Tip of the Spear: Part 2 – Questions
By Jim Gibson on April 11, 2016
Part 1 of the Tip of the Spear blog post suggested we needed to “appreciate” the scope and speed of the technological change happening around us. It also hinted that there is a growing disconnect…
Tip of the Spear: Part 1
By Jim Gibson on March 21, 2016
“The future has arrived — it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson, 1992 Two questions: What do Donald Trump and Ray Kurzweil have in common; and who the heck is Ray Kurzweil? Donald Trump? …
The Future of {Re}search
By Jim Gibson on February 23, 2016
As many of my colleagues and followers know, I have been given the brilliant opportunity through my book research to work with a company called Quid and their extraordinary semantic search tool. This post is…
Strategy is Hard. Tactics are {Easier}
By Jim Gibson on February 15, 2016
Innovation and change comes primarily from the intersection of existing and new disciplines. What makes today’s reality challenging – business, economic, political and social – is that most of these combinations were not possible even…
The Future is a Roundabout
By Jim Gibson on January 12, 2016
The Future Roundabout by kevin dooley, on Flickr I have always loved roundabouts – traffic circles – or whatever name you give to those delightful road configurations that move traffic in most parts of the…
On Reading and Writing.
By Jim Gibson on December 18, 2015
Humble readers and followers: One of the great joys of clearing space in my work world to begin researching and – if all the universe lines up – writing a book is the self-permission to…
Alberta’s Start-up Tech Ecosystem: Why not here?
By Jim Gibson on December 3, 2015
It occurred to me as I watched another western Canadian technology firm head down to spend 42 hours in the valley ecosystem, that there is an unfortunate analogy with the Canadian Oil and Gas industry. …
The Era of Getting S–T Done!
By Jim Gibson on September 23, 2015
I have been involved with technology for exactly 30 years this fall. My first job was a “Micro-computer Analyst” with Ultramar – a UK based Oil & Gas company. I had the fortune to catch…
It starts with listening …
By Jim Gibson on September 22, 2015
Listening: Some say that disruptive innovation is really about being able to manage the unknown / unknowns; creating new value by anticipating the future. Think about it: Managing what we don’t know we don’t know. That’s…
Collective Brilliance: A New Leadership Paradigm
By Jim Gibson on August 17, 2015
If you have read Walter Isaacson’s excellent biography of Steve Jobs you will know that one of the central themes of the book – whether intended or not – is the nature of business leadership. …