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Are certifications more valuable than college degrees?
For those of you who haven’t noticed the shifting winds of higher education, certifications have been secretly creating an entire new industry that is layered between colleges and employers. While they don’t compete directly with colleges, they’re quickly rising in...
Understanding the future through the eyes of a child: 29 insane predictions and why it matters?
Last week my grandson Raymund turned 5 years old, and it caused me to think about the kind of world he’ll be entering into. The workforce of tomorrow will need to be resilient, flexible, resourceful, creative problem solvers, ethical, epithetical, situationally aware,...
Perfectly Human: The inconsistent exception to every rule
At a past DaVinci Institute mastermind group we tackled the question, “Is the intelligence of nature greater than the intelligence of humans?” After pondering this question, the responses were a mixture of “there is no intelligence in nature,” and “nature is not an entity with a singular intelligence.”
The 2,000-Year Test
A couple years ago my wife and I visited the beautiful Spanish city of Segovia located in the center of Spain about an hour northwest of Madrid. At the heart of the city, nestled close to its historic shopping district, are the iconic aqueducts built during the Roman...
34 Looming Issues between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage and protect human ingenuity. For this reason, intellectual property has become a continually evolving form of public policy where the rights associated with human creativity necessarily have to change along...
How long before we reach peak ecommerce?
Retail is rapidly evolving and many of yesterday’s storefronts no longer exist. Gone are the Woolco’s, Radio Shacks, Gottschalks, Casual Corners, Ben Franklins, Mervyn’s, Montgomery Wards, and Miller Outposts of a bygone era.
While we still have some people predicting the death of traditional bricks and mortar storefronts. The reality is much different.
Five Scenarios for a Techno-Apocalypse
Over the past couple decades we’ve seen a number of spectacular tech failures. It’s easy to list things like MySpace, Google Glass, Pebble Watch, TiVo, Iridium, Napster, and even AOL as major business failures, but in each case it was a matter of failing forward. Each of these products influenced the next generation of technology and paved the way for far better efforts that followed.
The Power of Predictions: Fine Art of Creating Viral Predictions
When is the last time you made a prediction that people paid attention to?
Like many things in life, there are a number of methods and techniques that can be used, but the thought processes involved in making predictions are not always as straightforward as we might imagine, and to be sure, creating a viral one includes a huge degree of luck.
The Coming Driverless Mobile Office Era: Seventeen Mind-Bending Examples
Coworking spaces like WeWork may soon have a new kid on the block to worry about. Driverless technology will invariably open the door to a whole new era of non-commuting vehicles, and one of the earliest examples we’ll see will be the driverless mobile office. If you...
Approaching the “empty pockets” lifestyle
Throughout history people have been burdened by all the things they’ve had to carry with them, typically in their pockets, wallets, or purses. In the past, leaving the house was a checklist exercise for remembering all the things to take along, and yes, most of us had...
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