Two celebrations this week ...

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As already mentioned, we passed the #33,333 milestone this week. In the weekly summary of my BLOG page provider SimpleSite I have seen yesterday that I had more than 1,000 readers in one week (it was 1,069 to be exact). This was the first time, unbelievable. In the first week when I started my BLOG back in July 2016 I had 60 readers, now it is 1,000 more after 82 weeks being online. Thanks guys for your trust and support, a great accomplishment 😋.

This morning I did participate in the breakfast event about Megatrends and Digitization with a special focus on midsize companies. We did get a two hour presentation from Jan-Frederik Kremer  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfkremer/. My quick summary below:

• The following Megatrends had been mentioned:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • 3D Printing
  • Advanced Robotics
  • New / smart materials, biochemical engineering
  • IoT (Internet of Things)
  • Blockchain, distributed ledger
  • Synthetic Biology                                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rD5uNAMbDaQ
• The B2C (Business-to-Consumer) market is dominated by companies like Amazon and Google for example. The B2B (Business-to-Business) market is still offering a lot of opportunities, even for German midsize companies.
• We have to be open for digitization, it affects everybody
• Some examples for new ideas and B2B platforms, check it out 😉:
  • Online sale of bathroom fittings B2B and B2C  https://en.reuter.de/
  • Selling sand in a creative way  http://www.stresan.com/
  • Robots replacing lawyers  https://www.legalrobot.com/
  • Robots replacing trustees  https://uk.scalable.capital/ (a Munich startup)
  • The tool factory  http://www.kukko.com/en/
  • A fully digital logistic company  https://www.fiege.com/
  • IoT in an unexpected environment https://www.konux.com/

In summary - you have to surprise yourself first before you can surprise others with a new idea.

Some related and helpful links for the rest of the weekend or some spare time:

• Simple ways to spark your creativity  https://www.ted.com/playlists/617/simple_ways_to_spark_your_creativity?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=playlist__2018-02-02playlist_button 
• 10 Davos stories you might have missed                                                https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/10-davos-stories-you-might-have-missed-3b02eff7a7b2 
• The Psychology of Thinking Vs. Doing                                            https://medium.com/swlh/the-psychology-of-thinking-vs-doing-3ce46ed7ae19