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Location Intelligence and the Future of Recreation!
Here I am speaking to an audience of 4,000 at the National Recreation and Parks Association Congress in Salt Lake City - a keynote in which I challenge recreation professionals to…
Keynote: Toronto to Sydney, live and interactive via fiber optic
Earlier this week, I spoke to a group of executives for a financial institution in Sydney, Australia, live via a fibre optic link -- a distance of almost 10,000 miles (or 15,000…
Regions that rock: and how quickly Dubai lost it's image!
Back in the spring, when the entire world was caught up in the midst of global economic doom, I had a long conversation with a Dubai-based journalist. He was seeking my insight…
Report: The future of education
Earlier this year, I was invited to keynote a conference of leading US higher educators and academics at the College Board Colloquium. This is one of the leading educational…
Reinventing the future with transformative technology!
We live in transformative times. The sad fact is, many are unaware of that fact, and as a result, are missing out for opportunities for innovation. Bill Gates once observed that…
The importance of innovation in the era of the "new normal"
The CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce recently caught the essence of the state of our "new normal", when he observed that we're in the midst of "this move from a really bad…
Today's jobless recovery was predicted in 1987
Way back in 1987, I was immersed in many of the early networking technologies which would one day form the Internet. I was convinced that we were at the edge of a transformative…
How future ready is your organization?
How do you prepare people for the future, if they have no interest in it? That might seem an interesting question, but I've come to the conclusion, after dealing with hundreds of…
Five Big Trends!
From the vaults...
What do innovative organizations do?
Here's a quick little rap on what innovators focus on: There's more on this line of thinking in the Innovation category of this blog. Enjoy!
The Future: Opportunity or Threat?
Here's a short video clip about the fast future, and a challenge as to how you think about the future. Which camp are you in?
Choosing Optimism and Innovation!
Here's another short video clip about the mindset that you can -- and should - carry forward as we continue to work our way through challenging economic times!
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