Innovation, and the big "what-if's?"
I've long posted this challenge to my clients: can your organization deal with the rapidity of change? Brands, product, marketing campaigns, skills capabilities, the…
Innovation · Think Big (Innovation Strategy)
Hyperconnectivity -- 1998 and on...
Connected World (IoT & Digital Twins)
Hyperconnectivity? Innovation at Nortel? Invent what's already invented!
Gosh, I just wish Nortel would wake up one day. They haven't yet. Their much hyped new "hyperconnectivity" strategy, announced to much fanfare by CEO Mike Zafirovski…
From the Archives · Innovation
Rethinking quality in the high-velocity economy
It's been a whirldwind two weeks, with keynotes in Orlando x 2, Boca Raton, Vancouver, and a few other places..... My 2nd Orlando event was the Day 2 Keynote for about…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Keynotes & Events
Outsourcing transitions from cost savings to strategic necessity
My latest CAMagazine column is out ; in it, I focus on the role that financial executives should be thinking about in the context of the massive rates of change occuring…
Financial Services & Banking · Human Capital
Banking and furniture industries -- coping at high velocity!
It's been a busy week, with keynotes for the American Community Bankers Association and the National Home Furnishings Association. This gave me an audience of several…
Financial Services & Banking · Innovation
Where is the insight?
There are quite a few people out there who talk about innovation, all of whom have a very different background: some with design experience, others who are from the…
Innovation · Media & Press
Health care industry keynotes
A bit of a backgrounder on my work in the health care sector/ Partial client list Waters Corporation • MDS Nordion • American Society for Health Care Risk Management •…
Healthcare & Pharma
Messing with bits of business strategy ....
When you are on stage, you're mind is working at light speed, as you synthesize your knowledge to the trends impacting the crowd. You often don't get to reconcile a lot…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
10 Long Term Trends of Real Substance
The level of hype right now with "social networking" and technology is getting a bit out of hand. It's a little bit like 1999 all over again! While what's happening…
Connected World (IoT & Digital Twins) · Megatrends
10 Truths about the Future
In my keynotes, I often talk about how the rate of change -- whether with business models, product lifecycles, skills and knowledge -- is speeding up. With such change…
Innovation · Megatrends
Video - innovation and education
Some weeks ago, I spoke at the University of Oklahoma, on the role of innovation in education. The biggest area for any educational institution in the future is in the…
Education · Innovation