3 Reasons Why Moonshots Make You More Innovative.
The Most Disruptive Innovation Can Start With Zero Demand We hear a lot about profitability and ROI in my business – some of my clients innovation groups need to continually justify their…
May 6, 20183 reasons augmented reality will change the game
Okay, call me a futurist but I am really excited about where augmented reality is headed. As with many things, the imagined applications of it are endless, but first it’s got to…
October 23, 2017How to distinguish “Disruptive” from “Impractical”
Futurists are usually right, at the wrong time. The thing about true innovation, is almost everything is an expansion on an older idea. It isn’t until time and technology converge at that…
October 17, 2017Forget Money! Work On Denting The Universe First
Are You Just Grabbing For Cash – Or Are You Denting The Universe? “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” —Steve Jobs No doubt you’ve…
November 22, 2016How To Apply Silicon Valley Thinking To Your Company
Silicon Valley Is A State of Mind, Not A Place I’ve been through a lot of economic ups and downs in the Bay Area and it’s always been very interesting to me the…
June 28, 2016Siri Opens Up, Apple Plays Catch Up, Microsoft Buys LinkedIn
Apple Finally Opens Siri Up (aka Apple Plays Catch-Up) and Microsoft Buys LinkedIn This week’s big news in the tech world is Microsoft gobbles up “business network” LinkedIn for $26B in cash,…
June 14, 2016Is Google Now a Fast Follower?
Maybe Google has been a fast follower all along? I look forward every year to the new stuff coming out of Google’s, Apple’s, and Facebook’s conferences with a lot of interest as…
May 19, 2016Viv Kicks Off The Chat Bot Wars
Will Bots Make It Easier or Harder to Be Visible? Viv, a new audio AI chatbot from Siri’s founders, debuted yesterday at Disrupt NY. While the audio recognition was interesting, it wasn’t…
May 10, 2016Do We Really Need Innovation?
Innovation. Who really needs it? Thinking a bit more about my last post on Apple and its massive success despite its lack of innovation, also known as “making something bigger or smaller…
September 15, 2015Data Driving Freedom & Slavery
Will Big Data Free Us Or Enslave Us? In two of the top stories this week, we heard about the “dating apocalypse” which apps like Tinder have facilitated, and the seemingly relentless…
August 18, 2015