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Starbucks Via – Defense or Disruption?
My brother called from the west coast to tell me that Starbucks was pushing its new Via coffee pretty hard in a store near his Silicon Valley office. His first assumption was that Starbucks was trying to keep customers that were cutting down on in-store coffee purchases. I believe he was part right. Starbucks has [...]
The Importance of Understanding Disruptive Innovation
The term “disruptive innovation” is starting to become more commonly used, especially in the tech sector. However, I am finding that many people I talk to don’t understand it well and few have incorporated it into their corporate culture or product development lexicon. Given the state of the economy and the rapidly changing business landscape, [...]
The Birth of Disruptathon
Today marks the official launch of Disruptathon. Like a newborn, it comes into this World with the hope of a long and happy life. Welcome. Disruptathon is an event who’s time has come. While many innovation events charge up to $6000 per person so attendees can rub shoulders with stars and listen to interesting ideas, [...]
My TelecomHUB Presentation
I was asked to give a talk at the TelecomHUB executive mixer at TeqCorner in McLean, Virginia. I used live links to guide the discussion as opposed to anything scripted. Enjoy. – This is true if you fail to anticipate big changes. (all the time) – Ten years ago I gave a talk to Telecom executives in [...]
The Bright Side of Tough Times
Innovation. It’s everywhere. But innovation doesn’t sell on the evening news when unemployment is at a 25 year high and yet another institution is receiving billions for trying to stay status quo. But it is what people are doing and I believe built into our DNA. When resources are scarce, we are an incredible species. [...]
The Economic Stimulus and Innovation
A question came to me after many recent discussions about the economic stimulus. Will the trillion dollars being pumped into our economy drive innovation? Or, will it only drive adoption of technologies that have already been innovated? While adoption is certainly a great thing, innovation is one of the vital links to our economic future. [...]
Video’s Increasing Role
In Scoble’s blog March 6th he discusses why he’s gone under the radar for two weeks and he’s clearly making a big move which will be interesting to follow. But in his entry he sings the praises of the latest Flip Video HD which sells for about two hundred bucks. This puts real power into [...]
Apple Exits Macworld?
Just when the democrats seem to have all the momentum, they bring out the Blago and Burris show. Probably not what Obama had in mind. As a Mac user, I’ve enjoyed watching Apple build its momentum against the seemingly un-seatable Microsoft. And I’d say 2008 was probably the momentum shift year where Mac sales increases [...]
Finally
It’s a big day for this country. I believe today signifies an end to the culture wars of the past two decades and the start of an important new direction for America. With the economic collapse still happening we will not have the luxury of debating moral grounds and will have to start innovating again. [...]
New Beginnings
Monday, Nov 3rd I start the most exciting professional undertaking of my career with G&H International, a DC based professional services firm. G&H is a mission focused firm dedicated to community preparedness and our nations first responders. For ten years they have quietly built momentum behind the scenes and I am being tasked with taking [...]