Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's January 2021 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill and Andrea Patricia Diaz Baquero. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2021_0101_HelloDomains_WeillWoernerDiaz.

Abstract: For decades, companies have thought of themselves as operating in industries such as banking, retail, and energy. In contrast, most customers seek to fulfill specific needs—business customers might aim to manage their energy consumption, and consumers might navigate getting an education. We call these different customer problems and opportunities domains. Digital technologies, and new business models such as ecosystems, provide an opportunity to rethink how to solve your customers’ needs in each of their important domains. In this briefing, we share our first efforts at identifying the key domains, scope the size of the opportunity, and provide examples.