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The lost art of being present and making important moments matter

The lost art of being present and making important moments matter

Oh, the irony. Recently on Facebook, I was presented with a memory from nine years earlier. It was a picture from my birthday dinner with a pile of phones strewn across a table. It was almost as if there were a sign that directed people to the table with instructions to leave their phone behind. It was December 8th, 2010 and we were once again in Paris for the annual gathering of the geeks at LeWeb organized by Loic and…

AMP Music Summit Features Virtual Keynote Speaker Brian Solis

AMP Music Summit Features Virtual Keynote Speaker Brian Solis

Brian Solis will keynote AMP Music Summit on May 6, 2020 in a special session on “Innovation in the Novel Economy.” The rules of the music industry are being rewritten in real-time. We must adapt, innovate and come together in the face of unprecedented change. Those of us who make bold moves in the face of adversity will prosper when this crisis ends. Music has always and will always unite people. Together, we will face these challenges. Together, we will…

Tasktop Partners with Brian Solis for Virtual Keynote on Transitioning from Project to Product to Thrive in the New Normal

Tasktop Partners with Brian Solis for Virtual Keynote on Transitioning from Project to Product to Thrive in the New Normal

In the wake of global disruption, we have entered into an era of a new and unusual Novel Economy. This represents a new strain of market conditions that are not fully identified or understood. It is clear that a new economy is taking shape–and there is no playbook. Taking pages from the industrial revolution won’t help much in a Novel Economy. This is a time for innovation. To survive and thrive, companies must accelerate their shift to the “Age of…

Salesforce’s Global Innovation Evangelist Brian Solis Delivers Virtual Keynote on the Novel Economy at Brand-Innovators Summit

Salesforce’s Global Innovation Evangelist Brian Solis Delivers Virtual Keynote on the Novel Economy at Brand-Innovators Summit

On April 30th, Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, gave a virtual keynote at the Brand Innovators Innovation Summit to introduce the “Novel Economy.” Brian believes that these times need a name beyond the “new normal.” They need a lens not only of study, but also of leadership. In this presentation, he shared his vision for what’s happening now and over the next 36 months and how businesses need to respond and lead. Watch here. Ctrl-alt-del? We shouldn’t plan…

Sparking a Renaissance in Human Interactions and Relationships: Making Media and Networks Social Again

Sparking a Renaissance in Human Interactions and Relationships: Making Media and Networks Social Again

What started as a Twitter thread evolved into this post. Human interactions have expanded online over the last two decades. Instead of improving communication and strengthening close ties, it’s made the world move faster, communicate with less depth, and connect with people we’ll never get to really know. Perhaps, this is a time to rethink how we communicate and connect online to improve how we do so in the physical world as well. Community over commodity. Communication is an art,…

Stuff Magazine References The End of Business as Usual, in Article About COVID-19’s Impact on Businesses

Stuff Magazine References The End of Business as Usual, in Article About COVID-19’s Impact on Businesses

New Zealand magazine Stuff referenced Brian Solis’ second solo book, “The End of Business as Usual” in an article exploring how businesses are forced to change in an era of COVID-19. The book predicted that the evolution of digital customers would disrupt incumbent businesses to the core. While many organizations moved slowly, disruption was thrust upon every company around the world. There is no Almost 10 years ago Brian Solis wrote The End of Business as Usual. The bestseller explored…

Forbes Quotes Quantum Computing Expert Brian Solis

Forbes Quotes Quantum Computing Expert Brian Solis

Gil Press writing for Forbes set out to capture the state of quantum computing. Today, organizations are still struggling to actively adopt artificial intelligence (AI), but it is the path forward to quantum computing. The time is now for enterprises to establish a center of excellence (CoE) around quantum to be ready for the inevitable change. “Now is the time to start building the vision, the expertise, dedicating teams and resources” for quantum computing, says Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist…

Appirio Hosts Fireside Chat with Salesforce Global Innovation Evangelist Brian Soils, Appirio CMO Gurvinder Sahni and Constellation Research’s Ray Wang

Appirio Hosts Fireside Chat with Salesforce Global Innovation Evangelist Brian Soils, Appirio CMO Gurvinder Sahni and Constellation Research’s Ray Wang

Tune in to watch this compelling fireside chat with three industry thought leaders, Appirio CMO Gurvinder Sahni, Salesforce Global Innovation Evangelist Brian Solis, and Constellation Research Principal Analyst Ray Wang. They’ll discuss strategies for navigating and leading in this new norm while sharing real-world examples of the digital transformations happening all around us. Please register here (post event video available).

ZDNet Includes Quote by Brian Solis on His Concept of Digital Darwinism and Driving Innovation in a Post Cover-19 World

ZDNet Includes Quote by Brian Solis on His Concept of Digital Darwinism and Driving Innovation in a Post Cover-19 World

Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce Vala Afshar is exploring the seven principles of flow with colleague Henry King on ZDNet. In this installment Afshar and King share a quote by Brian Solis In short, despite the immediate and very real health and economic crisis accompanying the virus, we expect a technological Cambrian explosion of sorts to be either accelerated or generated by it. As our Salesforce colleague and global innovation evangelist Brian Solis puts it:  “We are looking at a future…

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