Extreme skills: what happens when knowledge runs out?

I'm in Vancouver, about to deliver a keynote to a global professional services firm, with the working title, "Extreme Skills Specialization: What Comes Next with Global…

Financial Services & Banking · Human Capital

Is there hope for manufacturing? You bet!

I'm in Milwaukee today, speaking at a private group of manufacturers from across the country, who work within a particular industry. The theme, to a broad degree, is the…

Manufacturing & Industrial

Computational analytics is another new plastic!

At my keynote to the US Association of Actuaries this week, and for a keynote to LOMA last week (an insurance association conference), I played a series of maps that…

Financial Services & Banking · Healthcare & Pharma

Transitioning the global economy

There are a zillion fast, zippy cool trends out there. And then, there are the big, sweeping, massive transformative trends that change entire economies. I just finished…

Growth Strategy

Who's hot? Actuaries are hot!

I just came back from delivering the opening keynote for the annual meeting of the US Association of Actuaries. This crowd is the risk assessment side of the US life…

Autonomous Vehicles · Branding & Marketing

After flat? Rethink strategies and go post-flat!

As some economies continue to experience rounds of volatility, there are still plenty trying to figure out what to do next. And there are a many who are focused on the…

Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Innovation

Financial industry innovation - change the game!

Here's something to think about: we are going to see $12 to $18 trillion in intergenerational wealth transfer in the next 12 years in North America. (US GDP is $12…

Branding & Marketing · Financial Services & Banking

Branding, marketing, and manufacturing 2.0

From a variety of keynotes through the last few weeks, here's what we've got to deal with. The consumer of today is: time challenged attention starved jumpy & fast with…

Branding & Marketing · Faster - The Acceleration Economy

Seven Things I'd Do Right now

There were two pretty heavy-duty keynotes I did for companies in the financial sector last week. The second one involved a group of several hundred executives…

Faster - The Acceleration Economy