What's the future of research & development? That's what the global paints, coatings and materials firm PPG brought me in for as they assembled their global R&D team for…
Construction & Infrastructure · Event Highlights
Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for FMC BioPolymer in May 2010. As pharmaceutical and food industries demanded more advanced specialty ingredients, Jim explored the…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Manufacturing
In a whirlwind of activity over the last ten days, I've been the keynote speaker for conferences that probably represents the vast majority of global Fortune 1000…
Growth Strategy · Industries
I am not alone in thinking we're in the midst of a significant economic transformation. As Mick Fleming, president of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, said…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Growth Strategy
Over the next several weeks, I will be speaking at a series of events sponsored by Microsoft related to their Windows 7 launch. The audience includes key executives…
Energy & Utilities · Keynotes & Events
Next week, I'll be in Jacksonville, as the lunch time keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Materials Handling Association of America. We'll have about 300…
Growth Strategy · Keynotes & Events
I was the opening keynote speaker yesterday for Opportunities 2009, a conference in Ontario, Canada, that was focused on workplace trends to 2015. The keynote…
Growth Strategy · Keynotes & Events
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
I've been talking to my clients for years about the problems with the auto industry manufacturing model, comparing the slow, ponderous mass-manufacturing techniques of…
Manufacturing & Industrial · Videos
One of the key tenets of my book, Ready, Set, Done -- How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast,is that organizational "agility" is a fundamental cornerstone for…
Manufacturing & Industrial
I'm in Milwaukee today, speaking at a private group of manufacturers from across the country, who work within a particular industry. The theme, to a broad degree, is the…
Manufacturing & Industrial
As some economies continue to experience rounds of volatility, there are still plenty trying to figure out what to do next. And there are a many who are focused on the…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Innovation
