#108 Leslie Shannon: Sometimes, the Threat Comes from Outside Your Industry

Everyone knows to keep an eye on their competitors...

But how many of us are on the lookout for threats outside our industry?

Our guest today is Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting at Nokia, a company that knows all too well what happens when you ignore these threats. 

And now Leslie is heading up the team making sure it can never happen again. 

In today’s episode, Leslie covers:

• Why you need to look outside your industry for threats and opportunities
• How 5G is set to change the world (and why the paranoia is comically unfounded)
• The 4 biggest shifts in ecosystem trends today

“A major new trend is companies who see they have an opportunity with a new technology they are not experts in partnering with a smaller company — one that’s more agile and actually getting deep into that new technology.” — Leslie Shannon

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• www.open-ecosystem.org 
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• To contact the host, Chip Rodgers, with topic ideas, suggest a guest, or join the conversation about alliances, he can be reached by:
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• Email: chip@workspan.com
• Twitter: @chiprodgers
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