“This is a great event providing real input from leading practitioners and thoughtful leaders in digital.” - Head of Marine Information Systems, Lloyd's Register

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” We get a huge buzz from hearing members’ success stories: A light-bulb moment that happened at one of our quarterly IGNITE summits, or a conversation over dinner that turns into a working partnership, or even insight gained from a brainstorming session.

Data. That’s what an astounding number of our members at our recent IGNITE summit took the most value from. Facts, figures, statistics; quantifiable answers to help them solve problems or drive innovation. Here at Nimbus Ninety, we consider it vital to listen to our members and provide useful and insightful collateral that’s on-trend and shareable with peers.

Tasked with building the agenda for the next IGNITE Summit on digital ecosystems, the sensible starting point was to figure out what on earth an ecosystem was.

Continuing on from last week, We now move on to part 2 of Ed's interview, with him sharing his thoughts on globalisation of platforms, the platform opportunity present across different businesses, and the key to doing platforms well.

Ed Relf, CEO and founder of Laundrapp, is no stranger to innovative start-ups. After working in digital businesses for years, Ed looked at one of the most antiquated businesses on the high street - launderettes and dry-cleaners - and saw the vast digital gap holding the industry back. This digital void inspired him to found Laundrapp, and to start a platform revolution in an industry that had not changed its methods or business practices for decades.

Are platforms relevant for Nimbus Ninety members, or just for the big tech companies and garage start-ups?

Today is a very exciting day for us all at Nimbus, for two big reasons. Number 1 of course, is that today is the first day of our 6th IGNITE summit in London, focusing on the highly topical subject of business model reinvention (more on that later…). Secondly, because today we are launching our new report, Digital Business Model Reinvention, part one of our Digital Leaders Insight Series. It’s a pretty proud day for the whole team as it represents the latest phase in our legacy of over 10 years of independent research into the impact and implications of digital trends and technologies.

The phenomenon of digital disruption and its transformative impact on the competitive landscape and established brands has gripped the media in the past few years.

How do you picture the ideal connected world?