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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 unprecedented."…
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, practical…
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 yet…
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. Most…
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 competitors…
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 wasn't…
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, when does…
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 how to get…
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 are…
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 what…
From the Stage: You Aren't Selling a Widget Anymore
Speaking to the Philips sales team, I put the challenge bluntly: "competing on price no longer counts." Every global company I work with is wrestling with the same shift: "We've…
From the Stage: Experiential Capital
"Innovators invest heavily in experiential capital." What is it? I put it simply on stage: "experiential capital is simply cumulative experience." The more you try, the more you…
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