10 Ways to Not Have a Boring Meeting
I'm carrying the list of "10 ways to not have a boring meeting" forward from December 2004; for some reason it disappeared from my main blog index. I wrote it when…
Media & Press
Tech key to the future of ag
Technology key to future of ag 11 November 2005 The Californian, Salinas Industry women hear message at peninsula conference The Salinas Californian MONTEREY - The…
Agriculture & Food
The infinite idea loop
If you need to understand why your markets or industry is changing rapidly, you need to watch this clip Understanding the loop and learning to work within it is critical…
Innovation
How to plan for the upcoming week....
Stare at this for a while: http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/ Plan your week accordingly.
From the Archives
Seafood, farms and innovation!
Quick: what's the average number of fridges per 100 people in China today? If you guessed 82, you're right. And if you knew that there were but 29 per 100 in 1990, then…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
I found the future in manure!!
On Monday, I'll be the luncheon keynote luncheon speaker at ICE - The Tech Conference in Edmonton. My topic? "I Found the Future in Manure: How to Capitalize on the…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
10 Ways to Do a Press Release That Matters
On a mailing list to which I subscribe, someone just asked how to write a great press release. Off the top of my head, I jotted out a response. I'm on the receiving end…
Innovation · Media & Press
My dad....
Every year as November 11 approaches and we remember wars past, I put up a TV clip featuring my dad. Al Carroll was a World War II veteran, and was proud of the service…
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10 More Ways to Instill Innovation
My post yesterday (10 Signs that you've got an innovation dysfunction) generated a bit of e-mail with a few questions as to what else you can do to stir up an innovative…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
A Keynote for the Swiss Innovation Forum
It has been confirmed -- I'm one of the keynote speakers for the upcoming Swiss Innovation Forum, to be held in Baden, Switzerland (outside of Zurich) on January 24…
Keynotes & Events
10 Signs that you've got an innovation dysfunction
It should be pretty easy to walk into an organization and do an innovation audit -- that is, assess the likelihood that an organization can do remarkably new and…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
First class @$1.86
"In the last few months, the little airport at Watertown, New York, has seen more than its average share of air traffic .... USAirways had made a mistake in loading a…
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