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No Matter What You Believe – You Are Creative!
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.
Walking Around With Forbes at CES
During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), I’m busy with meetings and press interviews the first few days of the show so I reserve Saturday to get out and see what others are showing. This year, Brian Caulfield asked if he and a video crew from Forbes could join me for the first hour of my […]
What is the role of government to encourage small business innovation?
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 team who had an idea and the determination to see it through to fruition. In many cases, ignoring the advice of friends and the lack of what
US vs China Parents – What skills do children need to be innovative?
During a recent meeting I attended with educators and government officials, I shared my frustration with the “output” of the current educational system. In my opinion, we optimized the system to produce graduates with deep technical skills and the ability to take tests. One competency that I see mis
Stupid Wins In The Game Of Innovation
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 so rediscover that fundamental draw to use our imagination to create somet
Slides From The Keynote At The Open Innovation Summit
Below are the slides I used during my keynote this morning at the Open Innovation Summit in Orlando. The topic was “How to Win In The Creative Economy” and touched on: The transtion we are experiencing from the knowledge economy to the creative economy The challenges of innovation (corporate anti-b
London Interviews – Future Predictions
A few weeks back, I was in London for press interviews and customer meetings. The press interviews were with The Daily Telegraph, The Inquirer, Computing, Reuters and a podcast with The Guardian.
Yes, I am a Eagle Scout (Forbes video) . . .
During a previous interview session I did with Kym McNicholas at Forbes, I mentioned that we had to be done at a specific time as I had to take my Boy Scout Troop on a campout that weekend.
100 Best Small Business Podcast List ….
Killer Innovations Podcast has been selected as one of the 2009 Best Small Biz Podcast … Thanks for the recognition. Its is appreciated.
There Really is a Killer Question Card Deck ….
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 …
