Innovators aren't afraid to ask tough questions!
In fact, the realities are that not only are innovative people unafraid to ask questions, they aren't afraid to: ask the tough questions act on the answers to those…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
Cardboard people, plasma people: Generational change and innovation!
How do you master innovation? Through the powerful story in this video clip, I point out the challenges that organizations face with the different generations in the…
Change · How to be Innovative
How to get faster when the world is faster...
What should innovative organizations do? When everything is faster still, focus on these things: build up experiential capital - think big, start small, scale fast. The…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Innovation
Location intelligence, financial industries and business model change!
I had quite a few financial oriented keynotes through the last year, for banks, mortgage groups, credit unions and others. If there was a key theme as to the insight my…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Video: The future of customers and branding
"Do you we truly appreciate just how quickly things are going to evolve?" What should brand leaders be thinking about in terms of the velocity of change with customers…
Branding & Marketing · Consumer & Food
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
Is it time for an innovation audit?
Is it time for an innovation audit within your organization? Maybe so! After all, with rapid business model change, competitive disruption, fast paced technological…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
Silicon Valley innovation velocity set to dominate every industry
My January / February CA Magazine article is out; entitled "Stranger than Science Fiction," it examines a major theme that has been part of many of my keynotes…
Energy & Utilities · Financial Services & Banking
Video: The future of seniors care & innovation in the health sector
I'm a big believer that many of the big transformations that will occur in the future -- and which will drive new billion dollar industries -- will come from innovations…
Healthcare & Pharma · Media & Technology
Key 2010 Trend: The Rise of the Personal Brand App
Early in December, I was contacted by an AP reporter who was doing a story on the key trends that would impact the economy into the future. A brief part of my comments…
Branding & Marketing · Human Capital
"How is the recession changing the way we do business?"
Here's a quick quote from a year end article that ran in Computer Dealer News: CDN: How is the recession changing the way we do business? Jim Carroll: "There's a…
Growth Strategy · Leadership in Crisis