MOBILE

LEAP

FROGGING

AT THE WORLD BANK

BEFORE WE BEGIN

This is my experience at the World Bank.

A journey into Strategy and Product Management.

In few bullets, from when I landed in the US to now.

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed are my own and od not reflect

WBG official strategy nor are official statements.

23 RD OF AUGUST

The move

5TH OF SEPTEMBER

Founded in 1947

15000+ staff

Funding 6000+ projects

Working in 100+

countries

Lot of knowledge here

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First impact

SEPTEMBER

Many apps – work in progress

OCTOBER

Processes and approvals

NOVEMBER

Mobile beyond device

iPad4 and Mini released

DECEMBER

Networking & helping out

Windows phone 8 Finances 2.0

Tracking and Launching

JANUARY Blackberry Z10 Firefox OS, Ubuntu OS

Around the User Experience

FEBRUARY Google Glass available Minor releases for several apps

Mobile Enterprise Solutions

MARCH iOS 6.1 iOS 7 rumors

APRIL

New products and moonshots

GOAL:

END

EXTREME

POVERTY

Datafinder 4.1, Finance 2.0.2 Facebook Home IFC Data now available

LOOKING AHEAD

JUNE

OCTOBER

JANUARY 14

Windows phone 8

THE OPPORTUNITY:

BEYOND DEVICE

SO FAR…

• Main projects growing (VPU awarded, roadmap, good metrics, lot of things coming in June, October

• Networking and supporting across the whole group mobile initiatives

• Little control, lot of efficient support, quick actions and parallel long term building (hiring, workshops, events, …)

• High impact/risk projects on mobile kick-started

THE CHALLENGE:

SPEED

DISCUSSION

BONUS SLIDES FOR DISCUSSION

REAL VALUE OVER TIME?

I= r * T

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THE OPPORTUNITY

BEYOND THE DEVICE

• Mobile vs. Shoes

• Mobile vs. Toilet

• Mobile vs. Food

A single small tool that

gives us superpowers.

OPPORTUNITY TO

REACH AUDIENCES

OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE

HARD CHALLENGES

If designed the right way

MOBILE IS NOT ONLY PLENTY OF

DIFFERENT DEVICES

Is a different paradigm

OPPORTUNITY TO

CHANGE THE RULES

Changing crisis management

MOBILE IS NOT ONLY ANOTHER

FORMAT TO SUPPORT