FUTURE RACE

Meaning Making — How The Innovation-Driven Organization Imparts Purpose & Meaning


Jun 28, 2018 | Anthony Mills



As I visit and observe what I call the "existential festivals" – events like Burning Man, SXSW, TED, Sundance, Bonnaroo, and ArtPrize, for example – I ask myself, "What are people really trying to accomplish here – besides just having fun?"

The answer I've come away with ...

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The Undeniable Power of the Garage Experience


Jan 17, 2018 | Anthony Mills



If you're like me and a lot of other entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs around the world, then you've likely romanticized – at least at some point in time – about what it must have been like in great companies like Apple, HP, Google, and Cisco when they were just getting their start – in their founders' garages of all places (or in some cases in their parents' garages). ...

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The Secret Formula for Achieving Market Leadership


Sep 08, 2017 | Anthony Mills



Unless your business strategy is to be a fast-follower (an increasingly risky and dangerous strategy), you invariably have markets or market segments in which your objective is to be the Market Leader.   As Jack Welch so skillfully demonstrated while he led GE ...

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How Companies Innovate Themselves Straight Into Oblivion!


Mar 12, 2017 | Anthony Mills



There are a lot of businesses in the world – some estimate 500 million or more.   They all provide some manner of product or service that makes our world work the way it does today.

Nearly every one of these – based on our encounters ...

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The Only Three Swim Lanes That Matter to a Business


Dec 18, 2016 | Anthony Mills



In the course of my training with business leaders, we inevitably come to the existential business question... "What is the purpose of a business?"

This is a great question, and one with a very simple answer.   The purpose of a business is to create value. ...

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Racing Toward the Singularity: Earth's Final 35 Years with Human Beings ...


Oct 13, 2016 | Anthony Mills



In the course of my training with business leaders, we inevitably come to the existential business question... "What is the purpose of a business?"

This is a great question, and one with a very simple answer. ...

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