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Innovation article : "...you've got to instill a sense of courage...."

The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an innovative frame of mind. The article also provides my innovation-framework -- a practical management method by which organizations can learn to harness and manage their internal innovation processes. You can read the article here. The article directly relates to the many workshops and keynotes that I've been providing organizations with respect to innovation, which you can read about here.

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Hacking Billy Bass the Fish

You gotta' love this -- here's a fellow at Stanford who is turning the Billy-Bass talking fish into a video conferencing system.

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"What's happening to our careers?"

The article I wrote for a variety of association executive publications throughout North America is getting quite a bit of attention; it examines how careers will evolve in the future as a result of the information explosion now occurring. Among the observations, the article notes that we wills witness :

a change in the very nature of professional skills
an increased need for “multi-skilling”
greater demand for “just in time skills”
a shift from tactical to strategic skills

The article also quotes an Australian report that suggests that "65% of the children who are in pre-school today will work in jobs and careers that have yet to be defined."

It makes for compelling reading -- find it here The article ties into the career planning workshops I've been providing to organizations eager to grapple with the complexities of change in the workplace.

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"At least begin doing something"

"...are we now witnessing the death of IT innovation in business organizations? Have we seen the death of courage – the disappearance of the era in which people were willing to try something new with IT?" Read an article I wrote for clients of SAP, now being distributed to those who attended the SAP '03 Business Forum. Read it here

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Association related articles

I've been writing a bi-weekly column for executive directors of associations. The articles are being printed or are carried online by a number of North American Society of Association Executives. Permission is granted to any association to reprint these articles -- contact me for details. You can access the articles here.

The first three include, "10 Things My Kids Think Are From the Olden Days", "What's happening to our careers?" and "What's your tin can?"

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No more spam!

Well, it took a while, but I have a spamless life. My setup is now rather unbelievable; mail to me goes to a domain forwarder, which sends it to a mailbox. A Linux system beside my desk grabs mail from that mailbox, and runs it through a spam filter, SpamAssassin. It then reforwards good mail out to another mailbox, where I then pick it up. The extra processing takes about a minute or two -- but I'm suddenly in the situation in which only 1 or 2 spam messages a day sneak through, compared to hundreds a day before. I've got additional procedures in place to guard against "false positives", so that I can make sure I'm not losing important messages. But it is truly wonderful!

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My dad was a cool guy .....

Here's a larger TV clip [ link ] about my dad and other veterans filmed in 1997, shortly before he died 10 months later -- about how he and other veterans spent their time in helping us remember.

God bless him. I miss him.

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Permanent link to this item ...posted at 05:51 PM...November 08, 2003

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Perfect Microwave Popcorn!

Eight years ago, I started telling my story about "perfect microwave popcorn" -- a story as to how in the future we would have appliances linked to the 'Net, that would use a built in bar-code to read the packaging and figure out how long to cook it for.

Looks like the future is here, according to this posting at Gizmodo.

Here's an article in which I talk about popcorn from 2000. And the "popcorn" video clip from a keynote years back in still in my video library. Watch it in Quicktime, or Windows Media

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"Daddy, do we have a firewall?"

So asked my 8-year-old when he woke up this morning.

"Yes"

"Good"

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Win me!

Monster.Ca is running a new direct mail campaign with respect to a new resume management tool, and one of the prizes for entering is --- me!

Actually, it's a full-fledged one hour keynote with me that you could win, based on one of my many topic areas.

I asked my kids if they would want to win me. They asked what they would get -- and I explained that they could could listen to me for an hour.

They said they'd pass......

Details at monster.ca.

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	Innovation: Innovation article : "...you've got to instill a sense of courage...." Innovation: Hacking Billy Bass the Fish Articles: "What's happening to our careers?" Articles: "At least begin doing something" Articles: Association related articles : No more spam! : My dad was a cool guy ..... : Perfect Microwave Popcorn! : "Daddy, do we have a firewall?" Keynotes: Win me! Innovation article : "...you've got to instill a sense of courage...." The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an innovative frame of mind. The article also provides my innovation-framework -- a practical management method by which organizations can learn to harness and manage their internal innovation processes. You can read the article here. The article directly relates to the many workshops and keynotes that I've been providing organizations with respect to innovation, which you can read about here. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 07:30 AM...November 28, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hacking Billy Bass the Fish You gotta' love this -- here's a fellow at Stanford who is turning the Billy-Bass talking fish into a video conferencing system. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 05:20 PM...November 27, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "What's happening to our careers?" The article I wrote for a variety of association executive publications throughout North America is getting quite a bit of attention; it examines how careers will evolve in the future as a result of the information explosion now occurring. Among the observations, the article notes that we wills witness : a change in the very nature of professional skills an increased need for “multi-skilling” greater demand for “just in time skills” a shift from tactical to strategic skills The article also quotes an Australian report that suggests that "65% of the children who are in pre-school today will work in jobs and careers that have yet to be defined." It makes for compelling reading -- find it here The article ties into the career planning workshops I've been providing to organizations eager to grapple with the complexities of change in the workplace. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 06:50 AM... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "At least begin doing something" "...are we now witnessing the death of IT innovation in business organizations? Have we seen the death of courage – the disappearance of the era in which people were willing to try something new with IT?" Read an article I wrote for clients of SAP, now being distributed to those who attended the SAP '03 Business Forum. Read it here del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 05:58 AM...November 18, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Association related articles I've been writing a bi-weekly column for executive directors of associations. The articles are being printed or are carried online by a number of North American Society of Association Executives. Permission is granted to any association to reprint these articles -- contact me for details. You can access the articles here. The first three include, "10 Things My Kids Think Are From the Olden Days", "What's happening to our careers?" and "What's your tin can?" del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 09:04 AM...November 14, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No more spam! Well, it took a while, but I have a spamless life. My setup is now rather unbelievable; mail to me goes to a domain forwarder, which sends it to a mailbox. A Linux system beside my desk grabs mail from that mailbox, and runs it through a spam filter, SpamAssassin. It then reforwards good mail out to another mailbox, where I then pick it up. The extra processing takes about a minute or two -- but I'm suddenly in the situation in which only 1 or 2 spam messages a day sneak through, compared to hundreds a day before. I've got additional procedures in place to guard against "false positives", so that I can make sure I'm not losing important messages. But it is truly wonderful! del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 01:59 PM...November 12, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My dad was a cool guy ..... Here's a larger TV clip [ link ] about my dad and other veterans filmed in 1997, shortly before he died 10 months later -- about how he and other veterans spent their time in helping us remember. God bless him. I miss him. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 05:51 PM...November 08, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perfect Microwave Popcorn! Eight years ago, I started telling my story about "perfect microwave popcorn" -- a story as to how in the future we would have appliances linked to the 'Net, that would use a built in bar-code to read the packaging and figure out how long to cook it for. Looks like the future is here, according to this posting at Gizmodo. Here's an article in which I talk about popcorn from 2000. And the "popcorn" video clip from a keynote years back in still in my video library. Watch it in Quicktime, or Windows Media del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 09:02 PM...November 05, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Daddy, do we have a firewall?" So asked my 8-year-old when he woke up this morning. "Yes" "Good" del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 07:04 AM... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Win me! Monster.Ca is running a new direct mail campaign with respect to a new resume management tool, and one of the prizes for entering is --- me! Actually, it's a full-fledged one hour keynote with me that you could win, based on one of my many topic areas. I asked my kids if they would want to win me. They asked what they would get -- and I explained that they could could listen to me for an hour. They said they'd pass...... Details at monster.ca. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 10:20 AM...November 04, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .