We are thrilled to be featured first on the new \u201cCulture of Innovation!\u201d podcast series from Ridge Innovative, an in-depth conversation between TIDWIT CEO Will Yafi and Ridge Innovative President Nancy Ridge on the continuing global growth of digital transformation. They cover how the TIDWIT Cloud Ecosystems Network is delivering highly-scalable collaboration and distribution of business knowledge. Here are a few of our favorite excerpts from the episode: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q:<\/strong> Perhaps you could share with us where TIDWIT takes this concept (not all ecosystems are created equal) to a different place?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n A:<\/strong> The model that is emerging is what we call the plural or pluralistic ecosystem, and that model is a lot more democratized, where you have a lot organizations connecting to a whole lot of other organizations… making it a lot easier and quicker for organizations to not just launch their ecosystem, but also connect to a whole lot of other ecosystems in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Q:<\/strong> Can you describe how your platform collects data and how that data can be effectively used by members of the ecosystem. Also perhaps also expanding on the analytic tools and the benefits that users could expend to receive from both the tools and the data.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A: <\/strong>With an ecosystems approach, partners have full insight in real time of all activities for each of their organization’s users and activities. The TIDWIT platform collects all of this, and each one of the ecosystem instances owns, collects and controls its own data. What we allow to be shared is based on the relationship between the partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Q:<\/strong> How interesting that these types of models are beginning to emerge in the business community. Will they create a real benchmark for the educational community down the road? <\/p>\n\n\n\n A:<\/strong> What we see is the first adopters of ecosystems have been IT and Telcos. However, it\u2019s now starting to move into the verticals. And some of the salient verticals we are seeing include education, that\u2019s one of the bigger ones, because knowledge is connected. We see almost every industry affected by this ecosystem revolution because every single industry in the world has ecosystems, that\u2019s how businesses run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Q:<\/strong> How have you seen innovation change the culture within your own organization, your home and your community? <\/p>\n\n\n\n A:<\/strong> What I\u2019ve noted over the last five or six months, because of COVID, is that technology has helped us maintain our humanity. This has been a great motivator for all of us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n