Ready, set, DONE!
Just about thirty seconds ago, I finished off the final chapter of my next book. We'll fire up the editing process next week. It should be out mid-fall. I've even…
Books · From the Archives
Faster is the new fast: innovating for the new, high velocity customer
In the fast paced world of instant obsolsolescence and rapid innovation, time-to-market is becoming a key factor for success. This is a video clip from a recent keynote…
Branding & Marketing · Consumer & Food
Innovation in the global energy industry
I spent a half day last week with the CEO and senior management team of a large global energy company. They engaged me to provide them with insight on the trends which…
Industries · Manufacturing & Industrial
What do innovative companies do that other companies don't do?
Innovative organizations focus upon the concept of agility: they can manage fast change, new risk, business market turmoil, staffing challenges, and market…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
The future of the legal profession
Some weeks back, I spent a full day with about 40 senior lawyers with a major government agency, with the main focus both on the rapidity of change of legal skills, as…
Keynotes & Events · Megatrends
Trends and big transformative changes. Example: health care
The view of the future by most is often short term oriented. What happens when you think about long term transformations? In my keynotes, I often put into perspective…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
Innovation - agility is critical
I often talk on stage to my clients about the concept of organizational agility: that is, the ability to respond to fast-changing circumstances. In the high velocity…
Agility · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
"Don't Mess with my Powder, Dude: Managing People and Projects in The Flat World"
Tenrox, a company that provides companies an intgelligent infrastructure for rapid workforce management, has invited me to keynote their September 2007 user group…
Change · Human Capital
Innovating in the high velocity economy
What does it mean to function in the high velocity economy? It's all about learning to operate at high speed -- particularly given the rapid rates at which knowledge…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Videos
The new mourning .....
In the last year, I have been the keynote speaker for three different conferences of funeral and crematorium directors. As with any industry, I've focused on the wide…
Megatrends
Innovation and the new workforce
I'm keynoting the annual IHRIM (International Human Resource Information Management) professional association in about an hour here in Houston, TX; I'll have an audience…
Human Capital · Innovation
Innovating in the era of instant obsolescence
We're in the era of instant obsolescence: can you innovate fast enough to keep up? Can you keep up, when faster is the new fast? In the last few years, I've interviewed…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Innovation