The Strategy of Things is a Silicon Valley based Emerging Technology Innovation Firm

 

We help cities, communities and business enterprises become smarter, safer, more responsive and resilient. Our integrated portfolio of services – innovation lab, consulting, research and execution–deliver the outcomes that matter to you and your customers.

Smarter. Faster. With Less Risk.

Our Services

Acceleration

Innovation Ecosystem. Proven Solutions. Trusted Services.

Advisory

Strategy. Planning. Analysis. Value Realization.

Intelligence

“On The Ground” Insights. Best Practices. Innovation Scouting.

Innovation Lab

Use Cases. Pilot Design and Testing. Solutions.

Innovation Firms Get Things Done

At Strategy of Things, our responsibility is just as much as about beginning a motion as it is following it through. 

We understand that complex projects require more than advice. That's why as emerging technology innovators, we're unafraid to get our hands dirty. Our innovation firm combines the strengths of conventional consulting with boots-on-the-ground execution, experimentation, and expertise. With over 75+ years of collective partner experience and proven leadership as smart city innovators, we work passionately with your company, community, or city to realize your innovation goals from start to finish.

Strategize around problems and systems thinking, then technology
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Develop leading edge insights, and innovate with foresight
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Assume nothing, and validate everything
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Achieve shared goals as hands-on practitioners and partners, not consultants
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Disrupt Successfully

Drive customer adoption, increase revenues and productivity, while lowering costs.

Go Faster

Innovate faster and more frequently in response to market, customer and technological shifts.

Sustain Advantage

Transform organization into disruption machine for building innovative services and solutions.

Where We Can Help

Smart Cities

Today’s cities are being transformed by digital technologies to deliver old and new services in new ways, while supporting ambitious new goals.

Smart Communities

Communities (residential communities, business districts, buildings, and universities) are mini-cities, but with its own set of localized needs.

Smart Industry

Manufacturing is being transformed as connectivity, data analytics, automation and systems integration drives towards autonomous factory production.

Our Work

"Strategy of Things is a trusted partner who accelerated our smart region journey from concept to launch in eight months. They helped build our smart region strategy, developed our innovation capabilities from the ground up, recruited strategic industry partners, and launched our innovation lab. They are a critical extension of our team and a strategic capability for San Mateo County's smart region efforts."

 

Ulysses Vinson
Chief Smart Communities Officer
San Mateo County

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Our Team

Renil Paramel
Renil Paramel
Senior Partner
Benson Chan
Benson Chan
Senior Partner
David Duncan
David Duncan
Consultant

Latest Insights

IoT build, buy, partner

The AI Build–Buy–Partner Decision: A Strategic Framework for Executives

AI enables organizations to transform their operations, enhance responsiveness, resilience and facilitate customer experience. While the decision to adopt AI is straightforward, organizations are faced with a “build, buy, partner” decision – build it themselves, buy and integrate technology, or partner with another organization to co-develop it together.

This article discusses some of the key management considerations involved in making a decision.

Your AI initiatives may be dead on arrival

Eighty percent of AI projects fail. One of the reasons is the lack of data to train the AI model. Many enterprises underestimate getting the right data from the right places they need to support AI-enabled systems and operations. Without this foundation, AI initiatives stall, underdeliver, or fail to scale.

This blog explores why data and connectivity are critical to enterprise AI success and outlines practical steps leaders should consider.

Generative AI for IoT risks

The Generative AI opportunity for IoT (Internet of Things) Part Two

Generative AI for IoT provides significant value and transformational benefits for adopting businesses. However, generative AI is still an emerging and evolving technology, and its adoption brings a variety of challenges and risks to businesses considering its use.

This article provides business leaders with an overview and understanding of some of the key generative AI for IoT risks and possible mitigation approaches.

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Named to Top 100 IoT Blogs and Websites for IoT Industry Professionals, April 2018

Let’s Talk!

We recognize that your needs are unique to your organization, market and customer base.
Please contact us today for a free consultation of your needs and how we can help.