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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…

Late last year,I was asked to give a speech in Atlanta to AIMD (American Institute for the Managing Diversity).  Given the work with Hacking Autism,…

During my recent trip to Denver, I stopped by Starto TV for a discussion on innovation, culture and mentors.  The interview is in the second half…

Earlier this week, I was in Denver for a series of talks and book signings.  One of the key catalysts for me to come out…

Last Monday, I delivered the opening keynote to the Comptel 2012 show in San Francisco.  The objective of the keynote was to share with the…

Escape From Our Past
The problem that that many businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and would-be innovators suffer from is our inability escape from our past. Simply put, we…

Yesterday, I recorded two segments  for NBC’s Press:Here that will appear on Sunday, April 8th @ 9:00AM in SFO and then later on cable in New…

Innovation Competition
Its that time of year and the Veterans Affair (VA) has just announced their 2012 Innovation Competition.
This is the third year the VA has…

What is the secret to Apple’s innovation leadership?
In Silicon Valley, you can’t avoid the game of comparing every company to Apple. There is no…

What is your design inspiration?
Back in my architecture days, I would collect photo’s, rip pages out of architecture magazines and collect trinkets that provided…

Last Thursday I had the great pleasure of being the guest of John Hollar at the Computer History Museum for an hour-long discussion on Beyond the…

In the March issue of Harvard Business Review magazine, Julia Kirby (@JuliaKirby) wrote a review of Beyond The Obvious as part of a larger piece titled Are We…

Over the years, I’ve tried every combination of metrics you can think of when it comes to measuring the impact on an organization from their…

A few weeks past, I was interviewed by the hosts of the Deep Fried Bytes Podcast (Keith & Woody) on the topic of innovation.  The…

Over my career, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a number of CEO’s.  The general perception in the market is that CEO’s of…

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…

The book launch event for Beyond The Obvious is set for Thursday, February 16th at the Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA).
The event will begin…

Last week was CES and the hype machines where operating at full speed.  Ahead of the show, I posted a column over at Forbes on…

Just as in Hollywood, the book publishing industry has a process of reviewing new books and authors and then telling others what they think.  In…