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Michelin has launched digital twin technology for sensor-free tyre monitoring
When a tyre can be monitored without adding physical sensors, we are moving into a world where products become data models, assets become simulations, and maintenance becomes prediction rather than reaction. Everything is becoming a digital twin. Factories. Supply chains. Buildings. Ports. Roads. Farms. Bodies. Cities. Customers. Organisations. Maybe even leadership teams.
https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-technology/michelin-launches-digital-twin-technology-for-sensor-free-tyre-monitoring/131227183
The leadership question:
Where in your business would a digital twin change the economics, the risk profile or the customer experience?
Pick one critical asset, process or customer journey and build a simple digital twin around it. Use it to ask three questions:
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What is happening now?
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What is likely to break next?
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What decision would we make differently if we could see the system in motion?
The other prompts:
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The CMO Is Now a Data Architect. Here’s Why That Had to Happen.
As personalization, AI-driven engagement and real-time customer interactions become central to growth strategies, many CMOs are discovering that fragmented data environments limit their ability to deliver consistent experiences, measure performance accurately and act on customer signals in real time.
Agents, robots, and us: How AI reshapes work and skills in Europe
As tasks within jobs become automated, roles will evolve and new activities will emerge, leading to profound changes in how workers across Europe apply their skills.
The AI data governance gap that keeps getting worse
Your AI isn’t just learning from your data; it’s making dozens of untracked copies of it, leaving sensitive customer info sitting on random laptops and dev folders.
https://www.cio.com/article/4171880/the-ai-data-governance-gap-that-keeps-getting-worse.html
Beyond the Black Box: the new ‘explainability’ rule for enterprise AI
As the June 2026 deadline for high-risk systems under the EU AI Act nears, businesses must dismantle the ‘black box’ or face exclusion from the European market.
AI-driven change and the next big thing
AI adoption and emerging technologies 2026
https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/de/en/functions/digital/ai-driven-change.html
How is AI Changing Retail Strategy Now?
From Search Economy to Answer Economy
https://www.mytotalretail.com/article/how-is-ai-changing-retail-strategy-now/
8 Data management trends shaping enterprise strategy in 2026-2027
Data readiness, AI governance, data quality, data pipeline management, platform consolidation, data as a product, conversational analytics, and data and AI literacy.
https://itbrief.asia/story/8-data-management-trends-shaping-enterprise-strategy-in-2026-2027
The end of ERP as we know it? Five ways AI is disrupting ERP
The question is not whether AI will affect the familiar ERP paradigm but rather how radically and quickly the shift will happen.
IoT 2.0: Why The Next Generation Of Connected Systems Needs More Than Just Connectivity
Connectivity alone is no longer enough. The underlying network must now support richer data, lower latency, higher device density and seamless interoperability.
CRUD Is Dead (Sort Of): How SaaS Will Evolve Into Semi-Autonomous Systems
The Shift: From Systems of Record to Systems of Action
https://sdtimes.com/saas/crud-is-dead-sort-of-how-saas-will-evolve-into-semi-autonomous-systems/
How AI Is Repeating Familiar Shadow IT Security Risks
Today’s AI governance challenges mirror the shadow IT and SaaS security issues organisations faced in earlier technology waves.
https://www.rtinsights.com/how-ai-is-repeating-familiar-shadow-it-security-risks/
Why Edge Intelligence Is the Future of Real-Time Business
Instead of sending every signal to a distant cloud or data center, edge intelligence processes data at or near the point where decisions must be made, reducing latency and enabling faster, safer, and more adaptive action.
https://www.burrus.com/edge-intelligence-real-time-business/
