In the coming decade, the confluence of three major technological trends will generate seismic shifts in the property and casualty insurance industry. Specifically, exponential advances in artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Big Data will lead to the creation of new and unconventional competitors; spawn the formation of new business models; and [...]

Alphabet just announced it is killing off the company's once highly touted Titan drone project which aimed to deliver high-speed Internet all around the world using drones. In retrospect, it might easy to laugh off the program as yet another overly ambitious Google/Alphabet project doomed to failure, but I’d advise against it. Why? Because the [...]

(Editor's Note: Change is difficult. This is especially true in organizations that have heretofore been immune to the broader forces of disruption--such as institutions of higher learning. To shake presidents, administrators, and faculty out of their stupor I have drafted the following fictional press release. I encourage all university and college presidents and their boards [...]

Amazon just unveiled this compelling video of the store of the future.  (It is also posted below) By combining advances in camera technology, artificial intelligence and "sensor fusion", the company believes that soon you will be able to just “grab and go.” In other words, in the near future, you'll be able to walk into [...]

My friend, John Rossman, is an attorney at Moss & Barnett where he is one of the country’s leading bankruptcy attorneys. A few months back, I sent him an article explaining how another law firm specializing in bankruptcy law had just “hired” the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney. Ironically, the machine was named “Ross” and, [...]

An army of ants is an awe-inspiring and efficient force of nature. While each ant is individually small, collectively they accomplish amazing things—provided they have a sufficient source of food. The same is true of today’s modern corporation—if it has a profitable source of revenue. Alas, when the food or the money dries up, both [...]

Pizza Hut recently made a splash when it announced it had a drone deliver a pizza to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Clearly aimed at generating publicity, the stunt drives home a powerful point--global markets once considered unreachable are now within reach. In Pizza Hut’s case, the company is serious about growing its presence in [...]

This is a short 4-minute video overview of my recent keynote address at Morehead State University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5lE9HRUjU&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=577&v=0m_TlU_Pa_0

As a late member of the Baby Boom generation, I'm amazed at the speed that my teenage kids can text. My guess is that, soon, my children will be similarly amazed at the rapidity that the kids of the future will be able to "sign"--or gesture with their hands. This article and the video below outline Google's new Project [...]