The cornerstones of Fintech solutions contributing to the financial sector’s rapid evolution include artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and digital banking. These cornerstones, along with the impact of new, diversified technologies, will continue to power innovative disruptions for years to come. The next frontier of Fintech innov…

The consumer goods industry is experiencing a massive retail-to-virtual shift that is redefining how new brands and products go to market. Soaring digital distribution techniques and the rising ease of manufacturing are largely to thank, as both capitalize on the digital arena at large and embrace this virtual-first shift. As businesses shift their…

The Quantified Self is defined as a movement that allows individuals to measure, track, and quantify biometrics in a holistic fashion — with the capability to one day move from sick care to proactive care. And with the rise in digital health tools available to self-track and analyze your body’s data, the quantified self enables individuals to make …

The modern financial industry has brought about data-driven investment strategies that have implications on business acceleration and driving quantifiable results. In this episode, Manifold Advisory Partner John Sviokla chats with Paul Fahey, Senior Vice President at Northern Trust, to discuss the impact of data on investment decisioning and how to…

While the COVID pandemic has strained hospital systems, doctors, and essential workers in unimaginable ways, it has also planted the seeds for an accelerated industry shift. In this conversation, Advisory Partner John Sviokla and Dr. Stephen Kahane, MD, former president at athenahealth, discuss the healthcare sector’s valuable lessons learned from …

Terry Jones is one of the most accomplished executives on the planet when it comes to repeatedly upending the status quo. He began within American Airlines and rose to the rank of CIO, from where he became the CEO of Travelocity and later founding chairman of Kayak. Now he serves on many boards, invests, and advises firms and governments around the…

5G, a new “intelligent fabric,” will trigger a wholesale reconfiguration of services, products, and decision-making in our economy. While Verizon and others in its space are at the forefront of ushering in this new intelligent fabric, 5G will introduce radically new economics and models for a wide range of companies–from higher education to healthc…

Most breakthrough innovations take at least 5 years or more to come to scale. Most corporate business cases are three years or less. This punishes innovators massively. Combine this with the fact that the tenure in most corporations is less than 5 years — and you have a no-win situation for innovation. There are two ways to fix this: fancy and simp…