What comes next?
Straight from Dallas and on to Ontario -- I'll be talking later in the week on the theme, "What comes next?" -- taking a look at trends involving hyper competition -…
Keynotes & Events · Megatrends
What's the future for intelligence?
I'll be keynoting the closing lunch tomorrow at the 14th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems. It's a very august crowd of PhD's, researchers, academics and…
Innovation · Keynotes & Events
Keynote overview - "Bridging a Path to the Future"
"If you're not taking risks in your company and career, you probably aren't adding much value. That was the bottom-line message of futurist Jim Carroll, who delivered…
Change · Keynotes & Events
Article - Will Sarbanes Oxley Kill Innovation?
Will the intense focus on governance and compliance issues in the wake of major scandal somehow force many organizations to throw the innovation baby out with the bath…
Innovation · Media & Press
New article - Gen-Y and the workforce
"One of the more challenging issues that organizations will have to deal with in the next few years is how to successfully integrate "Gen-Y" into the workforce…
Human Capital · Media & Press
Nine issues for not-for-profits
The Texas Society of Association Executives has printed my article, Nine Issues for Not-for-Profit Executives in 2004 (and beyond). Read the article (PDF)
Change · Media & Press
Why is our world more complex?
I'm doing a talk on change this morning for an environmental government ministry -- specifically, how to lead and manage change. One of the key points I will be getting…
Change · Megatrends
"The End of Retirement"
"Are you ready for a world in which the concept of "retirement' has come to an end? If not, you'd better be, as this is likely to rapidly emerge as the most significant…
Media & Press · Megatrends
Not Your Father's Telephone
"Ten years ago, I spoke to 300 telecom engineers ...and made the observation that within 10 to 20 years, most of the world’s telephone systems will have moved to…
Media & Press · Media & Technology
Comments in Small Market Meetings magazine
I'm featured on the cover of this month's Small Market Meetings magazine, reporting on my comments in my keynote at the MPI MidAmerica session last March in Cincinnati…
Keynotes & Events · Media & Press
New article - "The commodization of human capital"
In my latest association column, I note that "With the political storm now raging around outsourcing and "off-shoring," one fact seems to be rather obscured: it is…
Human Capital · Media & Press
Offshoring -- if anyone was listening....
I find it kind of fascinating that people seem surprised about the offshoring of many jobs to India and elsewhere. Back in 1996 or 1997, I released a list of 10…
Megatrends · Strategy