A Brief History of PLM: 10 Years Later

Over a decade ago, I published A Brief History of PLM, tracing the evolution of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) through the parallel digital transformations of engineering (from CAD and PDM) and manufacturing (from MRP to ERP). At tha...

BOOK REVIEW: The Innovation Dilemma – Why Good Management Can Lead to Failure

Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma (1997) is one of the most influential business books of the modern era. Its thesis is counterintuitive: Great companies fail not because of weak leadership or poor execution, but precisel...

What PLM Ownership Really Means

When everything is shared without clearly embedded accountabilities and responsibilities in the ways of working, the risk is that nothing is truly owned. In the context of PLM—a critical enabler of product lifecycle value realizationâ€...

The Cognitive Data Thread

Most organizations excel at gathering data—but few can turn it into smarter, faster decisions. Simply connecting systems—what we call digital continuity—no longer drives innovation. As products grow more complex and change comes fa...

PLM Transformation Challenges: Technical vs Cultural Factors

When PLM initiatives stall or fail, the common assumption is that the system itself is to blame—poor UI, lack of integration, bad data. But experience shows that cultural and behavioral factors are often the real reasons transformation...

AI Agents Reshape Business and Society

Every few decades—now increasingly frequently—a new technology reshapes business and society at its core. The internet in the 1990s revolutionized how we access information and connect globally. Today, artificial intelligence is not ...