SPEED no limits in the digital era

by Aleksander Poniewierski, Jolanta Marczewska (Illustrator), Jan and George Sandford (Editor)

Everything around us is accelerating. Everyone is talking about new technologies, digital transformation and new business models. But does everyone understand what this is all about?

SPEED is an acronym for:

(S)  Security, which is today the basis of new business,

(P) Partnership, without it, is impossible to earn quickly and sustainably in four industrial revolution,

(E) Emerging technologies, thanks to which we can create the business of the future,

(E) Economy, which means to change the current business model to bring true value to shareholders,

(D) Digital transformation, which means everything about the value of the company, the change of organizational culture and the generation of Millennials and Gen Z, which becomes our employees and customers.

"SPEED no limits in the digital era" is the first book to explain the changes that have taken place over the past 250 years in a simple way. Not only by giving examples of Uber, Airbnb but by giving a real recipe for how to do it.

This book which will explain to readers with technical backgrounds the economic aspects and business people the meanders of technology.

SPEED is backed up with insightful guest contributions from senior executives from Google, Cisco Systems, Apple, IBM, EY, the European Commission, NATO, Tribal Planet and Harvard.

And most importantly, it is written by a practitioner with over 20 years of experience working for the largest companies in the world.

How to get your business into the fast lane and leave your competitors behind ... you will know reading SPEED no limits in the digital era.

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2019

Reviews

[Krzysztof Politowicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is extremely rare to find reading that combines passion, practice and predicting the future from the world of business but also offering insight into your own experience and based on the author's solid knowledge. Aleksander Poniewierski's SPEED is such a book. I highly recommend this reading because although the past remains unchanged, its interpretations change and what the author is writing about in the context of the future is happening right now in front of our eyes. SPEED your limits and constrains.

[Marcin Bruś · Rating 4 out of 5]

Your unawareness of technological opportunities might inhibit your creativity. This book is a very good „one stop shop” on-boarding to existing and emerging trends that will define coming decade in business and digital technologies. If you have been running a successful business and you finally realize that continuity can not be your strategy - read this book. If you heard the concepts but you can’t really explain it well - read it. SPEED’s author well explains key concepts and digital technologies in approachable, actionable way. Concepts are well illustrated with stories of special guests (incl. Cisco, Google)

It is not a top pick for industry experts though, they might enjoy more strategic context and changes implications.
Finally, read it but don’t stop at this one book. There is little about organization culture impact in the book. Once you get ready to prepare for a transformation and get more SPEED - go beyond new models, partnerships and technologies. No shift is risk free and people tend to fear changes. Transformation works best with renewed culture and mindset of your board and team leaders.
Recommended.

[Christian C. Salvadó · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great and engaging read. I recommend it to anyone interested in the strategic impact of technologies in the digital age. How the digital transformation is helping businesses to grow exponentially and what are the cornerstones of the large-scale technology transformation that help to achieve it. It also dives in how enterprises handle organizational change, which is most times slow, and how it can cope with the ultra-fast developments in tech.

The book also includes excellent interviews with great guests.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dobrze się czyta i wspomina stare czasy w pierwszej ćwiartce książki. Następnie jest przyspieszenie i wspaniałe narysowana teraźniejszość oraz przewidywany kierunek wektora rozwoju przemysłu w przyszłości.