An experienced social business professional and founder, working to make a positive difference in the real world by improving how businesses are run in the Information Age.
Livio has been into online social stuff since 1996, following a short spell in academia and consulting on political issues for some well-known international news outlets.
In addition to his business and management role, he leads the client relationship on key projects, working with bluechip global firms and professional firms.
He has a special interest in the power of online communities to accelerate change and new ways of working, and is looking forward to being replaced by a sentient bot in the not-too-distant future.
Natural habitat:
The Tyrrhenian islands and Alpine lakes of Italy
Obsessions:
Beautifully-crafted client deliverables
Bad habit:
Excessive scepticism
Interests:
History, current affairs, climate adaptation, THFC
Selected Blog Posts
Digital transformation in insurance: beyond CX
Do insurers get FinTech? Coming at a time when, according to Gartner, "half of CEOs expect their industries to be substantially or unrecognizably transformed by digital”, the apparent lack of engagement with FinTech displayed by insurers in a recent PwC US...
Digital Transformation in Asset Management: if not now, when?
We are currently working alongside some fantastic asset management (AM) clients in Europe, which has allowed us to delve into some of the current dynamics shaping the European AM sector, research its emerging and still-tentative relationship with digital and social...
Real FinTech innovation will be more than just an add-on to FinServ firms
We often hear about how overheated the London tech startup sector has become and how little real innovation is actually occurring, when so many startups are essentially media or e-commerce companies using social tech of one kind or another to deliver old services on...
Reclaiming the Headshift history
Today we are proud to announce the launch of the Headshift archives. A little over a year ago, we published our founding blog post, in which we asked "what comes next?", now that social business has become mainstream. Specifically, what do we do with it, how will...