Volume 1, Number 1 - Spring 2004         print this:

Fresh Perspectives: Embracing Uncertainty

Uncertainty is not an enemy but rather a source of opportunity. DSI Chairman and CEO Paul Schoemaker discusses a systematic approach to finding these opportunities in an age of increasing uncertainty. More...

The Leading Edge: Becoming a Savvy Early Adopter of Emerging IT

How quickly should you embrace the next big thing in information technologies? Voice over IP, web services and real-time analytics are seen as some of the next "high impact" technologies, but picking winners is very difficult, as demonstrated by disappointments such as 3G wireless and surprises such as the rise of WiFi.   How does one separate the "underachievers" from the "sleepers" to develop robust strategies for investing in these technologies? DSI President and COO Scott Snyder offers strategies for becoming a savvy early adopter. More...

Strategies into Practice: Newsprint Meets Silicon Valley

At a time when some observers were predicting the end of the printed newspaper, a major publisher had to chart its course into an uncertain future. Through scenario-based strategic planning, DSI helped identify a set of possible futures and the capabilities needed to succeed across all of them.   DSI Managing Director of Consulting Services Michael Mavaddat discusses insights from the project. More...

DSI Compass

Links to recent publications and information about DSI activities.

•  Peripheral Vision: Paul Schoemaker co-edited a forthcoming issue of Long Range Planning on "Peripheral Vision," featuring an outstanding group of executive and academic contributors. More...

•  BioSciences:   Download a free report on the BioSciences Crossroads initiative being led by DSI in partnership with the Wharton School's Mack Center for Technological Innovation. More...

•  Associations:   DSI's Paul Schoemaker and Franck Schuurmans discuss their work with credit unions in the December 2003 issue of Association Management. More...

•  In Good Company: DSI Chairman Paul Schoemaker speaks in an executive program in Argentina on strategy and leadership together with Jack Welch, Bill Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani. More...

•  Expanding the DSI Team: Two highly talented senior consultants have joined DSI as new leaders of our Telecom, Technology, and Media (TTM) and Latin American Practices. More...

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