Here's a clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I'm challenging the audience to think about the issue of maintaining brand relevance, in the era in which customers increasingly influence the perception of brands through social networking tools. The key challenge today is preventing a brand from be...

On December 8th, the 4th annual World HealthCare Innovation and Technology Conference 2008 will open in Washington, DC. The afternoon keynote address, by Newt Gingrich, former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, is built on the theme of "Innovation, Technology and Competition: Transitioning to a...

You and I know that the headline on the left is going to run in newspapers and mainstream media one day. The BIG question is when. So what are the trends that will drive future growth? Off the top of my head, there are several: growth markets will continue to emerge. Back in the 19th century, the he...

?I'm in Vancouver, about to deliver a keynote to a global professional services firm, with the working title, "Extreme Skills Specialization: What Comes Next with Global Talent, Global Organizations?" The working description goes like this: "The future of every career is either extremely specialized...

I'm in Milwaukee today, speaking at a private group of manufacturers from across the country, who work within a particular industry. The theme, to a broad degree, is the future of manufacturing in the US. I'm covering a huge variety of trends and issues, but two notable themes stand out: manufacturi...

Over the last several months, I've been incorporating some live text message polling into my onstage presentations. Yesterday, at an insurance industry conference, I put up a quick poll, and gave the audience three minutes to text message their answers in. It's quite a bit of fun, because the result...

My blog post of a few weeks ago caught the attention of the folks at the Canadian Society of Association Executives -- and so I quickly rewrote it to challenge their members to think about the role of "associations in the future." Here's how I open the article: "Things are happening very fast out th...

Supertramp -- a band from the 80's -- had a minor hit with the song "On the Long Way Home," which featured the memorable line, the line, "when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable." It is, quite. And when you're up there, you realize how lucky you are to be able to share with the audience th...