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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...

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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...

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Keynote: Patterson Veterinary, Dallas, Texas: The Future of Veterinary Medicine

The acceleration of medical science, new diagnostic technology, advanced medical procedures, and...

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Trend Report: The Future of Trucks – Connected, Proactive and Data Driven

[caption id="attachment_13639" align="alignright" width="300"] My son and I in front of one of...

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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!...

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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...

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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,...

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Trend: The End of Life (Insurance)

Through the years, I've done a tremendous number of talks within the insurance industry, both...

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Everybody likes firetrucks! The lessons of upside-down innovation …

Of course everyone does, particularly young kids. And as you age, you still marvel at these roaring...

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Keynote: BASF – Transformative Trends Defining the Petrochemicals Industry : Houston, Texas

This global organization was celebrating their 150th anniversary throughout 2015 and their theme...

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Keynote: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Transformational Leadership.

The agency invited Jim to speak to a group of senior leaders to speak on the issue of what...

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We're slow, we're doomed, but we aren't going to do anything about it!

It's an interesting time for many organizations. There is a wave of business model disruption,...

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Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine: 2015 Innovation Outlook

I'm thrilled that I've again been cover in CG&T Magazine's annual outlook.  This marks 4 years...

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Article: 5 Things World Class Innovators Do that Others Do Not

[caption id="attachment_13585" align="alignright" width="200"] "Innovation is about much more...

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Trend: The Looming Corporate Governance Strategy Crisis

There was an interesting article in the New York Times on Feb 18: "Careers: 'Board Doctors,' to...

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Video: The Acceleration of Knowledge

Some years back, I worked on a project for Deloitte, which resulted in the video, "What Do World...

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Article: “The Need for Speed: Soon Come; Must Go…..”

"Of particular interest to your editor were the words—and the AK-47 speed at which they were...

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Keynote: The Future of the Connected Home, Smartgrids and Energy – Lennox, Dallas

What's the future of the connected home? What comes next with HVAC? What happens when we integrate...

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“Everybody knows…..: : Why companies fail at innovation

I spend a LOT of time doing talks at corporate meetings; often, a CEO or CxO leadership event for a...

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Keynote: Big Trends in Agriculture: Transforming the World’s Oldest Profession – CHS Inc, Holland, Michigan

Whether it’s driverless tractors, weed-zapping robots or data-transmitting crops, the future of...

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Being Agile: How Innovators Thrive in the High Velocity Economy

I did a keynote a few weeks back for a leading North American food company. It was a highly...

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Book review: The Martian!

I've never done a book review on this blog before, and I suspect I'm not really good at...

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The HAL Project: Historical Archiving in Action

Some weeks back, a post caught my attention, I clicked the link, and followed through. I ended...

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25 Trends for 2025 – PDF

I've put together a full size PDF of my "25 Trends for 2025" document - grab it by clicking the...

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Video: A Rollicking Good Bit of Fun!

For all the baby boomers out there -- a bit of rollicking good fun, with a look at what we went...

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New Keynote Topic: The Internet of Things: Disruption and Opportunity in an Era of Pervasive Connectivity

Every industry is set to be transformed as an era of hyper connectivity becomes the new norm. The...

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Article: Going fast? The Future Will Be Faster

A few weeks ago, I was the closing keynote speaker for Potato Expo 2015 in Orlando, with a talk...

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Trend: Mobile is Eating Retail

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Keynote: Land o’ Lakes, Phoenix – Keynote: Fast Consumers and the New World of Retail

How do you innovate when everything is faster still? The typical consumer scans some 12 feet of...

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Keynote: Potato Expo 2015, Orlando – The Future of Agriculture

It's the largest potato conference in the world, and they had me in for the closing keynote with a...

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25 Trends for 2025 (Can you imagine how different your future might be ten years from now?)

This post was written in 2014 - and now, in 2025, it's trending! As you read it, keep in mind...

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Freddie Mac

When you are in the news for all the wrong reasons - in this case, the hangover from the global...

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Speed and agility in the retail sector

The rate of change in the retail sector is going from 'fast to furious' if you pardon the cliche....

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Augmented Reality and the World of Retail…

Earlier this year, I was featured in the UK's Retail NewsAgent 125th anniversary publication,...

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Trend Report: The Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology

There can't be a more exciting industry in the world today than what is happening with the...

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Nomadic workers and the future of careers

Here's a video clip from a recent keynote -- during the Q&A, I was asked by one member of the...

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Are you suffering from ‘Aggressive Indecision?’

Here's one from the vaults -- from a keynote for SAP way back in 2003! [wonderplugin_video...

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Keynote: Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver – The Future of Transportation

Self-driving cars, electric vehicles, the future of intelligent highways and smart infrastructure....

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A really cool keynote summary!

Earlier this week, I was a keynote speaker at HealthAchieve 2014, one of the largest healthcare...

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