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Its that time of year where I start to get the emails asking about possible intern opportunities for those interesting in learning all they can…

Yesterday I got an email from my publisher (Hyperion) with an attachment   When I opened the attachment, I saw that Beyond The Obvious had been named…

I need your help to give away $20,000 before December 31st.
As I look back on my career, there is no way I can pay…

The upcoming issue of The World Financial Review has reprinted Chapter 1 from my book Beyond The Obvious titled “Why Questions Matter?”.
The core message of the…

I came across today’s post over at Canon Blogger about my book and how he took a unique twist of my “what’s half of thirteen” question…

A year ago I was supposed to deliver a keynote at Linuxcon but had to send a replacement as I was still out on medical…

The }getabstract for Beyond The Obvious has been released.  In the nutshell, they summarize the book down to:
{ A method to the madness of innovation…

It was announced earlier today that I will be joining CableLabs as the next President and CEO effective June 1.  The press release is below.…

Yes — I’m going to sea in 2013.  I’ve been asked to extend my mentorship of entrepreneurs beyond the Unreasonable Institute to the new effort - Unreasonable at…

Before the launch of the book, foreign language translations of Beyond The Obvious were negotiated with publishers in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil.
Yesterday I…

Sir Tim Berners-Lee
This weeks podcast is an interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, that occurred during the recent Web…

Earlier today, I announced that I will be retiring from HP.
This is not the traditional retirement.  I’m not planning on spending my days playing…

One of the challenges for creating a culture of innovation within an organization is the ability to get along with others.  Innovation is about constant…

Over the years of being in the innovation space, I’ve discovered a set of laws by trial and error.  Needless to say, I have the…

Below are 10 quotes from Bill Hewlett and David Packard that I use as a periodic kick in the pants.
1. The greatest success goes…

When posed with a major (big) innovation effort, why do some people freeze?  Is it the size that intimidates them?  Yes in a way.  But…

Culture of Innovation
Culture is one of those things that is hard to quantify.  When I ask executives about their culture, they are confident that…

With this morning’s announcement that Kodak would seek bankruptcy protection, I reflected back on how and why it reached this point.  In my opinion, Kodak…

It was announced earlier today that I will be joining CableLabs as the next President and CEO effective June 1.  The press release is below.…

The key foundation for an innovation culture is what I call the “core attributes”.  Core attributes are those attributes the organization holds which form the foundation…