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How To Ensure IoT Project Succeeds – Future Proofing Challenges

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Welcome to the last post in my series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organizations on their journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. In […]

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Artificial Intellifence, Deep Learning, digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Uncategorized

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – Operational Challenges

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Welcome to the sixth post in my series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organizations on their journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. In […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

What makes a city a city?

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Recently I spoke at the smart buildings show in London. This event took me back eleven years (March 2007) to the early days of “smart”. The birth of smart was […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart buildings, smart cities

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – Implementation Challenges

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Welcome to the fifth post in my series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organisations on their journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. The first […]

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digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – People Challenges

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Welcome to the fourth post in my series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organisations on their journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. The first […]

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digitization, Internet of Things

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – Information Challenges

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This post is the third in a series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organisations on the journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. The […]

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digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – Hardware Challenges

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This post is the second in a series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organisations on the journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. The […]

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digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – Preparation Challenges

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This blog post is the first of a seven chapter series intended to be used as a working guide to ensuring an Internet of Things (IoT) journey is successful. This […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to transform your City into a Digital Platform

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A common theme is emerging in the midst of digital urban transformation and the new digital economy. This theme is digital clusters and the need for cities (regions, nations) to […]

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digital cluster, digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to ensure your IoT project succeeds – The 7 critical factors you need to get right

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Note: This blog is intended to be a part of a set of reference materials. It consists of this introductory post with each of the seven sections below linking to […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

Don’t buy IoT in isolation, Have a Digital strategy

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I advise many companies on technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), their digital strategy and the challenges and opportunities of our increasingly digital future.  Unfortunately, what I see repeatedly is […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

Collaborative partnerships must evolve to succeed

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This week, I am speaking on a panel at the Smart Cities World Congress in Barcelona about “Collaborative Partnerships to achieve common urban goals”. As a board member of Future […]

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digital economy, Internet of Things, smart cities

Habitat III paves the way to a new city model for the 21st century

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Recently I attended the United Nations Habitat III event in Quito, Ecuador and I’ve been reflecting on what I learnt in attending this prestigious event and the many interesting meetings […]

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smart cities

The journey to better cities and a new urban agenda

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Later this month I’ll be attending the United Nation’s Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador representing Future Cities Catapult. The Habitat event happens every two decades and the focus for […]

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smart cities

Technology is re-inventing waste management & it’s a good thing

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Smart Waste companies began years ago on the premise that technological advances could have a transformational impact on how we manage waste. Today this is a reality! For decades, waste management […]

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circular economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

How to solve your smart city puzzle

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In my travels I’m almost constantly asked two questions: What is a smart city and how do we go about that journey? Even answering these two questions can be difficult […]

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smart cities

Global Demographics Will Force a Shift to Smart Cities & IoT

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It seems more and more clear to me that evolving global demographics could alone virtually guarantee that smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT) are the way forward. Let’s […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

Smart Cities: It’s what you say, not the way that you say it

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I’ve said it before and I know I’ll say it again: There are no dumb cities. From the time that humankind started to make settlements together and the first cities […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

Why the Internet of Things will be at the heart of smart city transformation

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The smart cities movement is absolutely trying to change our world for the better. Great visionary goals are being set at both at city and national level—like India announcing its […]

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digital economy, digitization, Internet of Things, smart cities

Innovation must be collaborative for Smart City success

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As I’ve moved around the world discussing a range of projects with a wide cross section of city leaders, one thing seems very clear to me – for Smart Cities to move […]

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