SAPVoice: Talk Nerdy To Me: Data Geeks Re-Write Business Rules Playbook

When it comes to digital business, Andrew McAfee knows a thing or two. A principal research scientist at MIT, prolific writer and management expert, McAfee is a leader in understanding and explaining how digital technologies are changing business, the economy, and society. At the recent SAP Leonardo Live event in Chicago that focused on digital transformation, McAfee urged his audience to throw out the business playbook they've been using for the past 30 years. "The right way to run a factory in the steam era became a really, really bad way to run it in the era of electrical power," he said. "Similarly, during a technology transition -- and afterwards -- the advice you used to follow becomes bad advice."