In the past two years, I have given around 200 speeches and presentations. I speak to the reality that humanity is entering a new age – the Shift Age. The last few years have been extremely disruptive, as it is the transition between the Information Age and the Shift Age. I have presented my view that, after this re-organizational recession and time, we have entered not only the global stage of human evolution, but also an exciting time of transformation almost unparalleled in human history.

In small situations – such as corporate retreats and CEO groups – I spend a lot …

A couple of months ago, I was fortunate enough to be given a hard hat tour of Spaceport America. This is where the next stage of space travel will begin in the next 18 months.  This is where the dream of private citizens flying into space will be realized.

Spaceport America is in New Mexico, near the White Sands Missile Range. This is where Virgin Galactic chose to place its global headquarters and lead the initiative to give private citizens the opportunity to realize the dream of space travel. Within the next two years, citizens will have the opportunity to embark …

[Note:  Most of this column appeared in the recent Shift Age Newsletter #9,  you can access the Archive and sign up for free subscription available here ]

Sometimes a new product will come to market that completely alters how we view the world, changing the landscape of possibility and making us see future possibilities. Whether it was the first time we listened to the radio a 100 years ago, the first time we saw a television 60 years ago, or the first time we saw someone using a cell phone 25 years ago, we immediately sensed that these technologies …

The Fox – Cablevision stand-off has been cast as a financial stalemate between a content supplier and a distributor.  Fox wants more money for their broadcast stations and Cablevision doesn’t want to pay more.

Broadcasters have viewed revenue generated from must carry rules as a now essential revenue stream for their stations since their audiences have been in a constant decline for the past 20 years.  Cable MSOs have made a lot of money charging consumers for bundled programming they don’t want but have to take to get the channels they want.

So in this stand off, who are the winners?  Sports …