A Referendum on Vision
By Jim Gibson on September 30, 2018
I have been listening to the discussion on the Calgary 2026 Olympic bid for the past few months with some concern. As someone who has participated in the grassroots discussion on the future of our…
Public / Private Sector: Let’s Talk!
By Jim Gibson on June 16, 2018
I had the true pleasure of speaking this week at the “Policy Matters” conference in Edmonton. Held every two years for leaders in the Government of Alberta, it brings together all of the policymakers under…
Better Purpose
By Jim Gibson on November 15, 2016
Purpose. It is a simple, bold and powerful word. It directs us, anchors us and provides a North Star when the world turns unfamiliar. For our clients, it says everything their customers and employees need to…
The Innovation of Things and The Innovations of Ways
By Jim Gibson on July 14, 2016
…while human ingenuity has exponentially increased the transistors on a chip for the past 40 years, we have not applied the same exponential thinking to our dreams nor human compassion.
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…
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…