apidays London 2023 - Meeting Relentless Business Change in a Post API Economy World, Paolo Malinverno, The Business of Technology

apidays London 2023 - APIs for Smarter Platforms and Business Processes
September 13 & 14, 2023

Meeting Relentless Business Change in a Post API Economy World
Paolo Malinverno, Growth Advisor at The Business of Technology

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Transcript

1. Meeting Relentless Business Change in a post API Economy World Paolo Malinverno Growth Advisor
2. 2 Inflation Fragile Supply Chains Cyber Threats Rising Interest Rates Pandemics Climate Crisis Remote / Hybrid Work A World Without Truth War in Europe Energy Crisis UNCERTAINTY https://diginomica.com/uncertainty-certain-transformation-not-option-automation-and-adaptability-are-key-success
3. 3 What is a post API Economy world?
5. So, Where is the Growth Going to Come From? 1. Innovative Customer Experiences 2. New Digital Revenue Bottom Line: The speed at which a company can come up with those innovations is a key factor of success 5
6. Composability Open, public APIs, platforms, ecosystems and marketplaces will increasingly contain all the building blocks for innovation The easier people can compose them, the quicker innovation will be
7. Meet Business Technologists (I)
8. Meet Business Technologists (II)
9. Business technologists, scattered in fusion groups, are the new independent programmers they are the offspring of the API Economy they will be the heroes of the post API Economy world 9
10. Yes, But Hold On… • Business Technologists are not programmers • A lot of the stuff on platforms and marketplaces today IS for programmers… • Yes, but ◦ Business Technologists are getting better at technology ◦ Composition technologies / Low Code are becoming more effective ◦ Business Technologists are growing in numbers faster than Dedicated Technologists ◦ The competitive pressure to compose innovative solutions is getting higher and higher ◦ Generative AI is getting better at design • So somebody needs to make sure the stuff you compose with is ‘easily’ consumable by Business Technologists – who’s that? 10
11. You Post API Economy Rule Design APIs and building blocks for ‘easiest’ Business Technologist consumption 11