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The last several months have involved a tremendous number of unique, and exhilarating keynote presentations. Every once in a while I offer up a summary of what I’ve been doing, as it proves to be useful to potential clients who are exploring my services. It also will give you a sense of the tremendous range […]
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If you think the industry you operate in will look the same in 10 years, you’re wrong! Here’s a variety of video clips in which I put in perspective how various industries are being subjected to transformative change and disruption. Rethink your assumptions going forward into the future!
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I had an inquiry to see if I might be able to do a keynote on the future of food and food trends. Of course I can! Here’s a clip from when I was the opening keynote speaker for the International Dairy, Deli & Bakery conference – it’s a big event in the industry, with […]
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Here’s a keynote that will leave your audience members shaking in their boots at the same time they are ready to jump out of the gate and achieve great things! Two powerful, inspirational keynotes back to back — my message around “The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast,” and that of Larisa Yurkiw, global […]
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We live in interesting times, where an inane political debate makes it seem that with a wave of a magic wand, an entire industry can be transformed overnight. It won’t happen like that, folks. It will happen through constant innovation, big bold moves, skill set reinvention and challenging thinking that will – and already is […]
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Over at InsightReplay, a company which makes the systems for tracking sports in real time, a blog post from 2015 with my observations on the future of interactive sports! I post this today, because my predictions have certainly been right — the NFL is planning on embedding chips into footballs for the 2016 season! There’s […]
Read MoreA selection of video clips from keynotes around this topic. [smartslider3 slider=17] Get more on the category page for IoT!
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I have many speaker bureau business partners –agents around the world who book me into association or corporate events. One of these is Speaking.com, and a fellow named Mike Frick, who has booked me into many events in past years. They recently ran an interview with me around one of my key topics, “What Do […]
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I’m featured in the July/August issue of AgriSuccess, the national publication of the Farm Credit Coop of Canada. You can read the article below, or access the PDF through the image. Sadly, they printed only a small part of the interview! I dug into my e-mail archive, and so you’ll find the ‘missing bits’ after […]
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Here’s a clip from a keynote I did for GE — what is the real impact and potential of the Internet of Things (#iOT)?
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#thkpgapro — Video from my keynote for the PGA of America Merchandise Show: where I thank 3 key PGA Pros in my life! It’s the 100th anniversary of the PGA of America, and they are running a campaign to encourage people to thank the PGA Pros in their life. In this clip, I’m going on […]
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Volvo / Mac Trucks has now had me in twice to keynote major leadership meetings. These talks have focused on the future of transportation/trucking/automotive sector. My message is resonating — I was just booked by Honda USA….! Here’s a clip from one of the sessions: I’m speaking about accelerating change in the industry, and getting […]
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I’ve written another article for the global GE Reports publication : you can find it online here. The U.S. and other countries are doomed by tremendous water usage and leaky infrastructure. But a thirst for innovative solutions is leading entrepreneurs and communities to rethink ways to use everyday wastewater. Let’s talk about water. There are […]
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A quick video clip from my keynote for QAD 2016 in Chicago.
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Here’s a promo clip I just filmed for my upcoming keynote at EdNET 2016 in Dallas. When we think about the future of education, we need to think about the careers that the kids of today will be working in. Many of those careers don’t exist. Let’s hear what think about that! The kids understand […]
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What do you need to be thinking about now when it comes to skills issues? Read my PDF here or by clicking on the image.
Read MoreAre wearables about to disappear, and become a ‘technology from the olden days?’ They might as smart clothing comes to dominate our world of movement and fitness tracking in the coming time. Over the years, I’ve had regular discussions with my personal trainer about the exercise routines she has been trying to get me to […]
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The popular buzz is that manufacturing in North America is dead, dying, or in a continual state of decline. Politicians seem to want to wave a magic wand and ‘fix everything.’ That being said, the sector has already done a remarkable job in reinventing itself for a new world of digitization, changing business models, changes to process […]
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I’ve been doing keynotes on the future of healthcare for over 15 years. Much of what I’ve focused on has involved the technological, scientific and other real trends (i.e. non-political) that will provide for transformation of a very complex system. This includes the acceleration of genomic medicine, and the transition to a system in which […]
Read MoreSixty five percent of the children who are in pre-school today will work in a job or career that doesn’t yet exist. Half of what students learn in their first year at college is obsolete or revised—by the time they graduate. Fifty percent of the U.S. gross domestic product will be taken up by training […]
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Every industry is set to be transformed as an era of hyper connectivity becomes the new norm. The result? Massive business model disruption; the rapid emergence of new competitors; industries in which customers empowered with mobile devices control a wide variety of devices that are a part of their daily lives; unique opportunities for deep […]
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There’s a lot of hype about the “Internet of Things.” What does it really mean? Here’s a video clip that puts it in perspective in terms of the future of golf! The big issue with the iOT is that it shifts the speed of innovation in every single industry to the velocity of Silicon Valley. This […]
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The other day, I did a talk for a small group of senior HR representatives for a variety of Fortune 500 companies — including Owens Corning, Whirlpool, Eli Lilly, Goodyear, Proctor & Gamble, AT&T, Raytheon, Boeing and more. My focus was on the future trends that are reshaping business — and what this would mean […]
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Today my oldest son, who just finished his degree in Physical Geography with a minor in Geomatics, starts a job working in his field — that of location intelligence! He’ll be busy working with mapping technology, particularly ArcGIS from ESRI, in areas involving new abilities for deep insight into big issues. Quite simply, once we […]
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