What do innovative organizations do?
One of my recent keynotes for a global organization focused on the issue of high-velocity change. No matter who you are and what you do, there are certain realities…
How to be Innovative · Innovation
Credit Suisse Bulletin: Success Comes to Those Who Evolve
Credit Suisse, headquartered in Zurich, is global financial powerhouse operating in 50 countries; 48,000+ employees, assets of $75 billion US, and net assets under…
Financial Services & Banking · Growth Strategy
Innovating locally in a global economy
I spent the day yesterday with management executives and store owners of DoItBest, one of the largest US hardware retailers. It's a fascinating organization, because in…
Consumer & Food · Growth Strategy
"Here we are now, entertain us" - Decoding Gen-Connect
One of my latest columns focuses on what will likely be the corporate issue of 2008 - managing generational challenges in the workplace. In the column, "Here we are now…
Human Capital · Media & Press
What Comes Next? An Outlook into 2008 and Beyond
As we end the year and start a new one, it's a good time to be thinking about some of the trends and issues which will impact us in the future. Take a look at my newly…
Change · Innovation
Making generations work - Cardboard people and plasma people
Can you innovate across the generations? If you can't -- then you've got a big problem to fix! I do a tremendous number of keynotes that focus on the issue of "managing…
Change · Consumer & Food
New book release: Ready, Set, Done: How To Innovate When Faster is the New Fast
My new book, Ready, Set, Done: How To Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, is now available in print. You can purchase it directly through this site, with immediate…
Change · Innovation
10 Truths about the Future
In my keynotes, I often talk about how the rate of change -- whether with business models, product lifecycles, skills and knowledge -- is speeding up. With such change…
Innovation · Megatrends
High velocity retail innovation
Back in October 2005, I identified the major trends that would sweep the retail and consumer products industries, and some of the key innovation methods that…
Consumer & Food · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Instilling innovation with the "trends and innovation feedback loop"
In the world of high-velocity change, how could you go about actually keeping on top of all the trends that might impact your business models, customers, distribution…
Change · Innovation
Innovation comes from flexibility, extensibility, agility...
In the high velocity economy, you've got to be able to design for a future in which all assumptions will constantly change! In this clip from a keynote to a group of…
Agility · Innovation
Business models and complexity partners
With the lifespan of knowledge collapsing, furious rates of scientific advance, and rapid new discoveries, no one company can do everything. In this clip from a…
Disruption & Acceleration · Megatrends