Miles to Go podcast series Miles Everson

What innovations will converge to give quantum a breakthrough effect?

In this episode, PwC Global Advisory Leader Miles Everson and PwC US Chief Technologist, New Ventures Chris Curran share insights on how corporate leaders can begin looking at how emerging technologies could affect their organization.

Accelerating knowledge can enable accelerating value, which we’re seeing across the health industries. Clinicians are harnessing the influx of data, but information remains fragmented among the ecosystem of players. In this episode, PwC Global Advisory Leader Miles Everson and PwC US Health Industries and Global Health Industries Consulting Leader Kelly Barnes discuss how integrating health data from disparate sources creates a network effect and a platform-enabled ecosystem.

Within this environment, we’re nearing a point where non-acute conditions such as ear infections or strep throat can be diagnosed at home. However, healthcare may never be fully computational. In their conversation, Miles and Kelly note there will always be a human in this field, particularly as providers manage more acute and delicate areas such as cardiac and neonatal care. For further information please contact: Miles Everson - miles.everson@pwc.com

Why are so many digital-native companies having such unbelievable valuations? For starters, they share a penchant for tapping into new forms of capital in the Bionic Era. PwC Global Advisory Leader Miles Everson and PwC US Marketing Leader Dr. John Sviokla discuss the emergence of Behavioral, Network and Cognitive capital, and how they are reshaping the ways in which companies create and build value.

One additional ingredient—labor—remains incredibly important in the value equation. In the physical world, we have financial capital and talent. But in this new era, businesses have to introduce the other three. With executives asking how they can get the best talent, Miles and John explain the new mandate to connect human capital with the new forms of behavioral, network and cognitive capital. Listen to their conversation here. For further information please contact: Miles Everson - miles.everson@pwc.com

PwC Global Advisory Leader Miles Everson and PwC US Marketing Leader Dr. John Sviokla discuss what characteristics make "platform businesses" unique. Part of why these businesses achieve exponential growth is because they can go from sensing to thinking to acting with little or often no friction on the part of the customer. For example, when a company knows a customer's history, the customer never again needs to start at "square one."

The threshold effect is yet another major factor in the art of the possible. We didn't have effective ride-hailing services until we had enough cell phones and GPS capabilities to make it a reality. This isn't new; Fast-food restaurant chains didn't take hold in earnest until the interstate highway system was deployed. Platforms allow businesses and industries to take risk and spread it across wide-spread demand—with innovation becoming the ultimate product. For further information please contact: Miles Everson - miles.everson@pwc.com

Social media and ubiquitous connectivity are blurring the line between authenticity and fakery. While several factors can help humans outrun the robots, authenticity has a role in each of these factors. PwC US Marketing Leader Dr. John Sviokla interviews Krista Everson, daughter of PwC Global Advisory Leader Miles Everson, to get a millennial perspective on factors that could keep us “un-automatable.” Their conversation focuses heavily on the current state of communications and the vital nature of authenticity in our content and experiences. For further information please contact: Miles Everson - miles.everson@pwc.com