innovation economy
Is STEM enough to win in the innovation economy?
Download Is_STEM_enough_to_make_innovators.mp3 Is STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) the answer to preparing our kids to be the innovators of the future? That’s the question I was recently asked during the Q&A session at the end of a speech. Based on
Improve your creativity or lose your job
The economy upon which companies and employees have built their future has changed. The creative economy requires that you improve your creativity or lose your job Just do a quick comparison of market capitalization to book value for public U.S. companies over the last two decades. There is a drama
Science Fiction Impact On Innovation
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 w
A different outlook on the economic downturn ….
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 decrea
Job Of The Future: Creativity Guru
As we move from the information/knowledge economy to the creative economy, a new category of jobs will need to be created. These new jobs will be critical to helping companies make the transition from the “old world” to the “new”. One such job of the future – creativity guru. For those of us who wa
