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Trends & Megatrends · 2007
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What Comes Next? An Outlook into 2008 and Beyond
As we end the year and start a new one, it's a good time to be thinking about some of the trends and issues which will impact us in the future. Take a look at my newly released…
When thermostats get connected .....
MSN Sympatico, in partnership with Cisco, has launched a new business portal in which I'm featured. I'll be offering up my thoughts, in the form of articles and video clips…
Making generations work - Cardboard people and plasma people
Can you innovate across the generations? If you can't -- then you've got a big problem to fix! I do a tremendous number of keynotes that focus on the issue of "managing…
Health care trends and innovation
I was the opening keynote speaker yesterday in Dallas for a get-together of the Strategic Marketplace Initiative. This is a group that represents a variety of health care…
Future trend - The Future of Governance
I was in Colorado Springs yesterday, as the opening keynote of the Leadership Institute for Directors for FCCServices -- they're the business services arm of the US federal Farm…
Update: The Google Car
The nice thing about being a futurist is that you're right -- much of the time! Back in 2002 or 2003, I started talking about the concept of the GoogleCar while on stage; my…
10 Reasons why innovation matters for small business
Small business organizations often think that "innovation" is some deep, mysterious capability best left to big organizations. That's not true -- as the engines of the economy…
New article: Don't mess with my powder, dude!
Earlier this year, I wrote the Foreword for the book, The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World. It was titled, "Don't Mess with My Powder…
Future trends - Of groundhogs, criminals and hackers
One of my recent, regular columns for a financial publication, managed to link together the issue of groundhogs (in my backyard), with the future of policing and financial crime…
Major trend - the future of the organization
Take a look at this kid. He's your next employee. How are you going to recruit, retain, manage, interest, and amuse this fellow? What's your workforce going to look like in 2012…
Quality, skills and the high-velocity economy
Back in May, I keynoted the World Congress on Quality / American Society for Quality, a fairly massive conference with about 3,000 attendees. I focused, as I often do, on the need…
Innovation in the global energy industry
I spent a half day last week with the CEO and senior management team of a large global energy company. They engaged me to provide them with insight on the trends which will impact…
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