The hollowing out of big corporate R&D
I've just returned from delivering the opening keynote for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management for New Products & Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, an event…
Innovation · Megatrends
"Dive-in movies" and High-Velocity Product Innovation
Here's an interesting way to think about the issue of high-velocity product innovation. I was keynoting a conference at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, last September, and…
Innovation · Media & Technology
The Obama economy: what comes next?
A reporter called yesterday, wanting to speak about the "Obama economy." One of the questions: "what will really happen with the potential economic stimulus package?"…
Megatrends · Think Big (Innovation Strategy)
"Competing with analytics" - "the next billion dollar industry"
Last November, I released my "What Comes Next" trends perspective, outlining some of the significant trends that I believed would have the most impact in our longer term…
Energy & Utilities · Media & Technology
Retail and consumer product innovation: a report from NYC
A few weeks ago, I keynoted an event for the Readers Digest Food & Entertainment group (who publish Everyday with Rachel Ray, and own and manage the popular online…
Consumer & Food · Megatrends
10 fundamental trends that don't change with the meltdown
You and I know that the headline on the left is going to run in newspapers and mainstream media one day. The BIG question is when. So what are the trends that will drive…
Growth Strategy · Leadership in Crisis
7 Things to Do Right Now As the Upturn Begins!
I'm often providing detailed strategic guidance to senior executives and leaders on trends and the future, and certainly the economy has become a big part of what I…
Growth Strategy · Leadership
Reaching the new travel consumer
I'm off to keynote Tourism Alberta -- and will speak to some 200+ tourism marketing professionals on trends within the sector. Alberta, located in Canada, has an…
Keynotes & Events · Megatrends
A truly staggering, transformative trend yet to unfold
It's been announced that I will be a keynote speaker at the World HealthCare Innovation & Technology Conference, to be held in Washington, DC in December. In particular…
Connected World (IoT & Digital Twins) · Energy & Utilities
Computational analytics is another new plastic!
At my keynote to the US Association of Actuaries this week, and for a keynote to LOMA last week (an insurance association conference), I played a series of maps that…
Financial Services & Banking · Healthcare & Pharma
"65% of the kids in preschool today will work in jobs or careers that don't yet exist"
Whether I've got an audience of 3,000 people in Vegas, or a small CEO-level meeting of 20 people, I always open with the same observation. It's from an Australian study…
Education · Megatrends
Five more trends to define your future
My "infrastructure is the new plastic" post drew attention; at a keynote last week, I was asked, "what other areas are seeing the emergence of the 'next plastic?'" (It's…
Energy & Utilities · Megatrends