Videos

The 2018 MIT Platform Strategy Summit Panel Discussants: Geoffrey Parker, Professor, Dartmouth and MIT IDE Digital Fellow (Summit Co-Chair) Marshall Van Alstyne, Professor, Boston University (Summit Co-Chair) Peter C. Evans, Principal, KPMG, (Summit Co-Chair)

Speakers: Geoffrey Parker, Dartmouth and MIT (Summit Chair); Peter Evans, KPMG (Summit Chair); Marshall Van Alstyne, Boston University (Summit Chair)

Unlike traditional businesses platforms orchestrate complex ecosystems and co-create value with their participants. Platform leadership requires new management skillsets and capabilities. What are the characteristics of platform leaders? Where is platform strategy taught? How to find, recruit and train new platform talents? This panel explores the challenges associated with the recruitment and training -at scale- of a new breed of digital leaders. Speakers: Annemie Ress, MD & COO innogy Innovation Hub, Founder PurpleBeach Peter C. Evans PhD, Managing Partner, Platform Strategy Institute Veena Marr, Consultant Russell Reynolds Olivier Van Calster, GM & VP, Europe, StockX

In this video Peter Evans, Joe Pine and Joe Belliotti introduce the concept of experience platforms. They also discuss the major muliclient study the team is leading, which will provide unique data, frameworks and insights into developing a platform strategy for the next evolution of the Experience Economy. The Multiclient study will kick off in early December 2020 and conclude with tailored final reports to clients in February 2021. For more information on the Multiclient Study and how it can support your company's strategic planning see: https://platformstrategyinstitute.com/experience-platforms/

The popularity of the online marketplace model has seen more and more enterprises platforming their business. One of the foremost challenges of these new marketplace businesses has been accurately forecasting initial staffing and planning for longer-term organizational design needs. With a marketplace business differing significantly from traditional ecommerce, particularly with the added ecosystem of third-party sellers, this is often new and uncharted territory. Join Peter Evans of the Platform Strategy Institute, Shaun Budnik of Throughline, and Tom McFadyen, author of Marketplace Best Practices, to discuss the best way to approach these organizational design considerations. In this session we will discuss: - Primary staffing differences from traditional ecommerce to online marketplace - Launching a new platform business vs. expanding an existing digital operation - Which roles to prioritize hiring first - Which responsibilities are best hired internally and externally