Questions to Ponder
Gary Parr | December 7, 2016
Patrick Schwerdtfeger inspires attendees with his “Disrupting Technology” Dec. 5 talk at Schneider Electric’s Empowering the Mobile Workforce in Process Industries conference in Houston.
Good inspirational speakers are, well, inspirational, and Patrick Schwerdtfeger’s “Disrupting Technology” Dec. 5 talk at Schneider Electric’s Empowering the Mobile Workforce in Process Industries conference (Houston) certainly got the wheels turning. Inspirational speakers also give you some takeaways to ponder on the flight home and/or to post on the company bulletin board. Schwerdfeger’s takeaways were some thought-provoking questions:
- What is the biggest threat to your industry?
- Who is your worst supplier? Would you benefit by bringing that work in-house?
- What else do your customers want?
- How could your assets be used differently?
- How can you achieve your 10-yr. plan in six months?
He also pointed out that when it comes to disruption in any industry, most are looking in the wrong place. Disruption doesn’t come from within an industry but almost always come from adjacent markets. In other words, people with game-changing ideas usually start in a related arena and then have an impact on you as they look to expand their business/find new applications. Some get blind-sided and savvy people proactively look in adjacent industries for ideas/technologies/opportunities that give them a competitive advantage.—Gary L. Parr, editorial director
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