No other time in the history of civilization has humankind been so much connected. Laptops, desktops, mobile phones, embedded systems, social media, googling, twittering, blogging... This is big and is getting bigger! This is fast, and is getting faster!
How? Connectivity is transforming every individual and every organization it touches. Consider how you would run a global business 100 years ago, it would be tough right? But now every business person's dream is going global. And yes, they can go global if they have good enough value propositions, because we are connected!
The distinctive factor is, some individuals, some organizations get more connected. They are the ones that understand the value of connectivity. They are constantly searching for new ways to improve how they live/work/learn/perform/attract.
As an individual, one should keep asking himself, what do I do to learn new stuff, to improve myself, to manage my relationships, to manage my professional life, to contribute to the society? How is it different from what I used to do five years ago? Three years ago? One year ago? Six months ago?
An organizations should keep asking similar questions: What do we do to learn/attract/sell/manage/improve/grow/distribute? How is it different from what we used to do five years ago? Three years ago? One year ago? Six months ago?
Unfortunately, there are many organizations which are failing to exploit the opportunities offered by connectivity and still perform the same activities to promote the same products/services to the same people.
