Digital technology and networked communications have enabled human organisations to come together, operate, and optimize in new and different ways. In some instances, this creates new capabilities or markets that could not have previously existed.
New work practices
A number of questions emerge when contemplating the kinds of work practices extant in the Digital Era, including not only work site and security in a partially or fully remote system, but also (separate from and interrelated to physical structure) team and group structure, permanent versus contract versus crowdsourced or collaborative labour, and other dynamics of how work practice changes in an agile and digital environment.
New financial systems
The rise of digital technologies has enabled the creation of new financial products and new kinds of financial systems, ranging from better ways of modeling credit using artificial intelligence to replacing aging backend infrastructure of the banking system with faster, lower cost, and more secure means of moving and managing money. How are digital assets in these systems priced, issued, maintained, managed and regulated?
New search behaviours
Digital technology has dramatically reshaped how purchasing and user choice decisions are made, ranging from novel approaches to information discovery, to the application of artificial intelligence and geo-location systems to deliver relevant choice at the ‘moment of truth’.
New business models
With digital technology we see business models that deviate significantly from 20th century and earlier business models. Ecosystems, collectives, ‘co-opetition’ and platform strategy come into play.