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Manufacturing & Industrial · 2017
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Keynote Case Study: ASSA ABLOY: The Door Became Digital. Access Was Becoming Intelligent.
For ASSA ABLOY, I explored how intelligent access, connected buildings, digital identity and security technology were converging. The focus was on how access control was shifting…
Golfing, 3D Printing, and the Future of Manufacturing: A Story of a Fellow Printing His Own Golf Wedges
Over the years, I've done many talks within the manufacturing industry, putting into perspective the real trends and opportunities for innovation that will allow for the…
Keynote Case Study: Legrand: Buildings Were Becoming Connected, Intelligent and Software-Driven.
For Legrand, I delivered a keynote on the future of intelligent buildings, electrification, connected infrastructure and accelerating technological change, showing how building…
Keynote: Manufacturing Trends and Disruption, AssaBloy, Connecticut
Another CEO led leadership meeting, in this case for this company which is one of the world’s leading manufactures and suppliers of door and window locks — everything from simple…
Keynote: Legrand, Connecticut - Manufacturing: Trends and Disruption
It was a busy year for keynotes in the manufacturing space! This talk was for Legrand's North American leadership meeting, where the CEO and his team fine tune strategies and…
Trend: Where will the Future Really Happen? 2 Upcoming Keynotes on The Real Future, Not the Fake Future
We seem to live in two parallel worlds at this moment: the fanciful, political, "let's make a wish" or "yell and scream" political world, and the real world. I don't know about…
Upcoming Keynote: Future of Retail (in the era of Amazonian Disruption!)
This fall, I'm headling a major retail event in Las Vegas - Xcelerate 2017! Details are here. There's a lot of change underway - and certainly, the Amazon/Whole Foods situation is…
Keynote: Western Manufacturing Technology Show, Edmonton, Alberta - The Future of Manufacturing
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has had me keynote some major events in the past — 2,000 manufacturing executives in Las Vegas at the IMX show , and 1,500 more at the BigM…
Daily Inspiration: "It’s easy to make excuses for failure. It's more difficult to discover reasons for success - but we know success often comes from previous failure! Lesson: maximize failure!"
“It’s easy to make excuses for failure. It’s more difficult to discover reasons for success - but we know success often comes from previous failure! Lesson: maximize failure!” -…
Trend: Why Spatial Data Bubbles are Going to Be a Big Part of Your Life (And Why You Need to Know What they Are!)
Location intelligence was the hot new opportunity 20 years ago as spatial (GIS) data came to be a big part of the world. 20 years on, it still is. My oldest son is building a…
Daily Inspiration: "Perfection is the enemy of innovation"
"Perfection is the enemy of innovation" - Jim Carroll In my list of global clients, I encounter far too many people and leaders who subscribe to the idea that if they are going to…
The Future of Retail? A Keynote for A Global Brand Leader in London!
My message on the speed of change in retail is drawing attention, further and further afield. Case in point - yesterday, I was a keynote speaker for a global leadership meeting of…
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