Wordy, but interesting article on technology trends, that is quite deep, and highly relevant.  I found it useful to help sort through the relevance of peer to peer, and get a bit more granular on the benefits.

business technology trends – Eight business technology trends to watch – Information Technology – Applications – The McKinsey Quarterly

Technology alone is rarely the key to unlocking economic value: companies create real wealth when they combine technology with new ways of doing business. Through our work and research, we have identified eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses and the economy in coming years. These trends fall within three broad areas of business activity: managing relationships, managing capital and assets, and leveraging information in new ways.

Categories of trends are sorted this way:-

Managing relationships
1. Distributing cocreation
2. Using consumers as innovators
3. Tapping into a world of talent
4. Extracting more value from interactions
Managing capital and assets
5. Expanding the frontiers of automation
6. Unbundling production from delivery
Leveraging information in new ways
7. Putting more science into management
8. Making businesses from information

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