Keynote overview - "Bridging a Path to the Future"
"If you're not taking risks in your company and career, you probably aren't adding much value. That was the bottom-line message of futurist Jim Carroll, who delivered…
Change · Keynotes & Events
Article - Will Sarbanes Oxley Kill Innovation?
Will the intense focus on governance and compliance issues in the wake of major scandal somehow force many organizations to throw the innovation baby out with the bath…
Innovation · Media & Press
VOIP Keynote
On Monday, I'll be doing a keynote for a group of telecom executives. The session is described as such: "After 100 years, StarKist got rid of its tin-can, replacing it…
Keynotes & Events · Media & Technology
BPM Keynote in Las Vegas
I'm keynoting the annual user conference for Handysoft today in Las Vegas. The focus is on "business process management" -- that is, developing more efficient business…
Keynotes & Events
New article - Gen-Y and the workforce
"One of the more challenging issues that organizations will have to deal with in the next few years is how to successfully integrate "Gen-Y" into the workforce…
Human Capital · Media & Press
Nine issues for not-for-profits
The Texas Society of Association Executives has printed my article, Nine Issues for Not-for-Profit Executives in 2004 (and beyond). Read the article (PDF)
Change · Media & Press
Why is our world more complex?
I'm doing a talk on change this morning for an environmental government ministry -- specifically, how to lead and manage change. One of the key points I will be getting…
Change · Megatrends
"The End of Retirement"
"Are you ready for a world in which the concept of "retirement' has come to an end? If not, you'd better be, as this is likely to rapidly emerge as the most significant…
Media & Press · Megatrends
Not Your Father's Telephone
"Ten years ago, I spoke to 300 telecom engineers ...and made the observation that within 10 to 20 years, most of the world’s telephone systems will have moved to…
Media & Press · Media & Technology
Reinsurance and the future of risk
This week, I'm keynoting the Canadian Reinsurance Conference in Toronto. This is the third insurance event for me this month, after previous talks to senior management…
Insurance · Keynotes & Events
My time came -- I got hacked!
A year ago this month, my Profit article noted that "unfortunately, most entrepreneurs continue to ignore computer security shortfalls that leave them vulnerable to…
Media & Press
1/3 of e-mail is now spam - no problem!
Over at the Register, a statistic that is quite believable based on what is arriving in my mailbox. But I barely receive any spam into my inbox now, given the tools that…
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