and The Industry Standard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5G wireless will drive economic growth for decades to come, but we need a comprehensive strategy to ensure a robust deployment and adoption of secure networks. A U.S. strategy for 5G should play to our strengths to overcome unfair practices that have made Huawei a leader. Rob and Jackie discuss why 5G is important, separating hype from reality, and what a national framework should look like with Doug Brake, Director of Broadband and Spectrum Policy at ITIF and author of “A U.S. National Strategy for 5G and Future Wireless Innovation.” Mentioned:Doug Brake, “A U.S. National Strategy for 5G and Future Wireless Innovation” (ITIF, April 2020).Blair Levin and Larry Downes, “The Internet After COVID-19: Will We Mind the Gaps?” (Aspen Institute, April 15, 2020).Atkinson and Whisman, hosts. “What the COVID Crisis Teaches Us About Broadband Policy, With Special Guests Larry Downes and Blair Levin,” Innovation Files, ITIF, June 2020.

The COVID-induced isolation economy has demonstrated just how important broadband networks are for work, learning, and entertainment. But it has also highlighted important gaps, such as the rural divide and the “homework divide,” that government policy can play a role in filling. Rob and Jackie discuss these issues with broadband and IT experts Larry Downes, a senior industry and innovation fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Business & Public Policy, and Blair Levin, a nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and prior director of the 2010 National Broadband Plan.Mentioned:Blair Levin and Larry Downes, “The Internet After COVID-19: Will We Mind the Gaps?” (Aspen Institute, April 15, 2020).Larry Downes and Paul Nunes, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy In The Age Of Devastating Innovation, (Portfolio, 2014).Federal Communications Commission, The National Broadband Plan, March 17, 2010.Doug Brake, “A U.S. National Strategy for 5G and Future Wireless Innovation” (ITIF, April 2020).

Paul Nunes is the Global Managing Director of Thought Leadership at Accenture with 33 years working with the consultancy under his belt. He discusses the findings in the book he co-authored with Larry Downes and Omar Abbosh: “Pivot to the Future: Discovering Value and Creating Growth in a Disrupted World”.  Nunes says the big idea in the book is that companies can no longer afford to change through large-scale business transformation, rather we need a new way of creating change within the organization that enables success. He walks us through some fantastic examples and explains how businesses can simultaneously succeed with all three lifecycle stages of a business: the old, the now, and the new.   “The excitement of getting to the new can lead a lot of companies to prematurely abandon the old.”  Accenture’s Keith Pleas hosts at the Boston Innovation Hub.   The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility. Podcast library: www.agileamped.com Connect with us on social media!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agileamped/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solutionsiq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgileAmped

Andrew talks with writer Larry Downes, the author of five books including this year’s bestselling Pivot To The Future. Best known, however, for his first book, Unleashing The Killer App, which, in 1998, sold 200,000 copies and was one of the first big hits about the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonali Basak, Bloomberg News Investment Banking Reporter, discusses Warren Buffett joining the chorus criticizing private equity firms for gaming returns. Larry Downes, Senior Fellow at Accenture Research, talks about his book “Pivot to the Future” about discovering value and creating growth in a disrupted world. Andy Browne, Editorial Director of Bloomberg New Economy, breaks down the global impact of President Trump threatening to raise tariffs on Chinese goods. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter Tiffany Kary talk about female innovators starting consumer-product businesses for women. And we Drive to the Close with Hilary Kramer, President and CIO at A&G Capital.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly.  Producer: Paul Brennan 

Sonali Basak, Bloomberg News Investment Banking Reporter, discusses Warren Buffett joining the chorus criticizing private equity firms for gaming returns. Larry Downes, Senior Fellow at Accenture Research, talks about his book “Pivot to the Future” about discovering value and creating growth in a disrupted world. Andy Browne, Editorial Director of Bloomberg New Economy, breaks down the global impact of President Trump threatening to raise tariffs on Chinese goods. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter Tiffany Kary talk about female innovators starting consumer-product businesses for women. And we Drive to the Close with Hilary Kramer, President and CIO at A&G Capital.  Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly.  Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jim Muelberfer, James Hirsen, Pat Grandy, Ronald Kessler, Larry Downes, Colin Hanna, Qasim Rashid, Dr. Aziz Gazipura

Steve Adubato is joined by Larry Downes, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Resources, for the premiere edition of Steve Adubato’s Leadership Hour.

Chris Palmeri, Bloomberg News L.A. Bureau Chief, and Erik Gordon, Professor at University of Michigan, discuss Disney's acquisition of Fox's studio and cable channels. Jonathan Spalter, CEO at U.S. Telecom, and Larry Downes, Project Director at Georgetown, breakdown FCC's vote to rollback net neutrality rules.  Drive to the Close with Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist at First Franklin Financial. Crawford Del Prete, Executive Vice President at IDC on, Oracle earnings and outlook. And Carol and Cory hit today’s Movers and Shakers on Wall Street, and Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his “Stock of the Day.”   

Chris Palmeri, Bloomberg News L.A. Bureau Chief, and Erik Gordon, Professor at University of Michigan, discuss Disney's acquisition of Fox's studio and cable channels. Jonathan Spalter, CEO at U.S. Telecom, and Larry Downes, Project Director at Georgetown, breakdown FCC's vote to rollback net neutrality rules.  Drive to the Close with Brett Ewing, Chief Market Strategist at First Franklin Financial. Crawford Del Prete, Executive Vice President at IDC on, Oracle earnings and outlook. And Carol and Cory hit today's Movers and Shakers on Wall Street, and Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his “Stock of the Day.”    Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Craig Moffett, Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, discusses AT&T fighting the Justice Department antitrust lawsuit of TW merger. Jon Adams, Senior Investment Strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, sees a "steady as she goes” approach to markets. Larry Downes, Project Director at Georgetown, and Todd Shields, Bloomberg News Reporter, talk about the FCC's plan to rollback net neutrality regulations. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson's has his "Chart of the Day" and Julie Verhage, Bloomberg Stocks Reporter, explains the rise in analysts using AI to pick stocks. Crawford Del Prete, Executive Vice President at IDC Research, discusses Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman stepping down after six years at the company. And Carol and Cory hit today’s "Movers and Shakers on Wall Street” and Dave Wilson’s “Stock of the Day.” 

Craig Moffett, Senior Analyst at MoffettNathanson, discusses AT&T fighting the Justice Department antitrust lawsuit of TW merger. Jon Adams, Senior Investment Strategist at BMO Global Asset Management, sees a "steady as she goes” approach to markets. Larry Downes, Project Director at Georgetown, and Todd Shields, Bloomberg News Reporter, talk about the FCC's plan to rollback net neutrality regulations. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson's has his "Chart of the Day" and Julie Verhage, Bloomberg Stocks Reporter, explains the rise in analysts using AI to pick stocks. Crawford Del Prete, Executive Vice President at IDC Research, discusses Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman stepping down after six years at the company. And Carol and Cory hit today's "Movers and Shakers on Wall Street” and Dave Wilson's “Stock of the Day.”  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On this episode of Breaking.Digital host Doyle Buehler and Big Bang Disruption Expert Larry Downes delve into every facet of digital disruption from which industries can expect changes during this second wave, to how a company can survive a digital disruption, to how investors can nurture their entrepreneurs to achieve multiple disruption successes. Larry gives some quick tips on what to watch for when it comes to a potential disruption and explains why being a consumer-driven market is a great thing for businesses. Is your company armed and ready for a potential digital disruptor? If you answered, “I don't know” then you do not want to miss this brilliant and insightful talk with Larry Downes Internet industry analyst and author of the best-selling business technology book "Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance”. Downes and host Doyle Buehler leave no stone unturned when discussing all things digital disruption and how your company can adapt and survive these inevitable changes. Downes defines disruption as an “innovation is one that is both better and cheaper than the thing that it's replacing or competing with.” He not only defines what digital disruption means for today's businesses but discusses some fascinating aspects of disruption drawing on research from his best-selling book, the "Big Bang Disruption." Downes states that, “We are at the next great wave of disruption.” He shares strategies that will determine if your company can survive a digital disruption and which industries now have a target on their back. Larry writes regularly for The Harvard Business Review, Forbes, CNET, and The Washington Post, covering the intersection of technology, politics and business. He has held faculty appointments at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Northwestern University School of Law, and the University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he was Associate Dean of the School of Information. From 2006-2010, he was a nonresident Fellow at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society. Digital Leadership Podcast interviews by Doyle Buehler - The Digital Entrepreneur http://www.twitter.com/doylebuehler https://au.linkedin.com/in/doylebuehler For speaking engagements and interview requests for digital strategy, social media and online marketing, please email: doyle@thedigitaldelusion.com More details on each digital strategy podcast episode available here: http://www.thedigitaldelusion.com/podcast Join the discussion of digital strategy, leadership and marketing online on our Facebook Exclusive Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlineinnercircle/ Get a copy of the international best seller - The Digital Delusion -www.thedigitaldelusion.com/3 or on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1V819mQ Take the Digital Leadership Quiz: http://www.leadership.digital www.thedigitaldelusion.com (C) 2017 Doyle Buehler

Telecom reform in the 1990s is considered a big success. So why is the FCC nibbling around the edges of undoing that reform? Larry Downes comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Larry Downes is co-author of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. He is an Internet industry analyst and author on the impact of disruptive technologies on business and policy. In this interview, we discuss how old models of strategy and innovation make the wrong assumptions and how to craft a strategy when the market is ever-changing.

I'm pleased to post Show # 212, May 14, my interview with three-time Hearsay Culture guest Larry Downes, co-author of Big Bang Disruption, on disruptive technology and business strategies. Larry and his co-author Paul Nunes (who was not on the show) have written an insightful and enjoyable book looking at both the causes of and reaction to disruptive technologies by new and traditional businesses alike. Like the book, which is bifurcated between descriptive and proscriptive analysis of rapidly-disruptive technologies, we talked about the meaning and impact of "big bang" distruptive technologies and how companies can both react to and create environments that create disruptive technology. As always, I greatly enjoyed our discussion! {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.}

Larry Downes - Author of Big Bang Disruption and Unleashing the Killer App (named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 5 most important books ever published on business and technology). Larry is an internet industry analyst and speaker, having held faculty appointments at Univ. of Chicago, Northwestern, Berkeley, and Stanford and he is a columnist for Forbes and CNET. What we discuss in this episode • What industries are PRIMED for innovation? The answer may surprise you. • The nature of innovation has changed dramatically, in even the last 10 years. • What industries should younger people consider working in to take advantage of the upcoming innovation? • What can existing companies do to fend off new, more agile start-up companies? Quotes we liked from Larry Resources for you • www.larrydownes.com • Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation • Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance  

SLR cameras, pagers, paper maps, travel agents, home telephones, answering machines, transistor radios;  all quaint reminders of days gone by. Today whole new industries are taking over from the old.  The way we find places to stay when we travel, transportation, even the nature of money itself, is changing.Back in the 90’s we heard about the “Innovators Dilemma.”  About how cheap products would flood the market, before other manufactures could create products with higher value. Perhaps Sony and other Japanese companies were the penultimate example.Today, new products enter the marketplace full blown. They are cheaper and more efficient and receive instant acceptance.  How do traditional incumbents defend against this?  They don’t. They either innovate on today’s terms, or they go the way of Blockbuster, or Blackberry or Kodak, or Garmin.These are just some of the ideas put forth by Larry Downes in his new book, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation..My conversation with Larry Downes:

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Larry Downes, author of the forthcoming The Laws of Disruption. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Larry Downes, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor, School of Information Management and Systems, U.C. Berkeley. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.