The 3 Dimensions of Disruption - Disruption

As excitement (and panic) about the opportunities and threats of emerging technologies spreads into boardrooms across the world, it is worth considering that it is not just the technologies themselves which are disruptive. Indeed the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000 taught us that the technologies themselves are vulnerable to issues of scaling and adoption. Furthermore, of the key emerging technologies we have identified: 3D Printing, Advanced Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Virtual Reality, some of them have been around in some shape or form for some time. What is different now to 2000, and means the impact of technology is truly disruptive on a large and wide scale, is that we now have the business model enablers to drive the technology through a business. These business model enablers mean we now have access to the funding, platforms, processing power, software, and data to turn the technology into useful, scalable solutions.