Nestlé engaged me to provide a concise, detailed overview of the key retail and packaging trends affecting the consumer-products industry. The strategic issue was larger…
Case Studies · Retail & Consumer
How many organizations are still stuck in a 110-year old rut? The article still grabs attention far and wide, and it makes a great point. (PDF)
Media & Press
I've had a very busy few weeks -- keynote presentations for SAP in New York City, the International Asset Management Council in Tuscon, the Health Care Industry…
Financial Services & Banking · Keynotes & Events
I've got a new CAMagazine column that talks about the challenges and issues with electronic voting -- particularly relevant given the trends occurring worldwide as…
Media & Press
Years ago one of my articles focussed on the "futz factor," a phrase coined to describe the "time spent solving the little, mundane problems that occur day-to-day as we…
From the Archives
I explained to a client today that when I'm preparing for a keynote or workshop, I often end up putting 30-40 hours of research into each talk. I'm well immersed in that…
Energy & Utilities · Keynotes & Events
We live in a world of hyper-competition, constant, relentless change, rapid innovation and increasing market risk. People can choose to watch as their world passes them…
Change · Keynotes & Events
I've had two new association executive related articles published in the last few weeks: Establish your own trends radar"I'm often asked how I became a "futurist, trends…
Media & Press · Megatrends
Every industry reaches a point where new technologies, business models, a critical mass of user readiness and customer demands suddenly brings it to the point where…
Innovation · Keynotes & Events
For a while, it wasn't trendy to think about the future. Now that's over -- I'm noticing that companies are scrambling to try to understand the trends and issues that…
Innovation · Keynotes & Events
I'm quoted in a ComputerWorld artilce this week, Blogs Bubble Into Business. The points I raise were discussed in an earlier article I wrote about the topic. As I…
Innovation · Media & Press
You can catch a clip with me on the CBC National Business show talking about Voice-over-IP and what it means. Interestingly enough, this call was done through an…
Media & Press · Megatrends
