“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 ]
“Fridge Convergence”
For the last few weeks, it seems a lot of people have been searching for the phrase “fridge convergence,” and end up on my site as a result of an article I wrote a few years back. I’ve always thought the idea of the so-called “Internet fridge” was a dumb one. The article explains why. [ article ]
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