How will technology impact the future. How will AI change the future of work? How will autonomous vehicles make life different?
Some insights about human nature (life hacks) We value progress, but progress requires change and we don’t like change — especially when it happens to us. We all want to be liked. At the same time, we want to be right. When interacting with others, these desires conflict. We treat disagreements as zero sum and …
Many years ago, I created and delivered training for resellers of LiveVault, one of the first online backup services. At the time, what we were selling was very new and counterintuitive to most of our target customers. We were basically telling them that what they were doing and had been doing for many years (often …
I’ve heard hundreds of pitches for businesses over the past few years — both as part of my role at Hult International Business School and in my time advising start-up founders. I’ve noticed a pattern. If your pitch starts with “an app/token/coin that…”, your business is almost definitely going to fail. The problem isn’t that …
Great Products Come from Passionately Dissatisfied Startup Founders Read More »
There is a sword-fighting scene in Princess Bride between the “The Man in Black” and Inigo Montoya. A few minutes into the scene, after the two men have been fighting for a bit (while talking quite a bit), there is a dialogue between them. Inigo Montoya: You are wonderful. Man in Black: Thank you; I’ve …
I originally wrote and published a version of this article about autonomous vehicles in September 2016. Since then, quite a bit has happened, further cementing my view that these changes are coming and that the implications will be even more substantial. I decided it was time to update this article with some additional ideas and …
73 Mind-Blowing Implications of Autonomous Vehicles Read More »
We all crave simplicity and causality. We want to understand the world around us. We want to believe that we do. I recently met a woman who survived an horrific workplace shooting. She never wants to feel that vulnerable again. So, she wants to have a gun with her at all times. We can all empathize. …
QWERTY on Phones and other mobile devices Cable and Satellite TV companies Banks fees on most purchases – death of credit/debit cards as we know it Quarterly reporting (and all the incentives associated with it) – likely replaced by continuous reporting (allowing for long-term thinking and investing and less distractions) Movies in movie theaters I’ll …
