“Make the impossible into the ordinary!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Archives for December 2017
Daily Inspiration: “If you aren’t doing anything that is different, you might not be doing anything at all!”
“If you aren’t doing anything that is different, you might not be doing anything at all!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Yesterday we had a wonderful time at the theatre production, “Million Dollar Quartet,” courtesy of our sons and their girlfriends. Thank you!
It’s the story of when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins were together in the studio for a few hours – it was magical.
And since I’m relentless on the #future, #creativity and #inspiration, I’m always listening carefully. I don’t remember the context, but a line like this was used about half way through. I remember thinking – “that’s it!” My phone was off — #theater#etiquette – so I spent the next 45 minutes while watching, repeating the phrase to myself to make sure I wouldn’t lose the thought!
Be different!’’
Daily Inspiration: “Find the thing that makes you the most uncomfortable. Now, do that thing!”
“Find the thing that makes you the most uncomfortable. Now, do that thing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Ski season is about to start! It will be my 18th year as a skier – I only took it up at the age of 39. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing, and was the master of the snowplow for a time. Now, I’m decent enough. The next several months will be spent with weekends on the slopes, rounds of golf in the south, and various keynotes in between.
Skiing was an incredibly important decision — it *really* took me out of my comfort zone. But you need to do that – often it’s the only way to get ahead.
Daily Inspiration: “Success is often a team sport. The best way to get inspired is to take joy in the achievement of others!”
“Success is often a team sport. The best way to get inspired is to take joy in the achievement of others!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
This one is a shout-out to my good friend @keithlkerswill, who today marks an important milestone! The best way to align to a better future is through shared insight, stories, inspiration and initiative. Lots of lessons can be learned! #inspiration#motivation
keithlkerswillWell said as always. Sometimes we see the miracle in others before we feel it in ourselves. It takes a village.
Trend: Security, Scams, and Avoidable Negligence!
Beneath the surface of normalcy lies a hidden layer of complexity. And the fact is, we are building a big, global, complicated machine, and it’s obvious that people don’t know how to secure it, ignore the challenges, or take advantage of those who don’t understand what is going on.
What do South Park, Pineapple’s, the BBC and admin:admin have in common? Watch this!
If there was one word in the security industry in 2017, it was this: Equifax. I don’t even need to explain…..
Yet going forward, we will continue to see many more Equifax situations that will result in the destruction of billions of dollars of corporate value. Some CEO’s will be held accountable; others won’t. Yet the sad fact is that entire companies will disappear to avoidable negligence with respect to security and infrastructure issues. The trend will become accelerated as technology driven disruption comes to drive forward every industry. We might one day see a car company go bankrupt — not because of fraudulent diesel mileage manipulation, but because someone hacked into the internal IT engine of millions of cars through a known backdoor.
Add to that the fact that 2018 will probably be characterized by the emergence of cryptocurrency scams as one of the leading news computer related news stories of 2018. You simply can’t have an important trend go supernova without a lot of fraudulent activities coming to the forefront as people “rush in to share the riches.” Blockchain is a critically important and transformative trend, but as with any trend, the good will come with the bad. I suspect that we will see not only individuals make stupid mistakes as they work to cash in without knowing what they are doing — but corporations and government as well.
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The New Rules of Disruption in the Era of Acceleration: And Why You Need Agile as a Leadership Mantra
Your business model and your industry won’t look the same in 5 or 10 years. In fact, you might not even recognize it.
That’s a reality, and you are likely not able to cope! Here’s why:
- It’s the era of acceleration
- In that context, the future belongs to those who are fast
- There are few exceptions to the reality that small = speed, big = slow.
- The fact is, most legacy companies are not structured for speed
- Yet they need to be – disruption is everywhere, and it is happening quickly
- And as tech comes to drive every industry, the speed of change will only increase
- Making the big-small dichotomy even worse
- This faster future requires innovation risk, but big companies aren’t built for risk
- Not only that, but big companies have inherent health issues – they are clogged up with organizational sclerosis that clogs up their abilities
- The only way to challenge yourself and deal with these issues is to challenge yourself on speed/
Yet, too many organizations spend their time making the excuses that lead them to failure, rather than focusing on the ideas that will define success.
They are structured for failure. It will only get worse in the era of acceleration. Here’s why – watch an organization vote in real time for the attitude failure embedded in the organization.
Get around your innovation killers. Be agile! Focus on speed!
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