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10 Reasons why innovation matters for small business
Small business organizations often think that "innovation" is some deep, mysterious capability best left to big organizations. That's not true -- as the engines of the economy…
Speakers 2.0 - The Evolution of the Speaking Industry
The business of speaking has evolved dramatically in the last five years -- have you noticed? It used to be event planners would spend quite a bit of time planning for next years…
New article: Don't mess with my powder, dude!
Earlier this year, I wrote the Foreword for the book, The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World. It was titled, "Don't Mess with My Powder…
New book release: Ready, Set, Done: How To Innovate When Faster is the New Fast
My new book, Ready, Set, Done: How To Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, is now available in print. You can purchase it directly through this site, with immediate shipping. In…
Future trends - Of groundhogs, criminals and hackers
One of my recent, regular columns for a financial publication, managed to link together the issue of groundhogs (in my backyard), with the future of policing and financial crime…
Major trend - the future of the organization
Take a look at this kid. He's your next employee. How are you going to recruit, retain, manage, interest, and amuse this fellow? What's your workforce going to look like in 2012…
"He prowled the stage like a preacher"
An interesting article in InformationWeek, covering my Sunday night keynote for the Society for Information Managementa annual conference in Memphis. First time I ever had to…
The disappearance of change management?
I'm off today to Montreal, to keynote the 2007 International Financial Leaders Forum. This is a gathering of several hundred senior financial leaders from throughout the private…
Quality, skills and the high-velocity economy
Back in May, I keynoted the World Congress on Quality / American Society for Quality, a fairly massive conference with about 3,000 attendees. I focused, as I often do, on the need…
With all due respect to Web 2.0, what's really important at a strategic level?
In the last few weeks, I've had several high-level sessions with the CEO and management team of a major construction company, as well as with the senior management team and…
Groundhogs, innovation, and the end of summer
I'm back at work, although when you work at home, you never truly leave it. There were two keynotes during the summer, the Destination Marketing Association International, and the…
Ready, Set, Done: Jim Carroll's latest book
We've got a cover, and have the first draft of my newest book in for design/edit. Titled Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast takes a look at the factors…
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