As someone giving four international keynotes on future trends this month, I’d love to tell you all of my ideas and insights spring naturally from my own mind. Obviously, this isn’t true. I read a lot (here’s a list of the ten best future-related books of 2011). I also rely on the insights of other [...]

At the end of March, I'll be traveling to Hong Kong to deliver a keynote presentation at SingTel's CIO Day 2012. In preparation for the talk, I recently reviewed Cisco's Global Data Traffic Forecast Update for 2012-2016. Here are ten interesting facts CIO's need to be contemplating today: 1. Monthly global mobile data will surpass [...]

Unlearning Lesson #20: Mix Up Your Mind “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above the water.” --Sigmund Freud Question #20: According to the latest research, IQ accounts for what portion of career success? e. 50 to 60 percent f. 25 to 49 percent g. 23 to 34 percent [...]

In a world of accelerating knowledge one of the more unfortunate side-effects is that our ignorance grows even faster than our knowledge. (This is because all that "you don't know" is naturally growing faster than that small amount of new knowledge you can and are absorbing.) This might seem like a depressing notion but it [...]

I speak frequently on the topic of unlearning to the healthcare industry. As a result, I'm always scanning the horizon for insights which seem to turn the "conventional wisdom" of healthcare on it's head. Recently, I came across this article describing how some healthcare innovators are asking new questions to determine the best treatment option [...]

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