From the Stage: Knowledge for Careers That Don't Yet Exist
Speaking to career colleges and universities, I put their challenge in one sentence: "how do you develop educational pathways for careers that do not yet exist" Every…
Education · Leadership
From the Stage: The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast
Twenty-seven seconds, and the phrase I've built much of my career around: "The future does not necessarily belong to the big organization. It belongs to those who are…
Leadership · Videos
From the Stage: The Recycled Recession Headlines
Every downturn, I play a little game with my audience. Speaking to dental professionals, I read out a series of grim economic headlines: banks facing meltdown, a…
Healthcare & Pharma · Leadership
From the Stage: Iterative Design
Speaking at the International Finance Corporation, I described how 3D printing and rapid prototyping change the very nature of design: "The future of manufacturing is…
Innovation · Manufacturing & Industrial
From the Stage: The Jobs of 2036
At the IIA/ISACA GRC Conference in August 2026, I did something a little unusual. I invented a conference agenda for 2036 — complete with fictional sessions and speakers…
AI, Robotics & Automation · Event Highlights
From the Stage: Cardboard People and Plasma People
At a conference of the people who design in-store displays, I went to the cocktail party the night before. On one side of the room, a group was deep in conversation…
Leadership · Retail & Consumer
From the Stage: Who Owns the Future of Innovation?
Speaking to the banking technology community at Finastra, I described a period in which so many trends were arriving at once that industries were rewriting their own…
Financial Services & Banking · Leadership
From the Stage: The Most Innovative Industries Aren't the Usual Suspects
Speaking to Genentech, I was asked where I see the most innovation. My answer surprised people. Not just Silicon Valley, but farming and trucking. In precision…
Healthcare & Pharma · Innovation
From the Stage: Legacy Doesn't Matter
Opening the EY National Tax Conference in Montreal, I described what I hear in boardrooms everywhere, from Disney to ESPN: "It is so overwhelming that increasingly…
Leadership · Professional Services & Associations
From the Stage: Forget the MBA. Get a Master's in Business Imagination
Speaking to a dental audience for Cain Watters & Associates, I pushed back on the idea that you can be "motivated" into creativity: "I find motivational speakers kind of…
Healthcare & Pharma · Innovation
From the Stage: The Era of Acceleration
At the World Government Summit in Dubai, I opened with the most important thing to understand about the future: "it's probably going to happen faster than we think…
Government · Leadership
From the Stage: There Are No Barriers to Change
This was one of my opening moments, set to music, and it captures what I believe about innovative organizations: "There are no barriers to change. There's only our…
Consumer & Food · Innovation