I stumbled into 'The Playlist' with skepticism. How can there be another show on the tech industry after 'Silicon Valley' pretty much said everything there is to say.
But the pilot had me hooked. Because its more than just a tale of an(other) tech entrepreneur/engineer fighting the odds to succeed. It's a visceral look at what happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmoving object. The force being digitalization and the object being incumbent business models - in this case the music industry.
The show pulls back the covers from the very real conflicts that happen behind the scenes as empires are toppled and new ones created in the tech industry. It shines a light on the human story behind when entrenched attitudes, business processes and industries must accept the digital imperative and change to embrace tech and become tech industries.
The digitalization of economy is underway and many more Spotifies are yet to come. Don't make the mistake of treating this show as a story of something thats done and dusted. It's a mirror of what's to come.
But the pilot had me hooked. Because its more than just a tale of an(other) tech entrepreneur/engineer fighting the odds to succeed. It's a visceral look at what happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmoving object. The force being digitalization and the object being incumbent business models - in this case the music industry.
The show pulls back the covers from the very real conflicts that happen behind the scenes as empires are toppled and new ones created in the tech industry. It shines a light on the human story behind when entrenched attitudes, business processes and industries must accept the digital imperative and change to embrace tech and become tech industries.
The digitalization of economy is underway and many more Spotifies are yet to come. Don't make the mistake of treating this show as a story of something thats done and dusted. It's a mirror of what's to come.