Unlocking innovation through standards — Erik Wilde, OpenAPI

"You only have a platform if people build something on top of it you didn't count on." Erik Wilde on why standards aren't the opposite of innovation — they're the precondition for it.

Erik Wilde is an ambassador for the OpenAPI Initiative, spreading the standard's value across the global apidays conference circuit.

What we cover:
• The double-sided pyramid: infrastructure at the bottom, a standardized platform in the middle, innovation on top
• The 100-year automotive platform analogy — ent...