10 trends unfolding with the recovery
While the shape of the future economy continues to unfold, there are several strong trends at work which are playing a key role in the overall innovation component of…
Megatrends
Major trend - the emerging smart energy infrastructure
For years, I've been advising my clients that one of the biggest trends for the next decade is the rapid emergence of an intelligent energy infrastructure. It's…
Construction & Infrastructure · Energy & Utilities
Innovation and the future of energy
I spent some time with the CEO and senior management team of a large global energy company. They engaged me to provide them with insight on the trends which will impact…
Energy & Utilities · Megatrends
The Impact of Social Networking on Brands
There are 147 million people interacting on social networks through mobile devices today - expect that to grow to 1 billion within 5 years. A clip from a recent keynote…
Branding & Marketing · Customers & Branding
Where's the growth? Rethinking long term opportunity
I wrote this PDF report last spring, before the recession set in. Yet I still think it makes for a lot of powerful arguments as to where we will see industrial and…
Energy & Utilities · Growth Strategy
The Internet economy: How it will drive recovery
From my May CAMagazine column. As we worry and wonder about the state of the global economy, we should remind ourselves that one thing is certain. At some point in the…
Energy & Utilities · Growth Strategy
It's January 15, 2020 : Do you know where your healthcare system is?
Grab the PDF by clicking on the image on the right! The world of healthcare and medicine is on the edge of a period of massive transformation. Do you have any idea as to…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
Good jobs in Bad Times - I'm interviewed on PBS on future career trends
WKSU, the PBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, has been running a series this week titled "Good Jobs in Bad Times." It's a serious look at current and future job and career…
Manufacturing & Industrial · Megatrends
HVAC 2.0 - Thoughts on my Las Vegas keynote
I just came off stage in Las Vegas from an opening keynote for a group of about 500 representatives for Trane / Ingersoll Rand, and their key contractor partners. My…
Construction & Infrastructure · Energy & Utilities
The explosion of mobile banking! My upcoming Texas keynote ....
I'm off to Austin, Texas today, where I'll be the closing keynote speaker tomorrow for the annual meeting of the Texas Credit Union League. My role is to motivate and…
Financial Services & Banking · Keynotes & Events
Thinking big - the transformative ideas that will shape our future
In the interview just posted on my site ("What is a futurist"), I commented that "we live in transformative times -- we'll look back at 2009-2010 as the period of time…
Energy & Utilities · Healthcare & Pharma
Reinventing brand relevance
Here's a clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I'm challenging the audience to think about the issue of maintaining brand relevance, in the era in which customers…
Consumer & Food · Customers & Branding