Unblocked

Chapter 15. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

Key Questions to Help You Compose Your Next Step

We’ve covered a lot of ground through these pages. We’ve explored how blockchains work. We took a deep-dive into the core fundamentals that will drive change in a blockchain future. And we tapped into the vision of entrepreneurs and pioneers in the space.

Now what? What do you do when you return to the office tomorrow, or next week? This chapter is a rundown of key questions to ask yourself and your management team as you take your exploration of the blockchain opportunity to the next level. Depending on how complex your organization is and where it is on the journey, some questions may be straightforward, but others may be unanswerable until you’ve done some digging. Regardless, exploring these questions will drive clarity around where you need to focus your attention. The questions are organized into three dimensions, shown in Figure 15-1:

• Assessment

• Aspiration

• Action

Figure 15-1. The assessment, aspiration, action questions.

Assessment

How does our unique business landscape influence our opportunity, risk, and readiness?

BROADER ECOSYSTEM

What industry-wide challenges could be solved by the attributes blockchains and related technologies offer? What blockchain-native companies are attacking these challenges? Which organizations are exhibiting leadership in our industry ...