This made my day… I just read a book review for “The End of Business as Usual,” my second solo book published in 2011. Not only is it a review of a 13-year-old book. It’s a review in the “Journal of Academy of Business and Emerging Markets (ABEM),” Canada! The book still has staying power! 💪 Thank you to Dr Michael B. Pasco, Professor at the Graduate School of Business, San Beda University, Philippines, for the thoughtful review. 🙏 The…
How to foster creativity and innovation by slowing down, reducing distractions, and single-tasking
My dear friend, Elisa Camahort and author of Roadmap for Revolutionaries, invited me to speak at the 2022 Rise conference organized by PBWC, the Professional BusinessWomen of California. When we explored all the trends converging that affect business professionals heading into the next year, we decided to focus on the core of what will influence everything we do next across the board…ourselves. In the days, months, and now years following our global CTRL-ALT-DEL moment, we have a choice in how…
The Escalating Dilemma of Executive Out-of-Touchness
A few years ago, my dear friend Stowe Boyd reached out to ask an important question in regards to future of work and business transformation. His goal was to cast the light directly on the (r)evolution lead by those who want change within the organization and also expose (and inspire) those who don’t. It’s a subject I’ve extensively studied over the years. In fact, I recently published “The Digital Change Agent’s Manifesto” to help those fighting for change learn the…
Top Futurist Keynote Speaker Brian Solis – The Future Happens to Us or Because of Us
We’re living in a very disruptive time. Digital disruption is all around us. It’s happening to us and because of us. So my message today is really about a choice. You have a choice as to what role you want to play in the future of the digital economy. Do you want to shape it? Or do you want to be affected by it? It’s a matter of “adapt or die.” All of the disruptive technology that’s happening in the…
X: The Experience When Business Meets Design – GetAbstract Summary
Digital customer experience has never been more important. The pandemic accelerated e-commerce, AI and automation, and digital transformation by 10 years. What most businesses still aren’t prepared for however, is how to think beyond digital tools and platforms to design intuitive digital experiences that inspire human engagement in every touch point across the CX journey. That’s what X: The Experience When Business Meets Design set out to do. It was designed to help “imagineers” image a unified customer journey that…
X Ranked Number 6 Best Mobile Marketing Books of All Time by Bookauthority
“X: The Experience When Business Meets Design“, made it to BookAuthority’s Best Mobile Marketing Books of All Time list, ranked at #6! BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to get this kind of recognition. The book is available for purchase on Amazon. p.s. Thank you Lee Odden!
The End of Traditional Marketing and the Beginning of What’s Next
Congratulations to Carlos Gil on the release of his new book, “The End of Marketing: Humanizing your brand in the age of social media.” Carlos is a long-time friend and I was genuinely appreciative when he asked me to write the foreword for his first book. All I asked was that I could share the foreword with you upon the book’s release. I hope it helps you! This is the end of what was and the beginning of what’s next…
WTF!? What’s the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences
It’s amazing what you discover after sorting through years of files just waiting for attention… GetAbstract takes great books and summarizes them for today’s busy executives and entrepreneurs. One such book is, What’s the Future of Business aka WTF. For those who do not want the rich visual and immersive analog experience, GetAbstract has done the hard work for you. There’s also an audio summary available (click the mp3 icon). And, while you’re there, it seems I have an entire…
The State of Digital Transformation: What Are 2019’s Key Drivers?
Here are the key drivers of digital transformation my latest report on the subject, The 2019 State of Digital Transformation. Learn about the trends that are shaping digital transformation efforts across organizations and actionable strategies for accelerating the evolution of transformation to drive growth. Brian Solis, Author, Keynote Speaker, Futurist Brian Solis is principal analyst and futurist at Altimeter, the digital analyst group at Prophet, Brian is a world renowned keynote speakerand 8x best-selling author. In his new book, Lifescale: How to live a more…
The New Kodak Moment and the Rise of Experience Innovation
I live several lives. As a digital analyst and futurist, I study disruptive technology and its impact on businesses and markets. As a digital anthropologist, I study the effects of disruptive technology on societies and us as individuals. In both cases, I am frequently asked to share the “state of” industries and also play out defined scenarios over the next several years. Recently, I took a break from my industry work to focus on the personal side of digital disruption…
