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Leadership for the future / “trends radar”

I've had two new association executive related articles published in the last few...

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Telecom market disruption

Every industry reaches a point where new technologies, business models, a critical mass of...

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Revisiting the future

For a while, it wasn't trendy to think about the future. Now that's over -- I'm noticing that...

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” I don’t think the marketing world has figured it out yet”

I'm quoted in a ComputerWorld artilce this week, Blogs Bubble Into Business. The points I...

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Interview on significance of VoIP (Voice over Internet protocol)

You can catch a clip with me on the CBC National Business show talking about Voice-over-IP and...

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VoIP is the Napster of the telecom industry

I had a busy week last week -- a full day workshop on e-government, and a board of directors...

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What took Intel so long?

New York Times: "Intel to Invest $200 Million in Home Media Networking SAN FRANCISCO,...

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My 15th year of working at home

At the end of the work day today -- at 4pm -- I met my youngest son at school. We then...

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Other issues and predictions for 2004 and beyond

An association newsletter has just published, for their executives, my article outlining some...

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Predictions for 2004 and beyond

I've put together two documents that outline my thoughts as to the things we should be...

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Interactive workshops and corporate strategy sessions

A client asked this week if I only do keynotes at conferences -- to which I responded with a...

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Online photo sites — no redundancy, no backup — and no business….

Is this any way to run a business? A major online photo site -- PhotoChannel -- goes down,...

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“Only a stupid country could do this”

Canada's Copyright Board ruled today that there should be an additional *TAX* of up to $25 if...

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One of the all-time-great inventions…..

".... was of course the wheel and it was so beneficial that people have been reinventing it...

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Thought of the day

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large...

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Keeping up!

Someone admitted to me in e-mail today that they " have finally begun to feel like ......I...

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Dealing with people who have a “change anti-virus”

My latest Association Agenda article is online: "Many people seem to be driven by a rather...

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How to think about innovation

My newsclipping picked up a great quote by Home Depot's CEO: "The landscape is strewn with...

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Innovation article : “…you’ve got to instill a sense of courage….”

The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an...

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“What’s happening to our careers?”

The article I wrote for a variety of association executive publications throughout North...

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“At least begin doing something”

"...are we now witnessing the death of IT innovation in business organizations? Have we seen...

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Association related articles

I've been writing a bi-weekly column for executive directors of associations. The articles are...

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No more spam!

Well, it took a while, but I have a spamless life. My setup is now rather unbelievable; mail...

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My dad was a cool guy …..

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Perfect Microwave Popcorn!

Eight years ago, I started telling my story about "perfect microwave popcorn" -- a story as to...

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“Daddy, do we have a firewall?”

So asked my 8-year-old when he woke up this...

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Win me!

Monster.Ca is running a new direct mail campaign with respect to a new resume management tool,...

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Helping kids remember…

I'm off to do my keynote for the US Department of Defense tomorrow. I just found this little...

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Feedback from my recent keynote for SAP America

From the VP of MarketingSAP could not have been happier with Jim Carroll's performance at our...

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My weblog is one year old today

Check the calendar over on the right, and have a peek at...

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Thoughts on risk

In Forbes: "Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is...

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Election fraud in the future

I've just caught on to this story, which seems to have been going on for a while, in which it...

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“That’s from the olden days, daddy!”

I've started writing a bi-weekly column for the online newsletter of an association of...

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Department of Defense keynote

Next week, I'll provide the opening keynote for the US Department of Defense DoD Maintenance...

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Apple’s sense of humor

Apple announced iTunes for Windows today (everyone knows that) but you might not have seen...

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A keynote for the American Federation of Teachers

I'll be keynoting the semi-annual American Federation of Teachers technology conference in...

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Nomadic workers….

It's Small Business Week. Here's an interesting stat spotted in the New Zealand Herald-Tribune...

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The lengths they’ll go to…..

Spammers and net-con-artists try to get more sophisticated all the time. I received this...

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Another broken music service

Much fanfare announcing Puretracks today, a Canadian service that offers tunes for sale. I...

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Another keynote for SAP — next week in Chicago

I received an e-mail from SAP this morning: "...thank you very much for the excellent...

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