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"Forward oriented innovation and leadership"

The title of this post plays out to the key theme that I've been covering off since, what, early February? This is my first week back in the home office full time since then. Keynotes for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Nestle, SAP, Tier Technologies, Wirtz Beverages, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Motorola, and countless other presentations.

All have played into a key theme -- how do we build a culture within our organization that is able to respond to a world of rapid product obsolesence, shortened product lifecycles, faster time to market, product and service commoditization, the China price, rapid business model change, and all kinds of other challenges?

It's done by establishing forward-oriented innovation -- ensuring that we are on the cutting edge in terms of what might be impacting us tomorrow, so that we don't sit back, Homer-Simpson-like, saying "d'oh, what happened?" Through forward-oriented leadership -- establishing a corporate agility that can take us forward rather than concentrating on past nostalgia and old glories. There's a good message here, and I think people are cluing in.

It's a nice time. I've got the pool open, a long weekend is coming up, and its time for a breather -- for at least two weeks!

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Dentist drills and just in time knowledge

I've just put up a new video clip of a TV interview in which I'm talking about how children of the future won't know dental drills -- a result of the rapid explosion of knowledge and change occurring around us. Watch it here.

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Nestle keynote

Back in January, the Chairman of Nestle observed that "private label is for me the expression of the industry's failure to create value." There's certainly a lot of huge trends hammering the retail sector today -- the continuous appearance of new competitors being just one of them -- and so I'm off to keynote a leadership meeting for the organization.

I'll be taking a look at the key trends that will 'rock the retail world,' and put into perspective how forward-oriented organizations are developing collaborative cultures that helps them respond to the rapid change swirling around them.

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	Innovation: "Forward oriented innovation and leadership" Trends: Dentist drills and just in time knowledge Keynotes: Nestle keynote "Forward oriented innovation and leadership" The title of this post plays out to the key theme that I've been covering off since, what, early February? This is my first week back in the home office full time since then. Keynotes for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Nestle, SAP, Tier Technologies, Wirtz Beverages, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Motorola, and countless other presentations. All have played into a key theme -- how do we build a culture within our organization that is able to respond to a world of rapid product obsolesence, shortened product lifecycles, faster time to market, product and service commoditization, the China price, rapid business model change, and all kinds of other challenges? It's done by establishing forward-oriented innovation -- ensuring that we are on the cutting edge in terms of what might be impacting us tomorrow, so that we don't sit back, Homer-Simpson-like, saying "d'oh, what happened?" Through forward-oriented leadership -- establishing a corporate agility that can take us forward rather than concentrating on past nostalgia and old glories. There's a good message here, and I think people are cluing in. It's a nice time. I've got the pool open, a long weekend is coming up, and its time for a breather -- for at least two weeks! del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 08:02 AM...May 16, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dentist drills and just in time knowledge I've just put up a new video clip of a TV interview in which I'm talking about how children of the future won't know dental drills -- a result of the rapid explosion of knowledge and change occurring around us. Watch it here. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 05:11 PM...May 04, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nestle keynote Back in January, the Chairman of Nestle observed that "private label is for me the expression of the industry's failure to create value." There's certainly a lot of huge trends hammering the retail sector today -- the continuous appearance of new competitors being just one of them -- and so I'm off to keynote a leadership meeting for the organization. I'll be taking a look at the key trends that will 'rock the retail world,' and put into perspective how forward-oriented organizations are developing collaborative cultures that helps them respond to the rapid change swirling around them. del.icio.us Furl StumbleUpon Permanent link to this item ...posted at 07:32 AM...May 03, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .