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...

Last week, I gave a keynote speech at Edelman’s Leadership event in Chicago.  Once a year, the company brings together the top ~100 executives from around the world.  Richard Edelman asked me to present a talk at lunch about the “future of technology”.  I took some liberty with the topic and focused on the needed skill of “planning for the future”....

We are a race of innovators – born to use our imagination to create not only solutions to our most pressing problems (polio vaccine) but to also create the fun in our lives (pet rocks).   We only have to look as far as our kids to rediscover that fundamental draw to use our imagination to create something out of nothing.  Children are naturally superb innovators....

As a result of the twitter feed of killer questions, I’ve received a number of emails asking about the background on the killer questions.  Since it seems like of a topic of interest, I thought I would give you some insight into how they came about …   Is there really a physical deck of killer questions? Yes – there really is a killer question card deck....

A few weeks back, I went to the San Jose Tech Museum to check out a visiting exhibit on Leonardo De Vinci.  One part the exhibit that really hit home was his passion for documenting his ideas and insights in an extensive set of notebooks. Leonard filled dozens on notebooks, large and small with notes and drawings that record a half-century of projects, and experiments...

I recently purchased a car as part of my relocation to California.  For the last few months, my son Logan has been with me and I needed a way for him to get around.  Before I jump into the brand and make, you need to understand a few family histories.  First:  my father (Bill) and father-in-law’s (Dennis) career were tightly linked to the steel...