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It’s been a fun week, with keynotes in Dallas and Napa Valley – one on the future of education, and the other involving the future of manufacturing. Yet my talks don’t just include keynote presentations — I’m often engaged to come in to small, intimate leadership meetings to help senior executives understand some of the […]
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What’s the future of construction? Residential and commercial buildings? We are seeing the rapid dominance of solar and wind infrastructure with battery storage technology; 3d printing in concrete; the arrival of new AI, robotic assembly processes. This organization underwrites the insurance for major construction projects, and so I was invited in for a keynote that […]
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Last week, I was the opening keynote speaker for a small insurance industry group — and had senior executives of quite a few major property & casualty and life insurance companies in the room. As always, I undertook an extensive amount of detailed research on the latest status of innovation within the industry. In addition, […]
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I’m about to head out the door to Amelia Island, Florida, where tomorrow morning I will do a talk for a small group of senior executives from the insurance industry — both property & casualty as well as life insurance companies. I’m thinking its going to be a great talk — built around the theme, […]
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Is your community positioned for success in the era of autonomous vehicle technology? Are you thinking about this from an economic development perspective? It’s a valid question, and one that I’ve been addressing for a number of years. I covered this issue in a keynote for 2,000 mayors and elected officials when I was the […]
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What are the big issues that organizations need to be focused on? Think about three simple words: transformation, acceleration, and collaboration. That’s been the focus of a number of CEO-level keynotes I’ve done. A good example was a dinner keynote I did for key clients of BASF, a global chemicals company, in San Antonio, […]
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Innovation is a mindset. Do you have what it takes? Here’s a few simple thoughts on how to get out of your innovation rut! Reward failure, and tone down the “I told-you-so’s” Too many people think when times are volatile, that it’s not a good time to focus on big ideas. Not true! Consider history: many […]
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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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There’s a lot of uncertainty with folks out there today, given political volatility, economic uncertainty, rapid business and industry change … and so there are a lot of mindsets that are challenged. What’s your perspective? Is the future full of opportunity, or is it a threat? Watch this!
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#brexit #uselection #economicmeltdown Suddenly, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the world. Senior executives who are focused on trying to move their organizations are discovering that aggressive indecision has set in. What should you do? Here’s some video guidance for your innovation soul! [smartslider3 slider=18]
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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.
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There are people in every organization who, when they wake up in the morning, think “what am I going to do today to kill great ideas?” Are you suffering from organizational sclerosis? Watch this!
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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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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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An article from Meetings.Net on a recent keynote I did in Orlando…. DigitalNow’s creative Collaboration Sessions engaged the keynoter speakers with the audience in ways that felt fresh and unscripted. Some 250 association executives and technology experts who gathered at the Hyatt Regency Orlando last week for digitalNow experienced a creative approach to the traditional […]
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Over on the CPA Success Blog at the Business Learning Institute, there’s a good article on the future of knowledge and careers. It’s based on a keynote I did for the DigitalNow 2016 conference, in which I spoke to 300 association executives on future trends affecting their organizations. Want to stay relevant? Learn for a […]
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This leading hi-tech organization booked Jim to headline key customer events in 3 cities, all part of its’ sponsorship of various PGA Tour events, including the Byron Nelson Classic. Invited guests included the CIO’s and other senior executives of Fortune 1000 companies in the manufacturing, retail, CPG, healthcare, transportation, supply chain and logistics industries, among […]
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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 occurring out there? Here’s the thing — there are three types of people in the world: those who make things happen those who watch things […]
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The International Manufacturing Technology Show is one of the largest manufacturing conferences in the world. I was invited to lead a panel discussion focused on how the industry has reinvented itself through innovation. It’s a quick, short clip that puts into perspective why manufacturing is leading the way in innovation.
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In August, I had the pleasure of attended the WorldSkills 2015 competition in Sao Paolo Brazil, and opening the associated leadership forum with senior executives, educators and government officials from around the world. WorldSkills? You haven’t heard of it? I came away convinced that it is one of the most important, and yet ‘under-the-radar’ global […]
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In many of my keynotes focused on future trends and the necessity for constant, fast innovation, I often speak about the massive transformation occurring in most industries as the result of the acceleration of business models through technology. Just consider the impact of Apple Pay, which speeds up the pace of change in the credit card […]
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Here’s a video clip from my recent keynote for the Sporting & Fitness Industry Association Leadership Summit in New Orleans; it’s from my intro where I’m speaking about how predictions from the future — involving the Jetson’s and more! — are becoming real, much faster. It’s a great clip, and will challenge you to think […]
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As a popular keynote speaker with a focus on future trends and innovation, I’m often called upon to deliver a talk that focuses on some very unique or current issues. This post will give you a sense of the types of events that I am being booked into today. There are several key trends that continue […]
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