Leadership, CEO, managers, management, innovation, where all foreign words to me when I was 18 years old. But that all changed during and after my FedEx Ground experience, which you can hear about in the video below:
Category Archives: Leadership
Game-Changer’s 10 Most Popular Posts of 2017
2017 was a good year in many ways. For one, it was my 10 year anniversary as a blogger! Yes, I’ve been writing Game-Changer since 2007. And as I’ve done in years past, here are the 10 most popular posts of 2017.
6 Books I Read In 2017 That Are Worth Your Time
If you’ve been following me for a long time you know I have a very Hungry Mind. On top of magazines, articles and reports, I read at least 1 book per month; and have gone up to 4 in years past. This year I read 15 books in all, lighter than before but interesting nonetheless.
Gartner’s Lewis Farran Explains Technology Trends And Managing For The Future
in Innovation, Leadership, Podcast
In the future you’re either a digital business or a dead business; and it’s up to you to decide whether that happens or not. This was Lewis Farran’s message from a recent presentation he gave at a conference in Tijuana focused on Gartner’s top 10 strategic technology trends list, which include: AI foundations, intelligent apps, intelligent things, digital twins, cloud to the edge, conversational platform, immersive experience, blockchain, event-driven and continuous adaptive risk and trust.
You Shouldn’t Have To Ask Your Boss For Permission To Learn
A few weeks ago I chatted with a group of students about what a culture of innovation looks like, and the conditions that have to exist for it to happen at work. Many of them were taken aback because I explicitly told them that they should look for an employer that values curiosity; the cornerstone of innovation. It’s important because they have to take a deeper look at the culture to identify those who only pay lip service from those who do innovate.
Two Industrial Era Management Beliefs That Kill Innovation
in Innovation, Leadership
Beliefs. We all have them. They’re how we make our way through life, from making decisions about who we make friends with, where we choose to work, who we collaborate with and what we do and don’t; they’re a guide to behavior.
The Innovation Mindset Simplified
Yesterday I was invited to CETYS Universidad to chat with the 1st generation of students of the new Business Intelligence and Innovation major. Since this is a heavily technology focused major, I decided to share my view on what I believe are the Industries of the Future and how there are 10 emerging technologies that will drive the Next Economy.
The talk was called Next Economy: The Industries of The Future .