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#skills · 2017
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Trend: Security, Scams, and Avoidable Negligence!
Beneath the surface of normalcy lies a hidden layer of complexity. And the fact is, we are building a big, global, complicated machine, and it's obvious that people don't know how…
Yes, I speak the language of 'global!'
A question came in from a potential client last night, and after writing a long answer, I thought it was probably a good idea to blog it and place the answer on my site! The…
Trend Keynote: There's More to Disruption Than You Think There Is!
Disruption is real, it's big, and it's happening faster than you think. My job as a futurist has me doing an increasing number of CEO level events for Fortune 500 companies around…
Article: The Fabricator - "A look into the future of manufacturing"
Another article on a recent keynote I did on the future of manufacturing; in this case, from The Fabricator, the publication for the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association. A…
Article: Futurist Says "Fast & Furious" Changes Coming to Manufacturing
The folks at New Equipment Digest interviewed me a few weeks back for an article on manufacturing, ahead of a major keynote I had earlier this month. It's but one talk I do in…
What Nevada Learned from The Jetsons and the Flintstones: The Future of Economic Development
On stage, I have a little bit of fun pointing out that the cartoon below seems to summarize the state of the political situation in the US today. I used it a few weeks ago when I…
Article: The Future of Manufacturing is in Acceleration!
Companies that don't yet exist, will build products that are not yet conceived, based on ideas not yet invented, with manufacturing methodologies that have not yet been conceived…
Keynote: Thing Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption
I spent the morning yesterday with the Board of Directors of a multi-billion dollar credit union, taking a good hard look at the trends sweeping the financial services space. They…
Keynote @Nasscom2017: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption
I'm off to New York, where tomorrow I will be the closing speaker at Nasscom's inaugaural C-summit The National Association of Software and Services Companies is a trade…
Daily Inspiration: "Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly."
"Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly." Back in 2006, I keynoted the Society of Cable Telecom Engineers at their annual conference…
Keep Up with the Speed of Change: Future Trends in the Speaking Industry
I work with many of the world's leading bureaus, one of who is the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John…
Daily Inspiration: "Optimism is oxygen"
"Optimism is oxygen" - Futurist Jim Carroll Supertramp -- a band from the 80's -- had a minor hit with the song "On the Long Way Home," which featured the memorable line, the…
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