"Agility key to survival"
More coverage, from Communications Engineering magazine, on my SCTE keynote last month. "If you think your customers are a challenge now, wait until 2010, said futurist…
Agility · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
The end of 9-5?
I don't think the current corporate structure will last 20 years; it might be difficult to see it lasting even 10 years. In the meantime, companies are trying all kinds…
Human Capital · Media & Press
Farmers, producers, ranchers and innovation...
It's agriculture week! At least, it seems that way -- on Friday, I keynoted the Alberta Beef Industry Conference; for three days this week, I'm speaking to a select…
Agriculture & Food · Keynotes & Events
Understanding 21st century capital .... and why Sony doesn't have it....
In light of some recent criticism of criticism I've made of media companies, I thought it best to roll this posting from last December forward. In the 20th century…
Branding & Marketing · Megatrends
Litigate, or create?
One thing has become clear in the past few years: there is a huge amount of wasted creative energy in the "creative" industries today -- broadcast, entertainment…
Media & Press · Megatrends
Don't repeat the mistakes of the music industry....
Yet more coverage of my keynote for the Society of Cable Telecom Engineers in Tampa last month: "In his breathless keynote address kicking off the conference, Carroll…
Keynotes & Events · Media & Press
Phil Gyford is one cool guy!
I've had this blog for a few years now, and have done most of the recoding of the MovableType templates to support the look and feel of my website. Yet I've always had a…
From the Archives
Stopping light in its tracks
An interesting article here. Optical Futures: Another ET Look at Light 24 January 2006 CT's Pipeline Among the many intriguing observations and reports shared by the…
Media & Technology
Keynote Case Study: Swiss Innovation Forum / Swiss Economic Forum — The World Was Changing at a Furious Pace
At the Swiss Innovation Forum, Jim spoke to 800+ European executives about global market velocity, business-model innovation, fast execution and the need to compete on…
Case Studies · Professional Services & Associations
Wireless everywhere....
I do extensive travel throughout North America, and I find that finding a Wi-Fi / WLAN signal can still be hit and miss. And yet everytime I come to Europe, it continues…
From the Archives
Swiss Innovation Forum keynote this Friday!
I'm off tomorrow night to Zurich; on Friday I will do a closing keynote for about 800 senior executives at the Swiss Innovation Forum. It's a wonderful forum in which…
Keynotes & Events