Trust & The New Social Contract
By Jim Gibson on March 25, 2018
As we look into the deep challenges of the day including inequalities of wealth and opportunity distribution caused by technology, and the disappearance of trust with all institutions – we can be easily overwhelmed.
A New Social Contract
By Jim Gibson on December 9, 2016
A funny thing happened on the way to 2017. 2016. Clearly, 2016 is in the pole position for the worst year ever. From dying legends to dying democracies to the rise of fear-based populism and…
Tip of the Spear: Part 3
By Jim Gibson on June 9, 2016
Part 3: Action & Answers I have spent much of the past year meeting and talking with people about their thoughts, fears, ideas and reactions to the technological changes happening around us. Between slugs of…
On Disruptive Innovation, Safety and Training
By Jim Gibson on June 5, 2016
I recently gave a presentation to a group C-level executives and other leaders from the Safety and Training world on behalf of National Safety Council and United Rentals. It was a chance for me to…
The Rhythm of Innovation
By Jim Gibson on May 30, 2016
When thinking about Innovation, I have been wondering if there is a new way to think about the “process” as companies and individuals embrace the idea that innovation is much more about execution than simply…
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…
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. …
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. …