A few weeks back, I gave a speech at one of the Standford Breakfast Briefings.  The topic was on “Garage Based Innovation” with the emphasis being on the personal ability to innovate.  Some of the items covered included: The Rule Of The Garage The Challenges Of Innovation (Innovation Gap and the Innovate Delay) Knowledge Is A Comodity Creativity Is Not...

What is shocking to me is how many people don’t think of themselves as being creative.  Whenever I give a speech, I ask the audience if they consider themselves as creative.  On average, about 1/3 raise their hands which means 2/3 of the audience self classify themselves as non-creative. I’m a believer that everyone is creative and that you are creative...

Dateline: New York City, NY (on September 11, 2006) Segment 1: Speech at Reuters  Trends Things are changingThere is a transition to a new economy Industrial Economy … moved to …. Knowledge/Information Economy … moving to … Creative/Innovation Economy .. is coming …. The transition will impact you business and your career Key Enablers Education/skilled...