Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders, Analysts & Influencers You Should Work With In 2024 (APAC)

Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders, Analysts & Influencers You Should Work With In 2024 (APAC)

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Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders, Analysts & Influencers You Should Work With In 2024 (APAC)

Thought Leader (Alphabetical) Thought Leader Profile & Portfolio Top Ranking Thinkers360 Leaderboards
Dr. Mazlan Abbas
FAVORIOT
Contact Dr. Mazlan Abbas
IoT, GovTech, Smart Cities
DV Abhang,C.P.M.,CPSM
Ram Ratna Group
Contact DV Abhang,C.P.M.,CPSM
Procurement, Supply Chain, Change Management
Jane Anderson CSP
Jane Anderson Communications
Contact Jane Anderson CSP
Sales, Personal Branding, Social
Khairul Anwar
DT LEADERSHIP
Contact Khairul Anwar
PropTech, Design Thinking, Open Innovation
Dr Stacey Ashley
Stacey Ashley
Contact Dr Stacey Ashley
Change Management, Coaching, Management
Arthur Carmazzi
Directive Communication International (Asia) PTE LTD
Contact Arthur Carmazzi
Culture, Mental Health, Change Management
Ashley Galina Dudarenok
ChoZan
Contact Ashley Galina Dudarenok
Marketing, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy
Apoorv Durga, Ph.D.
Real Story Group
Contact Apoorv Durga, Ph.D.
Marketing, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation
Chenthil Eswaran
Aspire Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd
Contact Chenthil Eswaran
PropTech, ERP, CRM
Sally Foley-Lewis
Sally Foley-Lewis
Contact Sally Foley-Lewis
Coaching, Management, Leadership
Alvin Foo
Chain Valley Capital
Contact Alvin Foo
Samiran Ghosh
unblox Solutions
Contact Samiran Ghosh
Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
Gokul Alex
KPMG India
Contact Gokul Alex
Open Innovation, Blockchain, Quantum Computing
Luke Jamieson
www.LukeJamieson.live
Contact Luke Jamieson
Design, SportsTech, Future of Work
Mayur Joshi
Riskpro Management Consulting Private Limited
Contact Mayur Joshi
Risk Management, Careers, EdTech
Ratan Jyoti
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Contact Ratan Jyoti
Privacy, Blockchain, Cybersecurity
Keith Keller
Global Social Media Coaching
Contact Keith Keller
Social, Marketing
Harjeet Khanduja
Reliance Jio
Contact Harjeet Khanduja
HR, 5G, Leadership
Aditya Khullar
Adani Digital Labs
Contact Aditya Khullar
Privacy, Risk Management, DevOps
Kashyap Kompella
RPA2AI Research
Contact Kashyap Kompella
RPA, AI, Cloud
Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Contact Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz
Generative AI, AI, Creativity
Dr Ram Kumar G, PhD
Volvo Group
Contact Dr Ram Kumar G, PhD
Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Privacy
Avdhesh Kumbhar
Global Business Hub
Contact Avdhesh Kumbhar
Startups, Public Relations, Sales
Anndy Lian
Mongolian Productivity Organization
Contact Anndy Lian
Blockchain, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy
Adv (Dr.) Prashant Mali [MSc, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.]
Cyber Law Consulting (Advocates & Attorneys)
Contact Adv (Dr.) Prashant Mali [MSc, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.]
Legal & IP, Privacy, Creativity
Navin Manaswi
WoWExp
Contact Navin Manaswi
AR/VR, Startups, Retail
Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale
Dulux Group
Contact Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale
HR, Future of Work, Culture
Pradeepta Mishra
Data Safeguard Inc
Contact Pradeepta Mishra
Predictive Analytics, Analytics, AI
Prof M Nazri Muhd
MyFinB Group| Centre for AI Innovation (CE.A.I)
Contact Prof M Nazri Muhd
AI, Digital Transformation, Predictive Analytics
Vidusha Nathavitharana
Luminary Learning Solutions Private Limited
Contact Vidusha Nathavitharana
Management, Health & Wellness, COVID19
Steve Nouri
AI4Diversity
Contact Steve Nouri
NFT, Generative AI, RPA
Arpita (Mukherjee) Pamnani
Axis Bank
Sameer Paradkar
Eviden (An AtoS Business)
Contact Sameer Paradkar
Data Center, Design Thinking, Open Innovation
Kalilur Rahman
Contact Kalilur Rahman
Agile, Big Data, Analytics
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
MSR Leadership Consultants India
Contact Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Leadership, Business Strategy, HR
Amenallah Reghimi
RegASK™
Contact Amenallah Reghimi
FinTech, Procurement, AI
Dr Mark van Rijmenam
The Digital Speaker
Contact Dr Mark van Rijmenam
NFT, Metaverse, Blockchain
Marie-Claire Ross
Trustologie
Contact Marie-Claire Ross
IT Leadership, Health & Safety, Management
Prof.(Dr.) Sanjay Rout
Innovation Solution Lab
Contact Prof.(Dr.) Sanjay Rout
Open Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions, GovTech
Rahul Sasi
CloudSEK
Contact Rahul Sasi
Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Big Data
Praveen Singh
CyberPWN Technologies
Contact Praveen Singh
National Security, Privacy, Cybersecurity
Roger Smith
Care MIT
Contact Roger Smith
Security, Cybersecurity, Risk Management
Aarron Spinley
SPINLEY.CO
Contact Aarron Spinley
Customer Experience, Lean Startup, Marketing
Robin Tommy
Tata Consultancy Services
Contact Robin Tommy
AR/VR, Sustainability, EdTech
Steve Tunstall
Contact Steve Tunstall
Richard Turrin
Contact Richard Turrin
FinTech, Blockchain, Innovation
Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala
Ericsson
Contact Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala
Emerging Technology, IoT, AI
Friska Wirya
Fresh by Friska
Contact Friska Wirya
Change Management, Personal Branding, Careers
Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Digitalmehmet
Contact Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Mental Health, Design Thinking, Health & Safety
EUR ING. Ts. Sukor Zainal CEng FIMarEST CMarEng
EFTECH ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Contact EUR ING. Ts. Sukor Zainal CEng FIMarEST CMarEng
Data Center, Project Management, Entrepreneurship

 

Our listing includes members of Thinkers360 and who have curated and shared their thought leadership content from around the web – including articles, blogs, books, keynotes, media interviews, panels, podcasts, social media, speaking events, videos, webinars and whitepapers – via our platform to build their Thinkers360 profile, portfolio and media kit.

Our differentiation from the various influencer leaderboards on social media, is that we take a holistic view of thought leaders and experts, beyond their social media activity, and look across all the hats they may wear – such as academic, analyst, author, consultant, entrepreneur, influencer and speaker – and all the types of thought leadership content they produce.*

To see the full list (including industry-leading in-depth profiles, portfolios and media kits) or to participate in any of our leaderboards (by sharing your own thought leadership content), SIGN-UP  for Thinkers360 today!

We focus on cutting edge business, technology and sustainability topics including 5G, Agile, AI, Analytics, AR/VR, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Blockchain, Business Continuity, Business Strategy, Careers, Change Management, Climate Change, Cloud, Coaching, COVID-19, Creativity, CRM, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cryptocurrency, Culture, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Cybersecurity, Data Center, Design, Design Thinking, DevOps, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Diversity & Inclusion, Ecosystems, EdTech, Education, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, ERP, Finance, FinTech, Generative AI, GovTech, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Healthcare, HealthTech, HR, Innovation, InsurTech, International Relations, IoT, IT Leadership, IT Operations, IT Strategy, Leadership, Lean Startup, Legal & IP, Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mental Health, Mergers & Acquisitions, Metaverse, Mobility, National Security, NFT, Open Innovation, Open Source, Payroll, Personal Branding, Predictive Analytics, Privacy, Procurement, Product Management, Project Management, PropTech, Public Relations, Quantum Computing, Recruiting, Renewable Energy, Retail, Risk Management, RPA, Sales, Security, Smart Cities, Social, SportsTech, Startups, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Telecom.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What specific criteria were used to select the top 50 thought leaders and influencers? 

The Thinkers360 thought leadership leaderboards are by participation and everyone is invited to join by signing up at Thinkers360.com. There is no difference in how we calculate the rankings between free and paid members.

The Thinkers360 leaderboards are based on member’s personally authored content and experience curated from around the web and added to their Thinkers360 profile, portfolio, and media kit.

Unlike social media leaderboards which can be gamed via the purchase of fake followers, spamming of hashtags, and sharing of third-party content, the Thinkers360 leaderboards are based on member’s real content and accomplishments. Something that’s a true measure of expertise and hard to fake.

For more information, please see our article “Understanding the Thinkers360 Leaderboards”.

 

How can I get on the Thinkers360 list in the future? 

Simply Sign Up for Thinkers360 and start building your profile, portfolio, and media kit. You can add personally authored content, awards and recognition and tag each content item with up to 3 relevant keywords that count towards the leaderboards.

 

How can I recommend others who should be on the list?

Know others who should be on our leaderboards? Help us grow the Thinkers360 community by inviting them to participate by sharing their own content today! We amplify your content for free!

 

What are some other resources available to learn more? 

Thinkers360 is an opt-in network of the world’s foremost B2B thought leaders — including academics, advisors, analysts, authors, consultants, executives, influencers, and speakers — with over 100M followers on social media combined.

To access resources from our members, simply Sign Up for Thinkers360 and visit our Content menu. There you can filter by any topic of interest from over 90 cutting-edge business, technology, and sustainability topics. You can also filter content by over 70 content types such as articles, blogs, books, keynotes, media interviews, panels, podcasts, social media, speaking events, videos, webinars, whitepapers, as well as awards, certifications, and many other professional positions, credentials, and achievements.

You can also view each thought leader’s content by going to their profile on Thinkers360, scrolling down to the “Publication” section, and then expanding to see all their content, awards, and recognition. This includes direct links to their content published around the web such as articles, blogs, books, podcasts and speaking.

To work with any of these thought leaders simply join any of our enterprise plans.

 

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Thinkers360 is the world’s first, largest and premier B2B thought leader and influencer marketplace — including academics, advisors, analysts, authors, consultants, executives, influencers and speakers — with over 100M followers on social media combined. We are differentiated by our unique patent-pending algorithms that measure thought leadership and authentic influence looking far beyond social media alone.

Brands & CompaniesSign up to find and work with advisors, analysts, authors, influencers and speakers in your niche and to amplify your own executives, thought leaders, employee advocates and content among our opt-in community with over 100M followers on social media combined! We specialize in B2B strategic marketing, B2B analyst relations, and B2B thought leadership marketing putting your brand in front of active B2B buyers and influencers worldwide – Explore membership today!

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Our Methodology

* The Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm helps to produce leaderboards that look across all thought leader roles and across the quantity and quality of their thought leadership content. It provides a valuable measure of thought leadership content, encourages genuine content creation, incorporates social media influence as one of the measures, and encourages richer profiles and portfolios through gamification.

Of course, no measurement system related to influence or thought leadership is perfect, but the thought leadership scoring system within Thinkers360 is a highly-differentiated approach to help you identify authentic thought leaders – looking far beyond social media – serving as the tip of the spear for your strategic marketing, thought leadership marketing, PR & corporate communications, and analyst and influencer relations objectives.

 

Source: https://www.thinkers360.com/top-50-b2b-thought-leaders-analysts-influencers-you-should-work-with-in-2024-apac/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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Anndy Lian Named Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders & Influencers You Should Work With In 2023 (APAC)

Anndy Lian Named Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders & Influencers You Should Work With In 2023 (APAC)

Top 50 B2B Thought Leaders & Influencers You Should Work With In 2023 (APAC)

Thought Leader (Alphabetical) Thought Leader Profile & Portfolio Top Ranking Thinkers360 Leaderboards
Dr. Mazlan Abbas
CEO at FAVORIOT
Contact Dr. Mazlan Abbas
IoT, GovTech, Smart Cities
DV Abhang,C.P.M.,CPSM
Vice President & Head -Corporate Procurement & Supply Chain Group at Ram Ratna Group
Contact DV Abhang,C.P.M.,CPSM
Procurement, Supply Chain, Change Management
Gokul Alex
Co-Founder and CTO at Semiott Systems
Contact Gokul Alex
Blockchain, Open Innovation, Quantum Computing
Puteri Sofia Amirnuddin
Senior Law Lecturer | Programme Director for Master of Laws Programmes | CIRI Chief Project Officer | International Consultant | Keynote Speaker | E-Learning Strategist | AR, NLP and Gamification Practitioner | Thought Leader in Transformative Higher at Taylor’s University
Contact Puteri Sofia Amirnuddin
EdTech, AR/VR, Health & Safety
Jane Anderson CSP
Business Coach to Female B2B Consultants and Thought Leaders at Jane Anderson Communications
Contact Jane Anderson
Social, Sales, Marketing
Bhavana BP
Founder & Chief Empowerment Officer at LET ME LISTEN
Contact Bhavana BP
Mental Health, Health & Wellness, Diversity & Inclusion
Arthur Carmazzi
CAO at Directive Communication International (Asia) PTE LTD
Contact Arthur Carmazzi
Culture, Mental Health, Change Management
Ashley Galina Dudarenok
Founder at ChoZan
Contact Ashley Galina Dudarenok
Marketing, Digital Disruption, Business Strategy
Apoorv Durga, Ph.D.
Vice President Research and Advisory at Real Story Group
Contact Apoorv Durga, Ph.D.
Marketing, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation
Chenthil Eswaran
Top Cloud Apps (ERP/CRM/HCM)/Prop Tech Thought Leader at Aspire Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd
Contact Chenthil Eswaran
PropTech, CRM, ERP
Alvin Foo
Venture Partner at Chain Valley Capital
Contact Alvin Foo
Samiran Ghosh
Co-Founder at unblox Solutions
Contact Samiran Ghosh
Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech
Luke Jamieson
Global Content Director at Centrical
Contact Luke Jamieson
SportsTech, Future of Work, Customer Experience
Monica Jasuja
Head of Money Management at GoTo Financial
Contact Monica Jasuja
FinTech, Digital Disruption
Ratan Jyoti
Chief Information Security Officer at Ujjivan Small Finace Bank
Contact Ratan Jyoti
Privacy, Blockchain, Cybersecurity
Keith Keller
Twitter Video Marketing Specialist at Global Social Media Coaching
Contact Keith Keller
Social, Marketing
Harjeet Khanduja
Senior Vice President at Reliance Jio
Contact Harjeet Khanduja
HR, 5G, Leadership
Aditya Khullar
Head – Cyber Security & Data Privacy at Adani Digital Labs
Contact Aditya Khullar
Risk Management, Privacy, Cybersecurity
Kashyap Kompella
CEO and Chief Analyst at RPA2AI Research
Contact Kashyap Kompella
AI, RPA, Cloud
Dr. Ram Kumar G, PhD
Cyber Security GRC Leader at Nissan Digital
Contact Dr. Ram Kumar G, PhD
Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Privacy
Avdhesh Kumbhar
Director Marketing Advertising & Communications at Bahama Beach Club Resort
Contact Avdhesh Kumbhar
Sales, Public Relations, Startups
Anndy Lian
Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolian Productivity Organization
Contact Anndy Lian
Chris Luxford
Change Agent and Senior Consultant at The ASPIRE! Group, LLC
Contact Chris Luxford
Sales, Customer Experience, Leadership
Adv (Dr.) Prashant Mali [MSc, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.]
Founder & President at Cyber Law Consulting
Contact Adv (Dr.) Prashant Mali [MSc, LLB, LLM, Ph.D.]
Privacy, Legal & IP, Cybersecurity
Navin Manaswi
Founder & CEO at WoWExp
Contact Navin Manaswi
AR/VR, Retail, Startups
Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale
Executive General Manager: People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup
Contact Siobhán (Shiv-awn) McHale
HR, Future of Work, Culture
Pradeepta Mishra
Director of Artificial Intelligence at Fosfor by LTI
Contact Pradeepta Mishra
Predictive Analytics, Analytics, AI
Prof M Nazri Muhd
Prof. (AI Practice); Founder / Group CEO, MyFinB Group; Chairman, MyFinB Ventures; Chairman, Centre for AI Innovation (CE.A.I); Honorary Consul, Cabo Verde at MyFinB Group| Centre for AI Innovation (CE.A.I)
Contact Prof M Nazri Muhd
AI, Digital Transformation, Predictive Analytics
Vidusha Nathavitharana
Founder / Destiny Architect at Luminary Learning Solutions Private Limited
Contact Vidusha Nathavitharana
Management, Health & Wellness, Leadership
Steve Nouri
Founder at AI4Diversity
Contact Steve Nouri
NFT, RPA, AR/VR
Arpita (Mukherjee) Pamnani
Deputy Vice President HR at Axis Bank
Contact Arpita (Mukherjee) Pamnani
Sameer Paradkar
Enterprise Architect at AtoS
Contact Sameer Paradkar
Data Center, Design Thinking, Emerging Technology
Kalilur Rahman
Novartis Operations – Data Digital & IT/ Director – Platform Services
Contact Kalilur Rahman
Agile, Big Data, Analytics
Pravin Rajpal

Founder at INNOVATIONEXT
Contact Pravin Rajpal

Open Innovation, EdTech, Renewable Energy
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Founder at MSR Leadership Consultants India
Contact Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.
Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy
Dr Mark van Rijmenam
Future Tech Strategist at The Digital Speaker
Contact Dr Mark van Rijmenam
Metaverse, NFT, Blockchain
Marie-Claire Ross
Speaker | Mentor | Facilitator at Trustologie
Contact Marie-Claire Ross
Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Management
Prof.(Dr.) Sanjay Rout
CEO at Innovation Solution Lab
Contact Prof.(Dr.) Sanjay Rout
Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Innovation, GovTech
Rahul Sasi
Chief Technology Officer at CloudSEK
Contact Rahul Sasi
Management, Cybersecurity, Big Data
Jeremy Scrivens
Director at The Emotional Economy at Work
Contact Jeremy Scrivens
Agile, Diversity & Inclusion, HR
Akanksha Sharma
Global Head ESG – Social Impact, Sustainability & Policy at STL – Sterlite Technologies Limited
Contact Akanksha Sharma
CSR, Ecosystems, Sustainability
Roger Smith
SME’s Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Care MIT
Contact Roger Smith
Cybersecurity, Security, Risk Management
Aarron Spinley
Growth Anthropologist, Futurist, Speaker at SPINLEY.CO
Contact Aarron Spinley
Lean Startup, Customer Experience, Culture
Danielle Stein Fairhurst
Financial Modeller at Plum Solutions
Contact Danielle Stein Fairhurst
Analytics, Management
Robin Tommy
TCS Rapid Lab Head at Tata Consultancy Services
Contact Robin Tommy
AR/VR, Sustainability, EdTech
Steve Tunstall
Director and Owner at Tunstall Associates
Contact Steven Tunstall
Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala
Director – Data Science at Ericsson
Contact Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala
IoT, Emerging Technology, AI
Friska Wirya
Principal Founder at Fresh by Friska
Contact Friska Wirya
Change Management, COVID19, Digital Transformation
Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Thought Leader for Architecting Digital Transformation at Digitalmehmet
Contact Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Health & Safety, Mental Health, Design Thinking
Sukor Zainal
Executive Director at EFTECH DRILLING SOLUTIONS
Contact Sukor Zainal
Project Management, Data Center, Public Relations

 

Our listing includes members of Thinkers360 and who have curated and shared their thought leadership content – including articles, blogs, books, keynotes, media interviews, panels, podcasts, social media, speaking events, videos, webinars and whitepapers – via our platform.

Our differentiation from the various influencer leaderboards on social media, is that we take a holistic view of thought leaders and experts, beyond their social media activity, and look across all the hats they may wear – such as academic, author, consultant, entrepreneur, influencer and speaker – and all the types of thought leadership content they produce.*

We focus on cutting edge business, technology and sustainability topics including 5G, Agile, AI, Analytics, AR/VR, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Blockchain, Business Continuity, Business Strategy, Change Management, Climate Change, Cloud, COVID-19, CRM, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cryptocurrency, Culture, Customer Experience, Customer Loyalty, Cybersecurity, Data Center, Design Thinking, DevOps, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Diversity & Inclusion, EdTech, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, ERP, FinTech, GovTech, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, HealthTech, HR, Innovation, InsurTech, International Relations, IoT, Leadership, Lean Startup, Legal & IP, Management, Marketing, Mental Health, Mergers & Acquisitions, Metaverse, Mobility, National Security, NFT, Open Innovation, Predictive Analytics, Privacy, Procurement, Project Management, PropTech, Public Relations, Quantum Computing, Renewable Energy, Retail, Risk Management, RPA, Sales, Security, Smart Cities, Social, SportsTech, Startups, Supply Chain, Sustainability and Web3.

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Join us on Thinkers360  Connecting Global Brands with the World’s Foremost Thought Leaders and Authentic Influencers for Game-Changing Results!

Thinkers360 is the world’s first, largest and premier B2B thought leader and influencer marketplace — including academics, advisors, analysts, authors, consultants, executives, influencers and speakers — with over 100M followers on social media combined. We are differentiated by our unique patent-pending algorithms that measure thought leadership and authentic influence looking far beyond social media alone.

Individuals: Connect and work with global brands as an advisor, author, consultant, influencer, speaker and more. Showcase your thought leadership profile and portfolio, build your media kit, amplify your content, and participate in our global leaderboards and opportunity marketplace: Sign-Up (free) | Subscribe to our Newsletter

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Want to find and work with advisors, authors, consultants, influencers and speakers (including access to our unique thought leader profiles and portfolios, in-depth reports and analytics, warm personal introductions, and our zero-transaction fee speaker bureau)?

Contact us to discuss any of your project needs at info@thinkers360.com

For custom influencer lists, advertising and sponsorship opportunities, please contact info@thinkers360.com.

Our Methodology

* The Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm helps to produce leaderboards that look across all thought leader roles and across the quantity and quality of their thought leadership content. It provides a valuable measure of thought leadership content, encourages genuine content creation, incorporates social media influence as one of the measures, and encourages richer profiles and portfolios through gamification.

Of course, no measurement system related to influence or thought leadership is perfect, but the thought leadership scoring system within Thinkers360 is a highly-differentiated approach to help you identify authentic thought leaders – looking far beyond social media – serving as the tip of the spear for your B2B influencer marketing objectives.

For more information, contact us today at info@thinkers360.com.

 

Source: https://www.thinkers360.com/top-50-b2b-thought-leaders-influencers-you-should-work-with-in-2023-apac/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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The Road Ahead for Play-To-Earn Games – Thought Leaders

The Road Ahead for Play-To-Earn Games – Thought Leaders

The success of the pay-to-earn gaming sector, led by Axie Infinity, has taken a bit of a knock recently with the recent $600 million hack of their Ronin bridge. Up until this news play-to-earn games threatened to take a slice out of the multi-billion dollar video gaming market by allowing users to earn money for completing game objectives. Investments in such projects have surged drastically this year. Earlier this year we reported that Solana Ventures, FTX, and Lightspeed recently announced the formation of a $100 million joint GameFi fund, which FTX followed up with a $2bn fund of its own. Web3 venture capitalists BITKRAFT and Galaxy Interactive each announced over $400 million in investment funds aimed at the space. While tech giant Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, was the largest acquisition in gaming history. And according to one expert, over six out of every ten gamers want the chance to exchange their virtual assets for a currency that could be used across various platforms.

Source: ‘7 business models for web3 games,’ Sophia Weng, Medium

Does Axie Infinity’s market leading success (gross income of $781.6 million for the third quarter of 2021, and its token price all-time high of $155 by the end of 2021), now look under threat following the hack? In fact, its user engagement (measured as daily active users: DAUs) was already in decline 40% from its peak last November.  Taken together, does this mean the hype around this emerging sector is overblown? Consider some of the key adoption barriers acknowledged by BITKRAFT. These include the slow speed afforded by Ethereum, used by most crypto gaming platforms, the associated high costs of buying NFTs thanks to high gas costs on Ethereum, not to mention its environmental impact. But perhaps more tellingly from a growth perspective is the fact that few large game developers have ventured in the space. A key obstacle is the key play-to-earn nature of the innovative gaming model itself: “It is a difficult sell to switch from a model where 100% of in-game economy sales go to developers to one where a much larger percentage of transaction volume is earned by the player community.” In other words, this means developers have less control of in-game economies in a decentralized ecosystem, where community ownership is baked in.

Rasa Petuch, Head of Growth at Block Games, which is based at West Palm beach in Florida, in an interview with BigONE said she believed the basic obstacle right now in play-to-earn gaming, was remembering it was first and foremost about gaming. And that in order for the play-to-earn games industry to grow, there needed to be an influx of regular gamers, whereas at the moment users were engaging primarily to earn rather than to play, and with developers concentrating on small games focusing on the tokenomics rather than the game itself. “Traditional gamers are not here yet”, because for one thing, the games are not here “and many traditional gamers are skeptical and not really crypto native”, Petuch said.

She added that she thought that play-to-earn gaming would really change when there were really quality games in the sector that are fun to play with. “That was one point I was thinking about, the other is about console games. They are not ready for blockchain yet and they are a big part of the gaming industry overall. So that kind of limits that you know, potential audience as well as many players you know, love playing console games, too. And these, like big console companies, they seem pretty skeptical,” Petsch pointed out. Indeed, during an Electronic Arts’ recent earnings call, CEO Andrew Wilson suggested that while the market for NFTs and play-to-earn was still early, it did point to the future development of gaming. “The play-to-earn or the NFT conversation is still really, early..there’s at some level, a lot of hype about it. I do think it will be an important part of the future of our industry on a go-forward basis,” Wilson added.

Talking about Shatterpoint, Petuch said their new play-to-earn game, she said the issue wasn’t so much about getting the word out, but that the general level of trust and skepticism was proving difficult to overcome: “I think people are excited and they want to see new products coming out. What’s difficult, in my opinion, is if you’re trying to build a big quality game, it takes time, right? So, then the challenge is to keep people engaged for a long time, while you still have no game to show them. But I think it’s all doable.

“It’s all about community anyway. And yeah, allowing, you know, people who decide to be a part of your community to like really to be that part. And like, you know, share like in-game art and share decisions and like, talk to them and have some of the NFT sales in between and kind of keep it moving. I think you have to be open and honest with where things are. Because, yeah, there’s like a lot of scams out there,” Petuch added.

In an interview with BigONE Federico Gallucci, CEO & Founder at gaming studio Deep Monolith based in Turin, which specializes in play to earn games said gamers are still reluctant to understand the value of NFTs, as in game assets, because they see them as game producers trying monetize even more. As a gaming developer himself Gallucci said part of the problem was that blockchain gaming is “not sophisticated enough” for an experienced gamer who is used to high quality games. “But I think that it’s only a matter of time before gamers start to realize that it’s good for gaming and that this technology can bring awesome improvements,” he added.

A key area for growth in play to earn is around esports, suggested Gallucci: “This is a huge opportunity because you know, there are thousands of people who are gamers and fans that follow esports, but currently this is only restricted to the biggest development studios where they have a ton of cash and can afford to spend a bigger reward.” But the adoption of crypto technology could be a “disrupting point” allowing multiple developers to offer big prizes. “I think that’s the way it’s gonna break through, It’s through esports,” he concluded.

Chairman of BigONE Exchange, Anndy Lian, said despite the problems for users caused by the Axie Infinity hack the level of demand showed the play to earn sector was still growing, even as the general market for NFTs was slowing down compared to 2021, with Axie topping $4 billion in all-time NFT sales in February. “I believe that there is plenty of potential for the growth of play-to-earn games that has yet to be tapped into. For example, the election of a new President in South Korea may pave the way for legislation allowing in-game tokens to be converted into cash.” Lian said he agreed with the assessment of esports as a new avenue which would allow smaller studios to win a slice of the action. “It’s time the dominance of the large gaming studios and console makers had a shake-up. Play-to-earn isn’t just good for gamers but also for up-and-coming developers who want a new way to compete on a more level playing field.”

 

Original Source: https://www.securities.io/the-road-ahead-for-play-to-earn-games-thought-leaders/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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