Blog
14 Jan My 2019 Predictions for Digital Oil and Gas
It is my habit to make wild and outlandish projections about the upcoming year, and 2019 is no exception. Here are my 5 crazy predictions for all digerati in oil and gas.
07 Jan Disrupting the Alberta Business Model Through Digital
How susceptible is the Alberta business model to disruption from digital innovation? Pretty susceptible, it turns out.
24 Dec Season’s Greetings – Merry Christmas – Joyeux Noel
I wish all my readers a very Happy Holidays and the best for 2019!...
17 Dec Data Wars – The New Digital Battleground in Oil and Gas
Data is emerging as the new unspoken battleground for oil and gas supremacy. Why is this happening and should it be a concern?
10 Dec Survey Your Organization for Digital Readiness
How do you know if your organization is ready to embark on changes enabled by digital innovation? Why not collect some data?
03 Dec Bits, Bytes, and Barrels—The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas
The oil and gas industry has moved decisively beyond peak oil, resource scarcity and rising prices, to a new era of abundance and price pressure. With my co-author, Rachael Goydan, I have written a new book,“Bits, Bytes, and Barrels”, about leveraging digital innovation to cope with these fundamental shifts in business models.
26 Nov Why AI Won’t Fly in Oil and Gas and How To Give It Wings
Algorithms, a kind of artificial intelligence, are going to struggle to get off the ground in oil and gas. Here’s why, and what management can do to give AI wings.
19 Nov Digital and the Geopolitics of Oil
Oil is used by some nations to project influence and power, and is a national security concern for most others. How does digital innovation alter the oil-infused geopolitical landscape?