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Trends & Megatrends · 2005
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10 Great Words for 2006
Five years ago, I didn't know how to ski. Well, I had skiied a bit as a kid, but never really picked it up. Then my wife and I decided after 9/11 that skiing would be a wonderful…
My own top 10 blog posts
Here's a quick list of what I think were some of the best posts to this often sporadic blog through the year. Change: Deal with it: this little fellow still cracks me up. The…
10 Big Trends for Agriculture
Jim Carroll is widely recognized as one of the leading experts in the world on agricultural trends. His client list in extensive, including both agricultural associations and…
10 big trends for the legal profession
In the last few years, I've spoken to a variety of professional service firms, including many legal organizations -- including two of the largest national law firms in the US. In…
The future of media in the era of the infinite idea loop
Way back in 2002 -- doesn't that seem like a long time ago? -- I was asked to keynote a get together of the International Newspaper Marketing Association. The title of my talk?…
Fortune Magazine and the infinite idea loop
Fortune Magazine's Business Innovation blog linked to my "infinite idea loop" video clip, and the traffic has been pretty heavy from right around the world. They had this to say…
"It's in to be out!"
I'm doing a dinner talk tonite for a government group involved in managing recreation and camping parks throughout the province. It's my last event before Christmas break, at…
Seafood, farms and innovation!
Quick: what's the average number of fridges per 100 people in China today? If you guessed 82, you're right. And if you knew that there were but 29 per 100 in 1990, then you have…
I found the future in manure!!
On Monday, I'll be the luncheon keynote luncheon speaker at ICE - The Tech Conference in Edmonton. My topic? "I Found the Future in Manure: How to Capitalize on the Rapid…
"The concept of going to school for knowledge is kind of quaint..."
I'm quoted in the Toronto Star today with my observations on the future of knowledge, careers and work. Kind of provocative, but I really believe it to be true…
Health care trends
It was a week for health care. Yesterday I opened the annual American Society for Health Risk Management conference in San Antonio, taking a look at . As the session description…
Business trends for the future
There's been a lot of searching on my site for the list of the "10 big business trends for the future," so I thought I'd replay it here in a blog post. Low-cost domination: Every…
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