How Do You Improve Your Creative Mojo?
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 ch
Sundance and 3D (Updated with video)
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 the development of good 3D content. Because of the newness of the media, there is the need to share the lessons learned, techniques and technologies to
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
Interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Download KI_20091210_Interview_With_Sir_Tim_Berners-Lee.mp3 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 2.0 conference in San Francisco. The interview covered a wide range
Tim Berners-Lee - Inventor of the Web
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He founded and Directs the World Wide Consortium (W3C) the forum for technical development of the Web. He founded the Web Foundation whose mission is that the WWW serves Humanity, and co-founded the Open Data Institute in London. His
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
