I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
Remember the old TV ads about the loneliest man in the world? The Maytag repairman never had anything to do because Maytags never broke. On stage I used him to explain…
Innovation · Manufacturing & Industrial
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Know when to get your age out of the way. Day 13’s idea…
2026 Principles
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
Speaking to the Philips sales team, I put the challenge bluntly: "competing on price no longer counts." Every global company I work with is wrestling with the same…
Healthcare & Pharma · Leadership
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. The hubris of experience guarantees failure. Day 12 warned…
2026 Principles
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
"Innovators invest heavily in experiential capital." What is it? I put it simply on stage: "experiential capital is simply cumulative experience." The more you try, the…
Human Capital · Innovation
If every organization has access to the identical AI tools, the tools stop being the advantage. What remains is you, your judgment, and your particular way of seeing…
Being Unique
Average doesn't happen to you. It happens one small choice at a time. That's the honest, slightly uncomfortable premise behind two new companion books built on thirty…
Mediocrity
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. To move fast, you don't need more gas. You need less drag…
2026 Principles
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets…
How Innovation Happens · Innovation
