In the (not so distant) future, 3D printers will produce objects and parts for us in our businesses and homes. People won’t have to buy a part from a retailer, or distributor, that was stored in a warehouse and shipped; they’ll just download the file and print it. They will be able to print parts from a variety of materials – plastic at first, but eventually ceramics, metals and concrete.
Far fetched? Not long ago, so was having a device that does all the things smart phones do – right in your pocket.
How will this affect your business? Pay attention, lest one of these innovations comes along and knocks you out!
Add Artifical Intelligence into the equation and a colony of people on Mars-the wave of change that’s coming is going to be unbelievable
Your message today is important for everyone from the new hire to the boss.
I just missed the automobile doing away with the buggy whip business.
I was there when talented low wage foreign people took our manufacturing of carpets, clothes and candy.
The idea of ‘just in-time delivery’ ended new warehousing and the fork lift industry.
New natural gas pipelines suddenly opened a need to find more gas customers.
Mail, TV and phone marketing effectiveness plummeted for the unwary as the internet developed.
Controlling your internet presentation is very important, just now . . .
Things change.