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With success comes complacency. With complacency comes letting your guard down. That’s when others will out innovate you. Why do…

The response to the original post of three interesting innovation contests was so positive, I’ve decided to start collecting contests and then posting them on…

The Gray Wave (% of the population over 65) is coming.  To put this in perspective – worldwide, the elderly (age 65 and older) represented…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

For this week’s podcast, I’m turning the tables on reporters. Usually, I’m the one getting interviewed by the press. But for this weeks podcast, I…

With the recent rash of movies like Avatar, moviegoers are gaining a new love for everything 3D.  As a result, theaters are enjoying a positive impact to…

You may not realize it, but the work of Bob Metcalfe affects many aspects of your life. Whether it’s how you collaborate with co-workers, share…

I’ve been asked (more like challenged) to create a dozen or so killer questions that could be used by teachers, schools, districts, state education agencies,…

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…

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…

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With all of the excitement around 3D (Avatar, UP, Monsters Versus Aliens, etc) , the key driver for the future success of the media is in expanding

Since the beginning of time, it’s been entrepreneurs that drive the creation of innovation.  True breakthroughs have been the result of an individual or small…

Update 1/24/2010: Full transcript now available
This podcast is made possible by support from thenextbench.com and the Heritage of Innovation interview series.
This weeks interview…

During a recent meeting I attended with educators and government officials, I shared my frustration with the “output” of the current educational system.   In…

The long anticipated release of Chuck House’s book on HP (HP Phenomenon - Innovation and Business Transformation) has finally arrived and Chuck was so kind as to…

Sir Tim Berners-Lee
This weeks podcast is an interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, that occurred during the recent Web…