Category Archives: Innovation

Every Surface is a Screen in our Connected Life

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Gregg Garrett

A few weeks ago, while passing through the airport on my last trip of 2012 , I passed by a Brookstone store.  I was  enticed in by all of the gadgets.   It didn't disappoint.   A bunch of items that I didn't really need, b...

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Happy New Year…What a Year We Are in For!

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Gregg Garrett

So it is 11 days past the new year.  The Mayan’s were wrong.   The world didn’t stop.  Not only has the earth kept spinning, but it is probably more connected than ever! Well before the holiday we contributed once again … Conti...

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Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Gregg Garrett

Today Verizon announced it is purchasing Hughes Telematics for $612 Million in cash (approx premium of 176% over original share price). (Read more here:...

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Creating Space

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gregg Garrett

Fitting new things into life isn’t always easy. Last week my eldest son had a birthday, and like many holidays at our home: after the dust settles, the cake consumed, and the balloons drift from their high perch to the … Continue reading...

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Mr. CIO meet Ms. CMO

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Gregg Garrett

Last week Deloitte announced it will be combining its “online” and its “digital” groups in May, “to challenge both the major systems integrators and digital media agencies to develop and deploy online, social, mobile and...

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Taking the Road Less Traveled

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Gregg Garrett

We have all read the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, with its profound lines: “ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the … Continue reading →...

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Old and New….so much to learn from one another.

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Gregg Garrett

Last week I attended two industry conferences. Going in, I thought there would be no similarities….boy, was I wrong! The first was a “by invite only” summit hosted by a venture capital firm. It had approximately 100 entrepreneurs, advisors, Buy...

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