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Leadership & Disruption · 2006
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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 presentation to a…
Is your brand from the olden days?
"A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months...." As the news media gears up for the release of the Sony Playstation 3, one wonders whether they are capturing an…
The impact of globalization
At the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the real impact of globalization -- the new consumer, market commoditization, rapid emergence of new business models…
The new face of manufacturing : agility, insight and execution...
Yesterday I gave the opening keynote for the annual manufacturers meeting of the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association. Most of the folks in attendance were CEO's and senior…
Can you run your business at video-game intensity?
Video game business intensity is coming to all industries. This provides some important food for thought -- can you run your business at the high degree of intensity that occurs…
10 Unique Characteristics of 21st Century Skills
There's been a lot of talk about the skills crisis lately. Most of it is focused on the wrong thing -- people seem most worried by the fact that a lot of baby boomers are set to…
What makes for corporate agility?
In a recent presentation and Profit article, I focused on how organizations and leaders must incorporate four key capabilities: agility, insight, innovation, and execution. The…
What's your agility
I spent the day in Pasadena with, and did a keynote for, the Disney Consumer Products group; this is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand…
"Agility key to survival"
More coverage, from Communications Engineering magazine, on my SCTE keynote last month. "If you think your customers are a challenge now, wait until 2010, said futurist and ET…
Agility, innovation and execution
I've just flown out west to do a dinner keynote for a major telecom company. I wrote an article on my way related to what I've been talking about within the context of this and…
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