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25 Trends for 2025 (Can you imagine how different your future might be ten years from now?)
On January 3, 2025, Jim wrote a post that looks at the accuracy - and lack thereof - of the 25 predictions he made in this post in 2014 about the year 2025. Read it here. At this…
Are you suffering from 'Aggressive Indecision?'
Here's one from the vaults -- from a keynote for SAP way back in 2003! Lots of organizations still suffering from this dread disease 11 years later! C'mon folks - make a decision!…
10 Questions to Assess Your Future Readiness!
Are you in the right frame of mind to cope with the future? Are you really ready? Here's a few questions you can challenge yourself with: Are your prepared for hyper-innovation…
Video: "A blistering page of innovation..."
Back in June, I was invited to open The BigM, a major manufacturing conference held in Detroit; I followed President Obama's Treasury Secretary, Penny Pritzker on stage. There…
FutureVision’s Day-One Visionaries: Carroll, Thompson, Stone
A week ago, I had the pleasure to open the FutureVision, "an invitation-only event designed for the industry’s retail leaders, is an exclusive relationship-building event packed…
Trend : The impact of crowdfunding / crowdsourcing on R&D
GE is running an article, A Fresh Perspective from Many Minds, that explores the impact of crowdfunding on the world of R&D. I've long been pointing out that such efforts are…
Article: "Will You Be Ranching Like The Jetsons In 10 Years?"
I recently spoke at the Cattle Feeders Business Summit in Denver. Turns out the folks at Beef Magazine were in the audience, and here's their report on my keynote! ----- Will You…
Wall Street Journal Production: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast!
Back at the end of March, I worked on a custom video project with the Wall Street Journal Custom Digital Studios Team on behalf of CapitolOne; it involved a small, invitation only…
Whoah! Dude! What Happened?
Ask yourself this question: do you work in an organization that just simply doesn't get it? Who is oblivious, blind, completely unaware of just how much business model change is…
Two Types of Farmers: What We Can Learn from the World's Oldest Profession!
Caught your attention, didn't I, and you obviously want to point something out to me! But now that I have your attention, think about the honorable profession of farming -- it's…
"Some people see a trend and see a threat - Innovators see the same trend, and see opportunity"
A quick clip focused on 'the velocity of change .... based on one of the best phrases that I think frames the mindset of those who are relentlessly focused on the opportunity for…
"Business Mantra for the Future ... Think Fast. Act Faster!"
Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for 2014 Ameriquest National Symposium, speaking about trends related to transportation, infrastructure, fleet management…
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