Time-Space Compression and Enterprise Mobility
There is a time to recognize sea change and to take action. That time is now for developing an enterprise-wide mobile strategy and to start implementing enterprise mobility. I think companies in the past couple of years have not been sure the role mobility would play in their specific company, markets and industries, however it should be clearer now. It is time to act and be bold.
I propose that mobility is just the beginning. Mobility is part of a historic time-space compression shift that is impacting all people and industries. It is important for us to understand the impact this shift will have on each of our companies.
Paul Virilio wrote a great deal about time and speed, and time-space compression. He calls the science of speed dromology, and strategies around time chronostrategy. He proposed that the speed at which something happens may change its essential nature. His argument is – that which moves with speed quickly comes to dominate that which is slower. The bottom line, is companies that can see faster, analyze faster, communicate faster, produce faster, decide faster and act faster will have enormous competitive advantages. Mobility is an essential element of all of this.
technologies that seem to accelerate speed and reduce distances. These technologies today include the Internet, Skype, mobile communications, SMS, sensors, satellites etc. In transportation they are things like trains, jets, rockets, overnight delivery systems etc. In business, they are ultra-fast market trading systems, globalization, online sales, currency markets, faster production cycles, mobile banking and payments, etc.
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