What Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas – It Predicts the Next Five Years of Tech If you think Caesars Palace and The Venetian Hotel are glitzy and audacious, you should check out the Samsung, Sony and LG booths at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. After spending a few days… Continue reading A Peek at the Future of Tech from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Will the new iPad Pro leave my MacAir obsolete?
Let me start off by saying that I love the new iPad Pro. I’ve gotten used to its large size and I’m in love with the pen and the keyboard. But before I can tell you whether it’ll replace my MacAir, let me share some a few observations after a month or so of day… Continue reading Will the new iPad Pro leave my MacAir obsolete?
Four Types of Innovation in Startups
Startup companies are famously innovative. I was recently asked to talk to a group at IBM’s Watson Research center about the ways early stage companies continuously create new ideas and new business models. Here is an excerpt from that presentation about four sources of innovation that fuel startup growth. By recognizing that innovation doesn’t always occur in a… Continue reading Four Types of Innovation in Startups
How to Avoid a Cultural Implosion as You Scale Your Startup
Earlier this week, I had a chance to speak at one of Silicon Valley’s larger startup events, LAUNCH Scale. Start ups can fail for many reasons. Lack of funding. Insufficient market opportunity. Poor product fit. But the most tragic source of failure occurs when a company survives all these challenges only to implode due to… Continue reading How to Avoid a Cultural Implosion as You Scale Your Startup
Content Marketing is the Fuel That Accelerates Buying
Content marketing creates ideas and perspectives that educate customers and helps elevate technology and services into offerings that directly make the buyers’ companies more successful. It is a lens that shifts the perspective from features and price towards the success of the buyer’s company. Content should be provocative, overflowing with expertise and thoughtfully written for the… Continue reading Content Marketing is the Fuel That Accelerates Buying
Brainstorming Part 4 – Tools and Techniques
On top of a great agenda and great people, I’ve found a few techniques that can really help make the most of a brainstorming session. Introductions that help break the ice – one of my favorite ways to kick things off is asking everyone to tell something about themselves that nobody is likely to know –… Continue reading Brainstorming Part 4 – Tools and Techniques
Brainstorming Part 3 – Rev Up the Creativity Engines
In this post, I’m going to dabble a little bit in amateur psychology and physiology. While your team never wants you to realize it, they are actually just human beings (as opposed to being super-heroes). If you take this fact into account, you can make a good brainstorming session into a great one. Encourage your team to stand up… Continue reading Brainstorming Part 3 – Rev Up the Creativity Engines
Brainstorming Part 2 – Organizing Creativity
I’m a big believer that brainstorming sessions should to be free flowing and somewhat unstructured. Fortunately, there are a few ways to organize a session that can add some structure but will actually allow it to become even more more free-flowing and creative. Consider a few of these ideas: Go somewhere new – force people out of their… Continue reading Brainstorming Part 2 – Organizing Creativity
10 lessons from fast-growth businesses for IBM
My time at IBM has been amazing and it has opened my eyes to a scale and quality of business that I had never seen before. But IBM is a huge company, saddled with the challenges all large organizations wrestle with. I was thrilled to be asked to share my experiences in smaller, high growth… Continue reading 10 lessons from fast-growth businesses for IBM
Brainstorming Part 1b – The Rules of Engagement
The five rules I laid out for my recent brainstorming session… From TED conferences to strategy planning, the best conversations and the biggest ideas are often born outside the meeting rooms. Random, unscripted discussions allow people to connect the dots in totally new ways. Wherever possible, I try to schedule in long breaks and relaxed meals. The original rule… Continue reading Brainstorming Part 1b – The Rules of Engagement
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