The odd of one man’s (me!) valiant struggle to go for a swim, at a time when he shouldn’t be doing so. here.
My article in Jan 2003 Successful Meetings Magazine
“If you think about what we’ve witnessed in the last 10 years, technology has brought us an economy in which the pace of innovation has increased dramatically…..That’s why we’re seeing a new industry, one in which clients are organizing off-site events with just a few months’ notice, rather than a year or so….” In the article, I outline how various technologies, including wireless and weblogs, will come to change the meeting and conference industry. [ read the article ]
Time to play!
For years, I’ve been advocating that when it comes to innovation, we need to let people “play,” whether with new technology, business models, work/life issues or other aspects of their life.
Turns out that a subsidiary of LEGO believes the same thing, as outlined in this Singapore ComputerTimes article. Except they take “play” a bit further. [ link ]
“Competitor benchmarking emerged as the most important source of information and ideas for innovative firms (85 percent)”
Interesting report from Statistics New Zealand on business innovation.
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Jim Carroll on the future of broadcasting
Last week I spoke to a group from CBS/Infinity Broadcasting…..about innovation and the future of broadcasting. It went quite well — they commented after the fact that “everyone thought that you completely underscored the importance of creativity and innovation with a presentation full of energy and compelling information.”
“Phone of the future”
My December PROFIT magazine article, about VoIP (voice over IP), is now up on their Web site. [ article ]
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