jorge barba

Hello my friend, welcome to the Game-Changer! A blog about innovation, new ideas and how the world is changing. I’m your host Jorge Barba, an Innovation Insurgent. You’re here because you’re interested in being or becoming a Game-Changer in everything you do. Let’s do it!

I’m CEO of Netek and I’m also the President of the Baja California Innovation Cluster.

I also work with startups and corporations. Need help reinventing your innovation capability, developing new growth platforms and revenue streams?

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The Princesses Love Me

My niece Valeria is three years old. On Sunday, she wore Princess Aurora’s dress to Disneyland. There’s a spot on the side of the castle, easy to miss if you’re not looking for it, where Disney stations its princesses to meet children and take photos. My brother took her there. She met Ariel, Jasmine, and Cinderella. She spotted Snow White walking nearby. Each princess greeted her, looked at her, spoke to her.

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entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Innovation Superpower: Networking for Innovation

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I have a friend owns a restaurant and he organizes weekly meetups, so last week I went and met new people. I usually don’t do a whole lot of networking events, but this time I said ‘why not!’. I met a bunch of people there. But, one contact stood out among the many. Everyone else was there to pitch their stuff, this guy was there to learn and expand his perspective. To fully grasp the…
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entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Generative AI Is Good Enough To Be Useful. Should You Adopt Or Die?

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If you look up the definition of the word laggard you get this: Laggards are the last persons or organizations to adopt new ideas, technologies, products, or specific innovations. Another way to describe laggards is by using the word traditionalists; the last to adopt an innovation. They are fixated on the past, on maintaining the status quo.
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Creativity, entrepreneurship, Greatness, Innovation, Leadership

12 Habits of People Who Are Always Learning New Skills

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I’m a lifelong learner. Learning is a habit for me, not something that I have scheduled on my calendar to do; I just do it. One of my mottos is “If I’m not learning I’m not growing.” How do you become a lifelong learner? You learn from other learners. Specifically, learn about their habits.