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Today’s customers do not want digital versions of the same manual, bureaucratic processes they faced yesterday. They search, download, pay, and listen to music all in one go, so why should their electrical service or car insurance still make them run a gantlet of separate steps for searching, price quotation, purchasing, invoicing, delivery, payment, and activation?</div>
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Companies that want to win at digital adoption are therefore recognizing that they must reimagine and digitize entire “customer journeys.”</div>
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These are the beginning-to-end processes that customers experience in getting the product or service they need, across whichever channels they choose.</div>
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The starting point for success is developing a clearly defined, coherent digital strategy that’s fully integrated with the overall corporate one. Without this deep alignment, any subsequent intervention is bound to fall short. Yet companies struggle to get their digital strategy right.</div>
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The total number of these “core journeys” will naturally vary by company, but a few patterns hold among major industries.</div>
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<i>For banks, the core usually consists of between 10 and 20 journeys, with account opening and onboarding (across products); payments; mortgages; service requests (such as the ever-popular lost PIN codes); and credit-card issuance as especially prominent.</i></div>
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<i>Life and retirement players look similar to banks, with 10 to 20 core journeys across account opening or enrollment, onboarding, servicing, and guidance.</i></div>
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<i>The number is slightly smaller for telecommunications companies, where mobile postpaid sales, customer-care requests (such as one-off data usage adjustments), fixed-line provisioning, network repair and maintenance, and prepaid top-ups rank highly in a core of 8 to 15 journeys.</i></div>
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<i>For electrical utilities, the number usually drops to fewer than 10, with sign-up, payment, meter reading, and change of address taking the lead.</i></div>
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<i>Faster mobile-phone sign-ups raised a telecommunications company’s customer satisfaction by 20 percent and reduced costs by 30 percent.</i></div>
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<i>For a European lender, time for account opening and loan approval fell from days to minutes, customer-engagement opportunities rose from once a month to three or four times a week, and IT became far more agile, delivering new releases in a month instead of a year.</i></div>
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It's become a commonplace to bemoan the fact that technological
development has been proceeding at such a rapid clip that humans, still
burdened with their Neolithic brains, cannot even comprehend what's
happening. Many would say we're incapable of making wise decisions about
how to handle our vast new powers.<br />
So far, our dilemmas have mostly revolved around our increasingly efficient methods of <i>taking</i> life. Now, however, we can also <i>make</i>
it. And the ability to do so is no longer solely invested in
white-jacketed cadres of latter-day Drs. Frankenstein. It's within reach
of anyone with a few bucks for the proper tools, some free time, and
Internet access.<br />
Welcome to the Next Big Thing: biohacking (or "DIYbiology," as it's sometimes called).<br />
<a name='more'></a>Few are aware of this new phenomenon. Yet it has the potential to
transform our world, for good or ill, more than just about anything else
out there. Seriously. You see, biohacking grants individuals the
ability to create synthetic life forms.<br />
It's all about gene sequencing. The first complete cellular genome
sequences—from bacteria—weren't worked out until 1995. That required a
lot of money, an elaborate lab, and some genius-level human brain power.
But in the few short years since then, the game has changed completely.<br />
Why? Because of the merging of some of the irresistible trends of our
age: instant information; computerization of everything that can be
digitized, including most knowledge and fine motor functions; and
sharply falling prices for sophisticated electronic equipment and the
software to run it.<br />
Most important, biohacking is now possible because of the price of the
raw materials. This chart shows the exponential decline in the cost of
producing DNA base pairs:<br />
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As DNA got cheaper, people realized they could experiment with it. And
before you could say "whose molecule is that?," a revolution was
brewing.<br />
Like so many of the others that preceded it—the personal computer, the
Internet, 3D printing—this one is being powered by a loosely organized,
dedicated coalition of young technogeeks with a largely open-source view
of the world and the knowledge that they can create new life forms in
their garage.<br />
They are, by most measures in a world that values specialization,
amateurs. But these amateurs are not unlike those who once inhabited the
Berkeley Homebrew Computer club… like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.<br />
In other fields of science, such a dramatic rise in enthusiast
tinkerers has presaged extraordinarily positive developments. But, as
with every technological innovation, DIYbio is not without a potential
dark side. Which raises a rather provocative question:<br />
What happens when the world of scientific exploration—and, more
specifically, genetic experimentation—opens up to anyone with a
broadband connection and a few pieces of lab equipment you can buy off
of eBay?<br />
Or, to put it a little more dramatically, do you get a cure for cancer, or do you get <i>World War Z</i>?<br />
<h3>
<b>Let There Be New Life Forms…</b></h3>
The term "biohacking" can be used to denote any tinkering with the body
that involves adding technology to enhance or improve human
capabilities. But for our purposes, we'll use the narrower meaning of
genetic engineering conducted in non-institutional settings. Biohackers
in general are driven by the desire to openly increase our knowledge
base, sharing their discoveries and inviting others freely to make
modifications without regard to patents, profits, or approval by
governmental watchdogs.<br />
Biohackers constructed their temple in 2009, with the establishment of
Brooklyn-based Genspace, the world's first government-compliant DIY
biotech lab.<br />
Genspace is the democratization of science in a nutshell, a nonprofit
funded by membership dues, tuition fees, and donations from supportive
nonmembers. You can attach yourself to one of the scientists already
embarked on a project, or you can set up one of your own. The only
credential you need to bring is your enthusiasm for the subject, with
Ph.D.s onsite to help you through the rough spots.<br />
While members supply much of their own equipment, Genspace provides the
specialized, costlier biotech gear such as autoclaves, incubators, and
PCR machines. (PCR stands for "polymerase chain reaction"; a PCR machine
is the indispensable tool used by genetics researchers to quickly
generate millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence.)<br />
Genspace members pay only $100 a month for access to top-flight people
and hardware and, perhaps equally important, for freedom. As cofounder
Ellen Jorgensen points out, "[Y]ou can work on a project and you don't
have to justify to anyone that it's going to make a lot of money, that
it's going to save mankind, or even that it's feasible." Just do it.<br />
The lab may once have been unique, but the idea is spreading across the
globe. In the US alone, there are now about a dozen community biolabs,
or "hackerspaces," as they're known. Along with Genspace, they include
Boston's BOSSLAB, BioCurious in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los
Angeles' LA Biohackers Lab (the, um, LAB Lab).<br />
They cooperate among themselves and also with a loose, international confederation of biohackers called, appropriately enough, <a href="http://diybio.org/" target="_blank">DIYBio</a>, which lists 15 organized DIY groups in North America, 11 in Europe, two in Asia, and two in Australia/New Zealand.<br />
<h3>
<b>Down the Unmapped Yellow Brick Road</b></h3>
The path to making synthetic life is remarkably straightforward. For
example, some biohackers wanted to make a plant that glows in the dark.
Their plan:<br />
First, special software is used to design a new DNA sequence
incorporating bioluminescence genes. Next, the new DNA sequences are
printed out. Finally, the printed DNA is inserted into a special type of
bacterium which can transfer its DNA into <i>Arabidopsis</i>, a small
flowering member of the mustard family. The bacteria inject the new DNA
into the cell nucleus of the flowers, which pass it on to their seeds,
which can then be grown until they light up.<br />
Obviously, this project and others like it would not be possible
without access to some very sophisticated yet affordable hard- and
software.<br />
<a href="http://www.genomecompiler.com/" target="_blank">Genome Compiler</a>,
based in California and Israel, is the primary software provider. This
company's stated goal is to help "design and program living things the
same way that we design computer code," and it embraces "a vision of
making biological design easier, cheaper, and open to people outside the
research labs." You can actually download the Standard version of its
compiler program from the company's website—for free.<br />
But it's San Francisco-based <a href="http://cambriangenomics.com/" target="_blank">Cambrian Genomics</a>
that is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. This all-but-invisible
startup has developed a revolutionary laser-printing system for DNA
synthesis that supplies the preselected DNA 10,000 times more cheaply
than conventional tech, with a dramatically reduced error rate. Its
website is not very informative—perhaps because it has financial ties to
DARPA—and if you go there you will find only a street address, phone
number, and email.<br />
CEO Austen Heinz is, however, a bit more forthcoming. He's posted a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yscphwaWNs#t=20" target="_blank">video in which he rhapsodizes about "democratizing creation."</a> In computer terms, he says, DIYbio is still at the punch-card level.<br />
His efforts are "designed to change behavior," Heinz says. "Every
biology lab in the world will become more virtualized. They'll design
code on a computer and then print out DNA. A biologist on a small budget
should be able to design 50,000 different constructs at a time." He
doesn't offer any further details on pricing, except to say that he
already has some early paying clients. As to financing, you have to do
some digging, but in addition to DARPA, the company appears to have
significant backing from some high-powered Silicon Valley VC outfits. A
Cambrian IPO would likely be a hot one.<br />
<h3>
<b>The Future: Prospects and Concerns</b></h3>
Cambrian boasts among its founders Dr. George Church, a Harvard geneticist and author of <i>Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves</i>.
He believes that DNA manipulation has the capacity to solve all of the
world's problems. Just for starters: "We can now replace petroleum for
fuels, chemicals, plastics, antibiotics and so forth. We can now start
making those with biologically engineered machines."<br />
Dr. Church, however, adds a caveat: "I think we should be quite
cautious. That doesn't mean that we should put moratoriums on new
technologies, but it means licensing, surveillance, doing tests."<br />
That implies a certain level of government oversight. Which, in a way,
puts Church at odds with labs like Genspace and the whole biohacking
movement—and it foreshadows the looming, potentially epic conflict
between authoritarian control and the democratization of biotechnology.<br />
But how real is the danger, and what is the DIYbio community doing about it?<br />
Everyone admits that there are risks involved in fooling around with
synthetic life forms. But the biggest one is the threat of bioterrorism,
and that's probably not going to come from the public DIYbio community.
The horrible killer virus that unleashes <i>World War Z</i> is far
more likely to emerge from a secret lab of some dedicated terrorist
group. And you can be sure that the international intelligence agencies
are on high alert for signs of any such development.<br />
As for regulation, the US government so far hasn't taken any steps to
control at-home biology. One assumes that it will, at some point. But if
it does—and it could, through limiting access to DIY biological
materials, for example—it might succeed only in driving amateur labs
underground, creating a vast new criminal enterprise in the process.<br />
In an attempt to fend off onerous regulation, biohackers themselves are being proactive. <a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34443/title/DIYbio--Low-Risk--High-Potential/" target="_blank">As reported in <i>TheScientist</i></a>:<br />
"In December 2011, Genspace … recruited an external advisory board of
distinguished academic, government, and industry professionals to answer
safety-related questions. The board also reviews the appropriateness of
certain projects requiring a Biosafety Level 1 environment, ensures
adherence to National Institutes of Health (NIH) recombinant DNA
guidelines, and helps minimize the use of potentially hazardous
reagents. For the larger DIYbio community, <i>DIYbio.org</i> and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars launched the '<a href="http://ask.diybio.org/" target="_blank">Ask a Biosafety Expert</a>'
web portal, which allows anyone to submit biosafety- and
biosecurity-related questions to a panel of biosafety professionals for a
rapid response. And in the spring of 2011, the Wilson Center and <i>DIYbio.org</i> drafted the first-ever DIYbio <a href="http://diybio.org/codes/" target="_blank">code of conduct</a>,
which serves as a framework for helping achieve a vibrant, productive,
and safe DIYbio community. These initiatives demonstrate that citizen
scientists understand the risks associated with their work and feel a
sense of responsibility to mitigate those risks."<br />
<h3>
<b>The NeoBiologic Age</b></h3>
The Ages of Man have been many, from Paleo- to Neolithic and on through
Bronze, Iron, Dark, Industrial, Atomic, Electronic, and Information.
Now we are on the threshold of what might well be termed the NeoBiologic
Age, and this one may involve the biggest leap forward of any. For the
first time—and whether or not we have the wisdom for it—we're playing
around with the creation of synthetic life. The ability to do so is not
going to be confined to some elite caste which guards its secrets. It's
going to be the province of anyone who can make a modest investment in
the relevant soft- and hardware.<br />
No one can predict where that will lead. With so many more people
conjuring up potential cancer cures, we may well get one far sooner than
if the quest had remained confined to staffs of bio-pharma companies.
Or we may get a new organism that kills healthy cells, not cancerous
ones.<br />
That coin is in the air.<br />
Forty years ago, visionary Whole Earther Stewart Brand remarked that, "We are as gods so we might as well get good at it."<br />
Even he couldn't have known how right he was.<br />
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