A digital documentary made from scraps

A 4-hour update for those not understanding the evolution of a Digital World in the last 7 years and something. Nothing more scientific than my personal vision as content curator.

7 years after the first edition of the management program in Digital Transformation at IE Business School, what is the challenge of transformation in a context that is already digital? This is a visual exercise (compilation of videos / documentaries) for those of you who don't like to read. [242 mins. ~ 4 hours].

SMARTPHONES, SUPERAPPS, AI AND THE CHALLENGE OF PRIVACY

• The world is being digitized through cell phones and super apps. Applications based on the ubiquitous and intensive use of our data. https://youtu.be/cLANTiDd8Ok | CNBC, Jul 2021 [12 mins]

• AI is everywhere and those countries taking advantage of this technology and making so much out of data will create more value (upward) and might also create more harm because of the lack of privacy (downward) | DW Documentary | How artificial intelligence is changing our society | Apr, 2020 https://youtu.be/-ePZ7OdY-Dw [42 mins]

• Privacy is the next big conversation: if we aim for a more sustainable and free world, sharing some degree of freedom and lack of unconscious manipulation should be the norm | https://www.humanetech.com/the-social-dilemma | The Social Dilemma by The Center for Humane Technology and Netflix, Sept 2020. [94 mins]

TRUST IS BROKEN

• Trust is broken, let’s build back trust through technology (blockchain) | https://youtu.be/UIBR99gOLOQ | TEDxVienna, Commoditizing Trust and Disrupting the system by Gavin Wood | Dec 2017 [10 mins]

IS A NEW DECENTRALIZED INTERNET THE SOLUTION?

A new decentralized Internet could be the solution or might be another buzzword that brings back hope to so much surveillance economy. Web3 as an amalgamation of cryptography, blockchain, advanced technologies, cloud and edge computing to evolve an economy that has ended up falling in the hands of a few

• In favor: CNN, What’s Web3? Interview with Gavin Wood (co-founder of Ethereum) Apr 2022 | https://youtu.be/_b_X2cqNKPE [50 mins]

• Detractors: Scott Galloway: Web3 is just a meaningless tech buzzword | https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/03/29/scott-galloway-web3-nmnm-cnnplus-orig.cnn [3 mins]

RETHINKING THE ECONOMY AND WAYS OF CREATING VALUE

This new Internet could be for the first time a hope for a much more sustainable planet and a better way to share wealth and also force companies to stick to a good purpose. | https://youtu.be/rp6cqaRZ-oQ | DW Documentary, May 2021 | Rethinking Capitalism [26 mins]

How is our corporate reality affected when it comes to creating value and collaboration for companies in a new hybrid work-from-home/work-from-office scheme?

• Self-governance and self-management organizations | Frederic Laloux | https://youtu.be/OmVMfJPL-9A | Nov 2018 [7.5 mins]

• In favor (Web3 / Crypto advocate): Integrating DAOs and Holacracy by Brian Robertson | Apr, 2022 https://youtu.be/D_KFvmwSGFU [8 mins]

"If you want to run fast, run alone. If you want to run far, run together."–African Proverb (anonymous).

Dedicated to the 10 editions of IE Executive Education's digital transformation program (2016-2022).

ADDENDUM 2023

[Nov 23, 2023]

A year after this post came out, I am taking the liberty of adding one more video scrap to sum up this 2023 marked by generative AI.

• A critical view on the impact of generative AI | Artificial Intelligence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Dedicated to the 13 editions of IE Executive Education's digital transformation program (2016-2025).

ADDENDUM 2026

[Apr 30, 2026]

Three and a half years or so since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the world has changed so much that it is worth stopping to reflect on the fleeting data-tech reality we are experiencing and how the rules of the game have shifted. I have taken the liberty of translating all my reflections into a book that I promise will see the light of day before the summer. | TEXT ME WHEN THE BOOK IS READY

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