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Archives for August 2013

How will golf deal with the arrival of drones?

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I’m back to work. Pulling together the final slide deck for an upcoming keynote.

rentadroneIt’s pretty obvious to me that when someone is house hunting 5 years from now, they’ll be able to rent a drone to fly over a few homes in their chosen neighborhood and get some real insight, real time.

Why not? Drone technology is maturing at a ridiculously fast pace.

Which, while doing my research, led me to the Web site, rentadrone.com.

It looks like it is a bit of a joke, and probably is. Right now, perhaps, but give it a few years from now, and there will be some YouTube’s and Facebook’s of the drone world. Including business models that support part time rental of said drone devices.

Which makes one think — what happens to a sport like golf, which has had to manage the introduction of technology so as to not challenge a sport steeped in tradition. (I keynoted the PGA of America in 2010, and spoke of the challenges of social media and mobile devices on the golf course….)

Look at the image: one potential use for rentadrone.com?

“Distract your golfing opponent”.

Imagine that!

The future belongs to those who are fast!

Keynotes : What’s To Come in The Months to Come?

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For the first time in 20 years, I’ve taken an entire summer off. In that, I chose not to undertake any keynotes or corporate off sites; nor did I choose to write a book; or do other things related to work (other than attempting to manage conference calls with various clients and of course, prep work for upcoming autumn events)…..

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I almost aced the 11th hole one day — shot a driver 180 yards into the wind. It started left, curled right, hit the green, and just rolled up near the hole!

Instead, I golfed, spent time with my family, undertook epic bike rides — and, well, golfed!

But that’s quickly coming to an end. Today, I had a day away from golf in order to buy airline tickets for my upcoming autumn 2013 keynotes.

It’s a busy autumn, with trips to Orlando, Boston, Hartford, Athens (Greece), Phoenix (x2), Albuquerque, Denver, Montreal, Aspen, Philly (x2), Chicago (x2), Cabo San Lucas, Halifax, Atlantic City, New Orleans … did I mention I am completely and solidly booked until 2014? And we seem to be turning way 5 to 10 inquiries each DAY for events September 2013 to December 2013!

Who am I speaking to this fall? A wide range of groups, ranging from The 2013 Enterprise Network Conference, the 2013 LIMRA 2013 Group and Worksite Benefits Conference , a corporate event for Black & Veatch, Highland Capital Brokerage, The American Medical Group Association, the Building Owners and Managers (BOMEX) Association, Verizon, the Electronics Representatives Association annual conference, United Technologies, the Professional Compounding Centers Association of America, SunGard, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Association, FMC Agriculuture, the Retail Value Chain Federation  — and others! Oh, and a few other private events, including one for a group of global financial / investment managers.

Meaning, I’m covering just about everything from healthcare to manufacturing, hi-tech to insurance and financial services, retail to agriculture, construction to aerospace.

Of course, now that I’ve booked all the flights, it’s back to summer. Tomorrow, I’m in a member / guest golf tournament, my partner being one of the the longest serving NHL Referees of all time, Ron Wicks!

Think big, think bold, think fast — and ignore those who dare to laugh!

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Today, of course, the Hyperloop is all over the news.

And of course, there is some derision, laughter, and hoots of silliness all over the Web.

The future doesn’t happen without science fiction. And science fiction has already conceived of the Hyperloop, as seen in these images of an article from the 1930’s on an ‘endless belt subway’ to expedite traffic.

Read my post, “A Rocket Will Never Reach the Moon,” about my recent keynote for NASA at the Goddard Space Center — which is how I sourced the images below. All kinds of people told Robert Goddard that his idea of a moon rocket was absolute lunacy. Just as some might tell Elon Musk today that his idea is just too far out there. Even the New York Times, who later apologized after Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

Then read my post, “Think Big.” That’s what folks like Elon Musk do. And that’s how the future gets invented. By people who think, dream and dare big.

Do you?
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(Click either image for a full size of the scan I did in the home office this morning).

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