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Matthew GriffinFounder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute
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Marketforce invited Matthew to speak at its Blockchain Summit in London, a day of presentations and discussion with leading experts in blockchain and distributed ledger technology. With blockchain hailed as one of the most significant innovations since the internet, a key aim of the summit was to test whether it could live up to the hype.
Matthew had watched the blockchain and wider DLT ecosystem explode as organisations used it to rewire finance, turn supply chain economics upside down, and even help lift people around the world out of poverty and hunger. His brief was to show how blockchain's power to decentralise processes, transactions and whole industries will change the world.
"It's always interesting to hear a CEO talk about how a new technology will make his company irrelevant, something that many CEOs and executives should be increasingly mindful of."Matthew Griffin, London, October 2016
He spent time with rising stars and entrepreneurs from Ethereum, 11-FS, Eight Roads, eMunie (now Radix) and Zonafide, all working to change how industries collaborate, communicate and operate, and paid tribute to the founders taking on that hard work.
The day also heard from the CEO of SWIFT, and Matthew noted how interesting it is to hear a CEO talk about a technology that could make his own company irrelevant, a risk more executives should keep in mind. Speakers from Barclays, HSBC, Nasdaq and R3 described their experiments with the technology. An audience poll suggested the first proper production applications would arrive from 2019 onwards, and regulatory compliance remained one of the key issues to resolve.
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What this means for your leadership team
Decentralisation can threaten incumbents.
The CEO of SWIFT spoke at the summit about a technology that could make his own company irrelevant. Matthew's point was that more executives should keep that risk in mind. 311 tracks Industry Collapse as a trend to prepare for, with wide use around 2030.
Timelines matter more than hype.
The audience poll pointed to the first proper production applications from 2019 onwards, and regulatory compliance was still unresolved. 311 data puts Blockchain at Explore, with wide use around 2032. Minerless Blockchains sit at Prepare, with wide use around 2028.
Finance and supply chains move first.
The summit heard how organisations use blockchain to rewire finance and turn supply chain economics upside down. Banks and exchanges such as Barclays, HSBC and Nasdaq were already running experiments. 311 also follows Flattening Supply Chains, rated Explore, with wide use around 2032.
Three questions for your next leadership meeting
Which of our processes could a shared ledger make unnecessary?
Where are our competitors already experimenting with distributed ledger technology?
How will regulatory compliance shape our own blockchain timeline?
The trends and technologies behind this session
From the 311 Starburst, the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit’s map of the technologies and trends shaping the next 50 years.
It means treating decentralisation as a strategic question, not a technical one. Matthew showed it can change processes, transactions and whole industries, and the summit's poll suggested production use from 2019 onwards. Leaders should test where their own model depends on being the middleman.
How does Blockchain relate to this session?
Blockchain is the core subject of the keynote. In 311 data it has a first product date of 2009, wide use around 2032 and an action rating of Explore. That fits a technology still being tested by banks and exchanges.
How do Minerless Blockchains relate to this session?
They are a variant of the same idea, where transactions are checked by clever maths instead of miners. 311 rates them Prepare, with a first product in 2012 and wide use around 2028. They show how the ledger approach discussed at the summit keeps changing.
How can 311 brief our leadership team on this?
Through a private executive briefing or leadership workshop, tailored to your sector, in person first.
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