The Imagination of Others As Inspiration

The statement “what is now proved and commonplace was once just imagined” is powerful. It speaks to the idea that anything is possible if we put our minds to it. And it’s true – many things we now take for granted were once just ideas or dreams. For example, consider the internet. It’s hard to […]

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Human Centered Design (HCD) S13 Ep29

Guest: Gordon Stannis, Director of Design and Strategy at Twisthink

Over the last few decades, the importance of design has been growing in the context of how to create disruptive game-changing innovations. Human centered design (HCD) is the way that innovators integrate design with a clear view of customer in to the process of creating an innovation that has impact. Be careful as bad design […]

Human Centered Design

Skipping College To Start A Business S13 Ep19

Guest: Nick Titus with Myonic.Tech

What would you think if your child, grandchild, niece or nephew came to you and said that they were skipping college to start a business? Almost a year ago, I interviewed Nick Titus who was soon to be a High School Senior about his science fair project that was quickly becoming an innovation that could impact […]

Innovating with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to Improve Personal Performance S13 Ep10

Guest: Kerri McMaster - Co-Founder of Performance Labs

Artificial Intelligence (AI)  is quickly becoming a key element for today’s innovations. While many think that AI is new, its been around for decades but just now finding the traction it needs to be applied to a broad set of innovations. In today’s show, we have a discussion with Kerri McMaster, co-founder and head of […]

3 Pieces of Innovation Advice For Entrepreneurs S12 Ep38

Guest: Tyler Reynolds - Co-Founder and CEO of Trinity Mobile Networks

Getting innovation advice from actual innovators is invaluable. In this weeks, show, we hear from Tyler Reynolds, the CEO and Co-founder of Trinity Mobile Networks. Tyler and his co-founder,  Stephen Hall, are innovators who were inspired to innovate a solution to a problem they themselves had. During the show, Tyler shares how the idea behind Trinity […]

How do you find inspiration? S11 Ep24

Innovation Needs Inspiration [social align=”center”] Every August, I host an annual event for about 600 people, discussing tech and innovation. This event has been going on for more than decade and I’ve been hosting it 4 years now. The challenge is how do you keep an event – or any creative endeavor fresh and interesting?? One common approach […]

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Trend Safari – Traveling the world in search of emerging trends

Over the years, I’ve used my travel around the world to be an inspiration for new ideas. As I look back, there are a few tricks and processes I’ve developed to capture and share the results of a trend safari. Segment 1: Trend Safari – How do I discover emerging trends? Why? – Find trends before […]

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