Has the past decade seen a shifting trend towards technology innovation originating in Asia and then filtering out to the rest of the world? This is the question explored in The Future of Connected Retail, a new documentary film from Meta, hosted by Amer Iqbal from 5 Ways to Innovate.

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February 3rd 2022. That was the date I lost $100k in a single day. But don’t feel bad for me, it could have been a lot worse. My boss actually lost a lot more than I did - he lost $30m on that same day!

Sorry - did I say $30 million? I meant $30 BILLION!

You see it was the day Facebook, now known as Meta, announced their quarterly earnings and had reported a decline in user numbers for the first time in over a decade. To make things worse, the company had also spent $10b building their new metaverse business - and so far they had nothing to show for it but a new name and logo.

I’m standing at the counter in a coffee shop in the middle of Bali. The aroma of freshly ground coffee beans mingles with the sticky morning air. Outside, scooters speed down the narrow dirt lane as the local residents prepare to go about their day.

Facebook’s Amer Iqbal argues that young strategists contemplating which direction their careers should take – to be a generalist or specialist – should also consider asking an additional question: Are you a purist or a pragmatist?

“Your phone is already an extension of you. You are already a cyborg. Most people don’t realise they are already a cyborg – that phone is already an extension of yourself.”Elon Musk’s Neuralink device, a tiny implant into the human brain, aims to eventually serve as a high bandwidth interface to the brain such that we can be symbiotic with AI.

Innovate or prepare to fail - Amer Iqbal believes this, and you should too. As Head of Digital Transformation at Facebook, Amer spends his time teaching corporates how to combine the strength of a large organisation with the fluid mindset of a startup. He explains how companies must continually grow and adapt, plus a word of warning if you feel you’re working for a business that isn’t willing to do this.

On May 15 2019, Amer Iqbal (APAC Head of Digital Transformation, Facebook) participated in a panel discussion in Singapore alongside Stephanie Nash (Chief People Officer, ChapmanCG) and Dr Mark Hon (Entrepreneur and Investor, Founder of Sugar Venture Capital).