The Masters in Business Imagination Degree!
With a lot of university graduations and commencements, it might be a good moment and pause to think about a degree that colleges and universities should be offering…
Change · Creativity & Imagination
Careers End - CNN's cluelessness on the jobless recovery
This is a long post. Way back in 1997, I wrote a book called "Surviving the Information Age." It's now out of print, but a few copies are still at Amazon. The book took…
Human Capital
What do innovative companies do that other companies don't do?
Innovative organizations focus upon the concept of agility: they can manage fast change, new risk, business market turmoil, staffing challenges, and market…
How to be Innovative
Understanding 21st century capital .... and why Sony doesn't have it....
In light of some recent criticism of criticism I've made of media companies, I thought it best to roll this posting from last December forward. In the 20th century…
Branding & Marketing · Megatrends
The Masters in Business Imagination (MBI) Manifesto
Enough already! Complacency in a time of rapid, disruptive change can be a death sentence – not only for organizations, but for the careers and skills of those who work…
Education · Megatrends
What comes next?
Straight from Dallas and on to Ontario -- I'll be talking later in the week on the theme, "What comes next?" -- taking a look at trends involving hyper competition -…
Keynotes & Events · Megatrends
"Innovation in schools" keynote
It's been confirmed that I will be keynoting the Network of Innovative Schools conference in Calgary, AB in October. My approach to the issue of innovation in education…
Education · Innovation
Later this week - a career planning workshop
I'll be helping to launch a career development program for Rogers Communications. The program will be designed to "help people determine where they want to go in their…
Change · Keynotes & Events
Things businesses should think about
From The Observer (Sarnia), Jan 17/2003 -- they picked up on my "predictions for the future article:" "1. The return of the future - for some: We will see a big…
Think Big (Innovation Strategy)