Henry Ford famously said, āIf you always do what youāve always done, youāll always get what youāve always got.ā So how do you find novel approaches to solving old problems? More Intelligent Tomorrow host Dave Anderson sits down with Brian Solis to talk about interesting ways to get creative solutions to our long-standing challenges. Please listen to the full podcast here. Dave Anderson is a keynote speaker, tech evangelist, and podcast host with a refreshing perspective on marketing, analytics, and…
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…
100 CX Thought Leaders That Are Changing The CX Game
via Survey2Connect Customer Experience has become the top priority for brands and businesses all around the globe. It can be seen in the increased investment in customer experience and extra focus on providing impeccable customer experience alongside a great product. But at the heart of the amazing customer experience lies our customer experience heroes, who through their vision, bring the game-changing CX strategy. On World CX day, we bring to you a list of 100 CX leaders from all around…
How to Transform in a Time of Uncertainty; The Path to Personal and Professional ROI (Return on Innovation)
The following was written as a prelude to a keynote presentation for a global company undergoing massive transformation. May it also inspire you in your work to bring about meaningful change… Change isnāt easy. This is why ābusiness as usualā constistently becomes the status quo. Unless we decide to move in a new direction, nothing really changes. No matter our experience and beliefs, no matter how many new things we surround ourselves with, we arenāt really moving in a new…
Speaking To and Through People You Hope to Inspire: Analog-to-Digital Street Flyers That Hit Different
This is the week of SXSW 2021. Even though it’s a virtual event this year, it is still a special community bound by the spirit of entrepreneurship, creativity, ideation, friendship, and tacos (+ BBQ, queso, pedicabs, and late nights!) Since this is a very special week, I wanted to share a story with you that I don’t think I’ve ever talked about. Every year, going back to, 2007 I think, JESS3 and I would legally (on plastic coverings) post creative…
Top Futurist Speaker, Brian Solis Can Help Your Audience Win the Innovation Game
We live in an era of what leading digital anthropologist, futurist and best-selling authorĀ Brian SolisĀ coined as #DigitalDarwinism. These are disruptive times and they challenge everyoneā¦leaders and executives, employees, customers, and partnersā¦the list goes on. Brian has dedicated his career to understanding digital disruption, predicting trends and helping leaders shape the future they want to see. As a world-renowned keynote speaker, Brian also has a unique gift of humanizing digital trends to make transformation and innovation meaningful and even inspiring. He’s…
In the Future of Work, Technology is Both a Problem and Solution
As a digital analyst and anthropologist, Iāve studied over the last 20 years, the evolution of disruptive technology and its effect on business philosophies and models. At the same time, Iāve also studied disruptive technologyās impact on society and human behavior. If I had to share just one thing Iāve learned along the way, itās that markets are splintering into two notable camps: 1) traditional and 2) hyper-connected aka Generation-C (connected). While this may at first glance seem either obvious…
The Generation Gap is Getting Old – Why Older Generations Should Build Bridges to Millennials and Centennials not Roadblocks
It’s said that there are two things certain in life…death and taxes. We can also add the certainty that a great divide will always exists in each generational shift. The “generation gap” as it’s formally called, represents the difference of opinion between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics or values. Depending on the situation or circumstance, this gap can foster debate, ignorance and even contention, often pitting younger people against their parents, grandparents, teachers, managers and fellow citizens. But,…
Brian Solisā Co-Authored Digital Culture Challenge Report Cited In The Financial Brand Article On Digital Transformation in Banking
The report āThe Digital Culture Challenge: Closing the Employee Leadership Gapā from Capegemini in partnership with Solis is cited by Jim Marous, Co-Publisher of the Financial Brand and Owner/Publisher of the Digital Banking Report in his article āCulture Key to Digital Transformation Success in Banking, Not Technology.ā It appeared on The Financial Brand site. According to the report, corporate culture is the culmination of how a company works and operates. It is composed of the collective experiences of employees ā…
The Frozen Middle Separates Management from Leadership (and Innovation)
Illustration created with culture design firmĀ @GapingVoid We live in a time of digital Darwinism. As technology evolves so do markets. And as they evolve, behaviors, values and norms also adapt. This sets the stage for the widespread disruption that we are witnessing today. Regrettably, or not, many reigning executives are not experienced to lead growth and innovation strategies as disruptive technologies radically shift everything around them. Yet, no matter how well we study history, itās always doomed to repeat itself….
