It is a wise policy, if you are a highly paid speaker, to be as accurate as possible when predicting the next big things. Every once in a while, I will make a big deal out of a new concept that will be coming, and I miss-time it. For the [...]
Being the kind of person that is forced to think big thoughts for a living, I am always on the hunt for new things to learn. It is a knowledge economy after all so the smart people win and I like to win. This is actually one of the things [...]
I am sitting at an airport in the American Airlines Admiral club. I just wanted you to have the picture in your head so you understand where I am coming from. I am getting more work done here than I do from about anywhere else. It Is Friday night around [...]
One of the problems with wading through an explosion of new technologies is the issue of trying to put it all on context. I never stop thinking about what the unifying theories might be that will help clients and audience members to focus on what will bring the quick and [...]
Every morning I scan through my personal river of information so I can grab the pieces that might be helpful to me, or to my clients. As I looked today, I reviewed the Google site Demoslam which pits software applications against one another. […]
I read with interest every article I can find on companies that are struggling to value the ROI of social technologies. Many of these complain about how hard it is, while others swear by solid sales gain analytics. I am now becoming more and more motivated to roll my eyes [...]
I had the occasion to work with Biz Stone, one of the founders Twitter yesterday and it is always fascinating to meet the people behind new innovations and hear the stories. The reason for this meeting was Biz coming to speak to 20 CIO’s from large companies at the behest of [...]
Leaders, by the definition of the word, should be out in front of their charges guiding them as to the next move to make, or the next place to go. But what happens when leaders fail to lead? What happens when they choose to not even take a stand on [...]
I have been talking about the concept behind this site for some time. Those of us the stare at the future have long known that we would one day have a rating site of individuals that carries some weight. I am not sure the Honestly.com will be the winner, but [...]
One of the comments I hear over and over when giving presentations is that people know they should invest more time in learning about new technology tools, and simply have not done it. They shake their head in resignation as if I will somehow make them feel better – or [...]