Digital Transformation

LEGO CEO on digital play; COVID-19 compressed 10 years of digital change; Manufacturing IIoT boosts uptime 30%.

AI Redefines Leadership for Industry 4.0

by Kenneth Ma | 3 September 2026

TL;DRKlaus Schwab introduced the Fourth Industrial Revolution concept, a fusion of physical, digital, and biological technologies.A 2017 McKinsey Global Institute study estimated 60 percent of occupations have at least 30...

Manufacturing IIoT boosts uptime 30%

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

Digital transformation in manufacturing is the convergence of information technology and operational technology. IT is enterprise resource planning, customer databases, and corporate networks. OT is programmable logic controllers, robotic arms,...

Web Summit 2020 Went Online After Lisbon Event Was Cancelled

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

Web Summit, one of the largest technology gatherings on the calendar, cancelled its in-person Lisbon edition for November 2020 and moved entirely online. The event that had packed more than...

Science & Energy

Paperless Cost Savings for UK Financial Services

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

UK financial firms spend tens of millions of pounds each year on paper storage, printing, postage, and manual handling. The case for going paperless is not about environmental virtue. It...

LEGO CEO on digital play, China growth since 2017

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

Niels B. Christiansen took the helm of the LEGO Group on October 1, 2017, stepping into a business already ranked as the world's largest toymaker by revenue. His watch has...

COVID-19 compressed 10 years of digital change into months

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Within days, stay-at-home orders closed offices, factories, and stores across much of the world. Firms that had planned digital...