1/2 of the knowledge that a student gets in their very first year of a college or university program is obsolete or revised by the time they graduate. Most companies have skills they don’t require, and can’t get access to the skills they need. There is a dreadful mismatch between the knowledge we have and the knowledge we need. Those are just a few of the themes I explored at this massive event, with over 2,000 education professionals in the room.
Keynote: HP Mexico, Miami – Key Customer CIO Summit
HP Mexico brought customers of key client companies to Miami for a CIO Summit. The overall agenda was to provide them with the insight to launch into a future of disruptive opportunity. My keynote, “Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast”, took them on a tour of the major global, technological and business model trends that demand a culture of agility and a leadership aligned to fast paced opportunistic change!
Keynote: Honeywell, Baltimore – How Skills Acceleration Defines the Future of Talent Management
Over the years, I’ve been invited in to speak to the HR departments of many organizations. In this case, Honeywell invited me in to open a get-together of their key HR leadership team from around the world – a few hundred individuals in all. My perspective is that our ability to access the right skills at the right time for the right purpose will increasingly define future success, and that is one of many issues I put on the stage in my opening keynote.
Keynote: Kone Cranes, Orlando – The Future of Global Shipping and Logistics
You ever see those massive overhead cranes at container piers and shipping locations? That’s Kone! They brought me in for a keynote for a key customer event that took at global supply chain and logistics issues, and the impact that might have on the future flow of products from around the world. Robotics, autonomous vehicles, same day shipping, end of runway manufacturing, 3D printing – there is no shortage of trends that might disrupt this world.
Keynote: GE Lighting, New York – Construction Design, Methodology and Concepts in the Era of Smart
The energy and construction industry is being massively transformed by connectivity and the Internet of things. It changes how we design, what we design, and the architectural concepts that guide our design. With that in mind, GE, one of the global leaders in the lighting industry, engaged me to headline a major event in New York City that took a look at the future in terms of the ideas and concepts above.
Keynote: Volvo & Mac Trucks, Dallas – How to Sell Proactive, Self-Diagnosing, Connected, Data Driven Trucks
The typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna airplane. They are connected, aware, and full of leading edge technology, such that we can predict with a high degree of accuracy when they might break down. This trend, known as predictive diagnostics, changes the very nature of what an organization like Volvo sells – it’s no longer just a truck, but a service level uptime guarantee. That’s the message that I brought on stage for this dealer meeting. I guess they liked me, because they immediately rebooked me for another event a few months later!
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