Learning how to innovate -- through skiing!
It's a Sunday afternoon, and a full day of skiing is done: and all the roads home are closed because of the snow. So we've settled in for an evening in the chalet with…
Innovation · Videos
When thermostats get connected .....
MSN Sympatico, in partnership with Cisco, has launched a new business portal in which I'm featured. I'll be offering up my thoughts, in the form of articles and video…
Megatrends · Videos
Making generations work - Cardboard people and plasma people
Can you innovate across the generations? If you can't -- then you've got a big problem to fix! I do a tremendous number of keynotes that focus on the issue of "managing…
Change · Consumer & Food
Faster is the new fast: innovating for the new, high velocity customer
In the fast paced world of instant obsolsolescence and rapid innovation, time-to-market is becoming a key factor for success. This is a video clip from a recent keynote…
Branding & Marketing · Consumer & Food
Trends and big transformative changes. Example: health care
The view of the future by most is often short term oriented. What happens when you think about long term transformations? In my keynotes, I often put into perspective…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
Innovation - agility is critical
I often talk on stage to my clients about the concept of organizational agility: that is, the ability to respond to fast-changing circumstances. In the high velocity…
Agility · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Innovating in the high velocity economy
What does it mean to function in the high velocity economy? It's all about learning to operate at high speed -- particularly given the rapid rates at which knowledge…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Videos
Video - innovation and education
Some weeks ago, I spoke at the University of Oklahoma, on the role of innovation in education. The biggest area for any educational institution in the future is in the…
Education · Innovation
10 Great Words
A few years ago, I wrote my listing of "10 great words" that could help to spur an organization into pure innovation. It remains as one of the most heavily trafficked…
Daily Inspiration · Innovation
Innovation comes from flexibility, extensibility, agility...
In the high velocity economy, you've got to be able to design for a future in which all assumptions will constantly change! In this clip from a keynote to a group of…
Agility · Innovation
Business models and complexity partners
With the lifespan of knowledge collapsing, furious rates of scientific advance, and rapid new discoveries, no one company can do everything. In this clip from a…
Disruption & Acceleration · Megatrends
Managing Gen-Connect
Everyone is talking about Gen-Y. I've come to call the next generation, Gen-Connect. Their attitudes towards careers, which is very unique, is caught in this video clip…
Human Capital · The Future of Work