I’ve been invited to meet with a senior Board leader from a large oil company, and the topic is digital transformation. The problem? The Board gets it, but not Management.
You don’t need to take in Disney’s latest Star Wars instalments to see robotsbattlingrobots. Just pay a visit to the cyber desk of an energy company. If you can find it.
With the latest ramp in media stories about Facebook exploring the use of blockchain for its platform, I thought it timely to revisit how oil and gas could take advantage of this technology.
Many digital companies seem trapped in a never-ending cycle of pilot projects and trials with oil and gas companies that never progress beyond the pilot stage to full deployment. And that’s a shame for both.
At the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary I fielded lots of questions about digital in oil and gas, but this was the number one question, and it’s not what you think.
The first problem that oil and gas companies must address to advance with digital innovations is to close the gap in understanding the opportunity and the threat from digital. Here’s how.
I’m on a panel discussion at the Calgary Global Petroleum Show about the role of digital innovation in oil and gas. Here’s a snapshot of the kinds of questions I think the panel will address.
Why is it the job of the 20 person digital startup to convince skeptical oil and gas field supervisors and staff to trial new digital tools? Isn't this the role of oil and gas leadership?
Is digital transformation all over in Alberta’s oil and gas industry? That seems to be the feedback some Alberta companies are giving to conference organizers. It couldn't be further from the truth.