DISRUPTION

IGNITE: IEDC Leadership Conference, Irvine, CAFebruary 2, 2014Presenter: Jon Roberts, Principal, TIP Strategies, Inc.

What are disruptive

technologies?

The labor pool

The supply chain

Social norms

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What’s a CD?

Where are the book shelves?

I’ll send my driver.

Image Credit: Google

Need a light?

I’ll call a doctor.

Just print one out!

Image credit: 3D Systems

Image credit (refrigerator): Samsung

It’s time to purchase more milk, Dave.

It just knows!

The Internet of Things

The Labor Pool

Massive disruption in the number of workers and the skill sets they require.

The Supply Chain

Entire business units cease to

exist and secondary providers

disappear.

Social Norms

Culture shock around expected behavior with new product opportunities.

What does it mean for economic development?

If productivity doesn’t bring job gains, what are we incentivizing?

2000

2001

2002

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2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

95

100

105

110

115

120

2000 = 100

GDP+17%

JOBS-1%

GDP/Job Gap Index

Sources: GDP (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis); Jobs (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - CES Survey)

Does entrepreneurship really benefit my community?

Redefining the public-private partnership…

The future we see is not the one we will be living in.