S2 Ep. 3 Peter C. Evans – Platform Talent: Jobs & Skills for the Age of Networks

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In this episode, we speak to Dr Peter C. Evans, Managing Partner at the Platform Strategy Institute and co-founder of the advisory firm Enterprise Sound Strategy.

Peter holds a PhD from MIT and is co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit. He has over 20 years of experience leading teams in identifying, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions to shape effective business strategy, innovation and investment.

He has specialized in helping companies anticipate key market trends, develop strategic responses as craft seminal thought leadership that frames and articulates the need for change.

We were curious to talk to Peter about the concept of “platform talent” and what companies are looking for when it comes to recruiting leaders in platform strategy and development. Peter talks us through some of the key insights from the latest study by the Platform Strategy Institute – exploring among other things the key roles covered by the notion “platform talent”.

He explains how sometimes recruiters themselves don’t fully understand exactly what they’re looking for, and that it was the still rather incomplete understanding of the market for platform talent that drew his attention to this “white space” of the platform economy in the first place.

If you’re an executive or HR leader looking to hire next platform talent, or if you want to know how to stand out as a candidate or gain the rights skills in this thriving market, you’ll enjoy this episode!

Remember that you can find the show notes and transcripts from all our episodes on our Medium publication: https://medium.com/@Boundaryless_/4697aeb3e8dd?source=friends_link&sk=cd04fcd569866e9f806f761e1730c60f

To find out more about Peter’s work:

> Website: https://platformstrategyinstitute.com/

> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-c-evans-phd-217b8/

> Twitter: https://twitter.com/pevans_c

Other references and mentions:

> MIT Platform Strategy Summit: http://ide.mit.edu/events/2020-mit-platform-strategy-summit

> Keynote from the MIT Platform Strategy Summit 2020 by the summit co-chairs Peter C. Evans, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne: https://youtu.be/CUQaqMILuKQ

> Peter C. Evans and Annabelle Gawer, The Rise of the Platform Enterprise: A Global Survey, Center for Global Enterprise, 2016: https://www.thecge.net/app/uploads/2016/01/PDF-WEB-Platform-Survey_01_12.pdf

> Peter Evans, Cross-Platform Integrations: Why ExxonMobil and Bandsintown Should Do a Deal, 2020: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cross-platform-integrations-why-exxonmobil-should-do-deal-evans-phd/

> Peter Evans and Joseph Pine, Experience Platforms: Finding New Strategic Value in Today’s Experience Economy:https://platformstrategyinstitute.com/experience-platforms/

> Microsoft, Automation Anywhere: https://www.automationanywhere.com/solutions/microsoft-azure-rpa-automation

> Bands in Town: https://www.bandsintown.com/

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Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/music

Recorded on 22 September 2020.