On Tuesday, I joined the Churchill Club panel “March On Wireless”.  The other participants included: Mike Bell VP, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel Hakan Eriksson, CTO, Ericsson Eric Klein, VP Technology Planning, Nokia The moderator for the panel was Don Clark, San Francisco Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal. The panel went on for ~90 minutes so...

Voting Deadline: Midnight, Friday August 27th Its that time of year again where SXSW posts the ideas for this years speaker/panel topics and asks for people to vote.  The panel that have been proposed for me to talk to is: Hacking The Future Can you predict what the future will look like in 5 to 10 years? Hacking the future requires the ability to dream, to visualize...

In a recent set of tweets, I commented on the growing number of innovation competitions.  A number of you responded by sending me a list of competitions that you found interesting.  If you have more competitions, post them as comments below or send them via email.  Given the challenges that are facing us as a society, getting the collective intelligence, creativity...

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...

I’ve been asked to join the Board of Directors for the Tech Museum.  If you can’t tell by now, my wife and I support educational institutions that help others understand, learn and apply technology and innovation.   In particular, the Tech Museum has a great program for school kids to come in an experience “labs” where they can get hands on experience...

The long awaited Creating Killer Innovations CD is finally here!  The CD has been two years in the making and I’m sure that many of you had given up that it would ever become a reality.  To “thank you” for you patience, I’ve arranged for a $5.00 discount on the CD for listeners of the podcast.  See how to take advantage of it below. Creating...

Many believe that the CIO’s role is to keep the IT “lights” on.  Given the I’m a former CIO, I understand and appreciate the challenges of the CIO job.  Below is the link to a video of some of my thoughts on how IT and the CIO can play a key role in driving the innovation agenda within their organization. Forbes.com video: CIO’s Lead In...

Just do a quick comparison of the market value to the book value for public U.S. companies over the last two decades and you will see the dramatic upward rise in value attributed to intangibles – ideas, innovations. In this new world, wealth creation is dependent upon the capacity of a nation to continually create ideas.  In short, a nation without a vibrant creative...

One of the constant challenges for an innovator is to prove the value of their work.  Many believe that innovation and creativity cannot be measured and therefore will always struggle with getting the respect it deserves within an organization. The perception that innovation impact cannot be measures is a myth.  At the same time, its not a slam dunk either.  The challenge...

Have you ever had the time when everything was clicking?  When you came up with the idea that later you wondered where it came from?  We all have … and then we search for ways to re-create that moment. In sports, athletes come up with all kinds of superstitions to “help” them win games such as not changing their lucky socks or always wearing the same...