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Growth & Strategy · 2009
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Live poll - When will we see an economic recovery?
I'm doing a keynote for a leading global loyalty management company on Thursday; I'll be incorporating several live text message polls into the talk, in order to have a truly…
The Impact of Social Networking on Brands
There are 147 million people interacting on social networks through mobile devices today - expect that to grow to 1 billion within 5 years. A clip from a recent keynote in which I…
The Time to Invest in the Future is Now!
Enough said. Get over it. Get out and innovate. Think growth!
"What am I going to do today to kill new ideas?"
Here's a video clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I was on stage in front of an audience of 4,000, speaking for a global organization. In this clip, I'm speaking about the…
A conscious decision - don't take part in this recession!
I led a small workshop last week after an event, focused on the issue of "how can we establish opportunities for growth during an economic downturn." The cover of my handout was…
Where's the growth? Rethinking long term opportunity
I wrote this PDF report last spring, before the recession set in. Yet I still think it makes for a lot of powerful arguments as to where we will see industrial and market growth…
Playboy, innovation, and brands from the 1950's
When you travel a lot like I do, you end up doing a lot of reading. One of the books I've been reading provides a fascinating look back at the fifties and sixties: Mr. Playboy…
The Internet economy: How it will drive recovery
From my May CAMagazine column. As we worry and wonder about the state of the global economy, we should remind ourselves that one thing is certain. At some point in the…
10 Things You Need to Do to Innovate in a Recession
Business Week ran an article in January, "10 Worst Innovation Mistakes in a Recession." It's easy to point out mistakes. It can be harder to indicate what you should be doing…
"Opportunities 2009" - the workforce of 2020!
I was the opening keynote speaker yesterday for Opportunities 2009, a conference in Ontario, Canada, that was focused on workplace trends to 2015. The keynote description went…
You need to have a relentless focus on growth -- RELENTLESS!
I was interviewed sometime last month by FoodProcessing.com - this was related to their discovery of the keynote I did for the Readers Digest / EveryDay with Rachel Ray team food…
When do you innovate?
The New Yorker has a great article out, "Hanging tough," about how some companies choose to ensure that they stay innovative in recessionary times. That's the theme I've been…
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