From the Stage: The Dive-In Movie
One summer, with the kids running out of things to do, I set up an LCD projector and surround sound by the pool and we held a dive-in movie for the neighbourhood. I…
Leadership · Retail & Consumer
From the Stage: Upside-Down Innovation
When I spent time with Disney, they described how their old innovation model worked for a new movie: design the toys, plan the merchandising, then do the branding. Then…
Innovation · Retail & Consumer
From the Stage: The Crazy Becomes Routine
In under forty seconds, this is my view of the period we're living through: "the imagination machine of people worldwide is turning on in a way which is simply…
Leadership · Videos
From the Stage: Take Risks
On stage, I took on the excuse I hear in almost every organization: it's too risky. "We have to take risks in order to get ahead." My challenge to the room was a simple…
Consumer & Food · Innovation
From the Stage: Change Your Future Before It Changes You
It's the line I've used more than any other, and here it is in its shortest form. After describing a world where companies that don't yet exist will build products not…
Leadership · Media & Technology
From the Stage: Beware Bull**** Bingo
Speaking to college and university leaders, I ran a live text-message poll, and the results were revealing. Most agreed they weren't positioned for a fast-paced future…
Education · Innovation
From the Stage: Align to the Future or Fight It
Closing my keynote for Black & Veatch, I described what disruption really does: it changes the products you make, the services you deliver, the skills you need and the…
Construction & Infrastructure · Leadership
From the Stage: What Do You Do Monday Morning?
At the end of almost every keynote, someone asks: this is great, but what do I actually do Monday morning? Speaking to a room of dental professionals, I made it clear I…
Healthcare & Pharma · Innovation
From the Stage: Timing Is Everything
Speaking to the American Truck Dealers, I shared what I call my fourth rule of the future. We usually know what is coming. The hard part is when. "The challenge is this…
Automotive & Transportation · Leadership
From the Stage: 10 Great Words for a High-Velocity Economy
I've closed hundreds of keynotes the same way: by leaving the audience with ten words. On stage in Australia, I set it up simply: "I'll leave you 10 great words as to…
Innovation · Videos
From the Stage: What This Series Is About
For more than 30 years I've stood on stages around the world with the same message. Here it is, compressed into a couple of minutes: "The challenges are vast, the trends…
Leadership · Videos
From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?
Remember the old TV ads about the loneliest man in the world? The Maytag repairman never had anything to do because Maytags never broke. On stage I used him to explain…
Innovation · Manufacturing & Industrial