I attended a talk by Peter Sissons the other day (the former newsreader and moderator of BBC’s Question Time). He read a passage from a book that totally blew me away. It was about trivia.  The book is called Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman and is apparently a bit of a classic, although I’d never heard of it. I’ll blog the passage as soon as I can find it. There was also a section comparing 1984 to Brave New World, some of which I need to reference in one of my own new books.

Anyway, I’m attempting to write something about Business to Business (B2B) growth opportunities and it’s harder than expected because I’m usually so focused on the Business to Consumer (B2C) space (and have been for years).

Here’s a list of trends/ issues I’m working to:

• Globalization vs. Localization

• New biz models & new service models

• Unexpected competition (much cheaper and much faster)

• Legal issues around collaboration and open-innovation

• How to deal with Big Data

• Margin erosion

• More informed customers & competitors