On Saturday, I gave a speech at Maker Fair 2010 on “Hacking The Future” where I talked on predicting the future through a variety of influences.  One that I shared was the role of science fiction. It’s staggering how much of what we do today is last generations science fiction!  Did you know: Suba was predicted in “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”...

This weeks podcast is a recording of a recent speech I gave titled “Practical Innovation Skills”. The underlying theme was on using creativity, innovation and ingenuity techniques to achieve ALL of your objectives – not just your work/professional objectives.  What do I mean by objectives? ob·jec·tive  [uhb-jek-tiv] - something that one’s...

  With the recent economic downturn, the world is changing.  More and more people are waking up to the new reality that they don’t understand the fundamentals of the new economy.  What drives share price?  What has changed? What makes up share price?  Over the last twenty years, we have seen the decreasing role of book value (machinery,...

Segment 1: Career advice for the creative/innovation economy Find mentors: Look for different mentor/apprenticeships over your career to gain different skills/perspecive. Find and feed your passion:  With passion, your sucess is all but gaurenteed Change jobs/change industries:  Don’t get stuck in the same role.  Change roles and expand your...

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...