Carl Sagan said “You have to know the past to understand the present”. As a futurist, I believe you have to know the past to understand the future. History really does repeat itself and gives us a lot of clues to where we are heading. History tells us...
Create an Innovative Culture Baseball player Yogi Berra once said “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else”. You can’t expect your company and team to be innovative if you don’t know which direction you’re going in. It’s up to the person in...
The drive-in movie theater concept was an old idea that has become a new idea during the Covid-19 pandemic. I always thought the idea was a good one, even with modern theaters and streaming. It’s novel and unique. People used to watch silent films at the beach...
Trade secrets are information that your business would want to keep secret from competitors. And whose value comes from the fact that it isn’t widely known. Here are some examples. Customer lists, or unique ways (that only your business knows about) of...
As a patent and trade dress owner, my favorite competitive advantage is intellectual property. There’s no better way to keep your competition at bay than with intellectual property that literally keeps them off the market, at least for a set period of time. It...
