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Disruption & Acceleration · 2013
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What My 2013 Means for YOUR 2020!
It's been an incredible run! 2013 proved to be another fun year with a number of keynote presentations and workshops, once again in a vast number of different industries. Usually…
George Jetson, Spock and NASA : When Science Fiction Accelerates
Here's a video clip from a recent keynote I did in Houston for a health care group. It's pretty self-explanatory, but helps to put into perspective how one aspect of the the…
Article from PlasticsToday: "Find three ideas that you can implement to help get your company out of a rut"
Plastics Today, Chicago, September 9 —The competitor who could threaten your company's livelihood or industry's relevance 10 years from now might not even exist today. That hard…
Article: "Medical Device Manufacturers, Be Prepared to Innovate"
Last week, I keynoted the Medical Design & Manufacturing Show in Chicago, with a focus on both the future of health care and manufacturing technology. The folks over at DesignNews…
How will golf deal with the arrival of drones?
I'm back to work. Pulling together the final slide deck for an upcoming keynote. It's pretty obvious to me that when someone is house hunting 5 years from now, they'll be able to…
Trend Video: The Car of the Future!
Here's an interview that was done after I keynoted a recent conference of automotive dealers. Key theme? As I wrote in a previous blog post, "quite simply, the pace, control and…
The "tinkering economy," global growth and why the Mark 2 Hovercraft matters!
I'm often writing and speaking about real trends that matter. Not fads, or social-media driven hot-Youtube videos. Real, substantive trends which will provide for long term…
My keynote @ NASA Goddard Space Center
(This is a long post. Trust me, it's worth it, with lots of fascinating photos from magazines in the 1920's and 1930's. Credit needs to be given to my wife Christa and son Willie…
"Are You Ready for a 'Fast Future?"
Last week, I was the keynote speaker for the Medical Device and Manufacturing event in Philadelphia. I'll be doing two more in the fall -- one in Chicago and the other in San…
Video: The new face of manufacturing
Earlier this week spoke at the Atlantic Design and Manufacturing show in Philadelphia (it was also combined with several other conferences including the annual Medical Device and…
NASA Goddard Space Center
Jim was invited to share his thoughts on the future, and opportunities for innovation, e with their top scientists and management, speaking to and sharing his insight with the…
"My kids will never know a sky without the Space Station"
I am honoured that on Monday, I will be able to share some of my insight with the folks at NASA's Goddard Space Center. 10 years ago, I wrote a blog post about "10 things that my…
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