Speeches
These essays cover my speeches over the years. Some will have videos or audio attached. I have spoken about innovation, product development, technology trends, and leadership. My speeches focus on helping to inspire others to think differently and imagine the future. Each speech gives valuable insights into my career, thoughts, and experiences. I hope these essays give readers a richer understanding of me and my work.
How to innovate in spite of the corporate antibodies (Video)
I recently gave a talk at the Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference. The format was a “fireside chat” where I was asked to comment on the challenges of innovating inside a large organization, how to create an innovation culture and what tools and tricks have I uncovered over my car
What does 10 years in the future look like?
Below are the slides from a speech I recently gave where I discussed the innovations that will define the landscape over the next 10 years. The world continues to undergo radical change, and it is important to understand the challenges that will arise and how businesses and consumers prepare for the
Video of “March On Wireless” Panel At The Churchill Club
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 Klein, VP Technology Planning, Nokia The moderator for the panel was Don Clark, San Francisco Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Str
Moderating The Plato@50 Innovations In Hardware Session at Computer History Museum (CHM)
I was recently requested by the Computer History Museum to moderate a session on Plato Hardware that was part of a two day event celebrating the 50 year aniversary of Plato. If you asking “what is Plato?” then you are missing a key … Around 1959 Chalmers Sherwin, a physicist at the University of Il
Slides From “Garage Based Innovation” Speech At Stanford
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 on the personal ability to innovate.
Slides For “Predicting The Future: Answers Versus Questions” Speech
Last week, I gave a keynote speech at Edelman’s Leadership event in Chicago. The company brings together the top ~100 executives from around the world once a year. Richard Edelman asked me to present a talk at lunch about the “future of technology”. I took some liberty with the topic and focused on
Video of “Hacking The Future” Speech
The video of the “Hacking The Future” speech I gave at Maker Faire 2010 has been posted over at Fora.tv. The foundation for the speech is the precept that the world in changing at an ever increasing pace. To ensure we, as a civilization, are prepared for this changing future, we need to spend […]
CIO’s Role In Innovation – Stirring Up Creativity At The Core (Video)
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 of the CIO job. Below is the link to a video of some of my thoughts on how IT and the CIO can play a key role in driving the innovation agenda within their organizat
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
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 […]