{"id":12895,"date":"2025-10-19T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sos-sw.com\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:08:03","slug":"digital-disruptor-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sos-sw.com\/en\/digital-disruptor-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Disruptor #23"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12895\" class=\"elementor elementor-12895\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fbb272 ot-traditional elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fbb272\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col- elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77ab00aa ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"77ab00aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795322af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"795322af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smart solutions? Only if they help people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, I attended an international shopping centre conference in Istanbul. I was invited to join a panel discussion on&nbsp;<strong><em>smart solutions for more effective shopping centre and retail management.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;My part focused on loyalty programs, gift cards, system integrations, and how to use data generated from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>When they say \u201csmart solutions\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the questions was: \u201cWhen you hear the term \u2018smart solutions,\u2019 what does it mean to you &#8211; technology, process, or people?\u201d The answer is simple: all three. But the order matters. First people, then processes, and only then technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you start the other way around, technology works &#8211; but it has no real value. It exists for its own sake. Technology is the connector &#8211; it helps link processes and people. Think of gift card or loyalty systems like the ones we provide &#8211; they digitalize the process, make it faster, clearer, more transparent, and give us the data we need to understand customer behavior better.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d5e6ee\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d5e6ee;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sos-sw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-3-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Digital Disruptor #1\" class=\"has-transparency wp-image-9598\" width=\"236\" height=\"244\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What awaits you in Digital Disruptor #23?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em><strong><strong><strong>Smart solutions? Only if they help people.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em><strong><strong>The Greatest Stress for Me Is a Vacation<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>&#8211; Interview with Ivo Boscarol<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em><strong><strong>Autumn Without Numbers: When Technology Falls Silent<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Why gift cards are Europe\u2019s #1 most wanted present<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join the Digital Disruptor community and change your perspective on business and technology.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:31px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/marketing.sos-sw.si\/email\/preview\/1077\" style=\"border-radius:18px;background-color:#18c3cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER<\/strong> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:31px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sos-sw.com\/en\/subscribe-to-newsletter\/\" style=\"border-radius:18px;background-color:#18c3cc\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER<\/strong> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart solutions? 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