My New Blog Series, DYK™
Colleagues and friends, I am delighted to introduce my new blog series called, “Did You Know?... “It Matters Because… (DYK™)"
There is so much going on in the world of technology, innovation, and transformation, and my goal is to discuss key developments and why they matter… Join me on my blog or Linked In!
XdMind™: The Intelligent Music Discovery and Adaptation Solution
XdMind™ and GameDJ™ are changing the world of music. Imagine a world where you are constantly being delighted with new music and new artists. Imagine a world where your desires and interests in music were completely integrated.
XdMind™ is making this all possible, completely effortlessly! Click here to read the full article and learn more.
Knobbe IP+ Podcast Interview
Patents and IP: Yes, no, why?
Check out the Knobbe IP+ Podcast, where we had a fabulous discussion on the essential elements of why patenting technology is so important and the pros/cons analysis. Click here to listen and for more information.
From Vision to Reality…
In 2019 we dreamt of the following: Imagine if every scene of every video game would be analyzed by AI, giant music catalogs could be accessed, and music perfectly fitting the game play would be identified and adapted to the scene!? Imagine if all this could happen WITHOUT any effort by the game player/end user!
This gave rise to XdMind and our first product, GameDJ. A work of passion. We achieved what we were told was impossible to do.
Imagination to Execution.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Oct 7, 2024: OpenAI’s $6.6B Raise & Unreal Valuation Consequences
Last week was the craziest week in Gen AI history. The biggest headline was about OpenAI raising a massive $6.6B round, setting the company’s valuation at over $150B. While previously, OpenAI has raised far more than $6B, in the history of tech company (private) fundraising, we have not seen this level of valuation. Of course, startups (tech companies) set…
Innovation or Monopoly? OpenAI: $150B Valuation and Raising a $6B Round
Colleagues and friends, we all woke up this morning (hopefully after our first cup of coffee) and read the insane news that VCs are fighting to get in on the $6B raise that OpenAI is closing and OpenAI has now declared itself valuation to be a $150B. This is in addition to all the many…
Buckle-Up: AI Regulations Are Coming…
Colleagues and friends: On September 17, 2024, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed two bills into law that aim to help actors and performers protect their digital replicas in audio and visual productions from artificial intelligence, the governor’s office said. As robots and AI are taking over, we must have regulations to monitor and protect intellectual property integrity…
It Is Official: Amazon Permanently Bringing People Back To The Office!
Effective January 2025, Amazon is going to resume work 5 days a week, at the office. While ‘return to the office’ has been a hot & highly debated item for a few years post-Covid, I personally commend @Amazon and the CEO, for taking this bold move. I work with tech teams across large enterprises around…
XdMind™: The Intelligent Music Discovery and Adaptation Solution
XdMind Inc.™ is the only fully patented end-to-end AI solution INTELLIGENTLY connecting music of all kinds to end users in video games, video social, and more. XdMind™ works with all sources of music: Music from labels, publishers, indie’s, AI, and GenAI music. And all end users of music, video gamers, social media video users, and…
Part I: GenAI Music: Innovate via XdMind, Not Fight Legal Copyright Battles!
We have all heard many things about GenAI music. When GenAI became available for mass consumption, we hit the era of GenAI-everything, Music included. Let’s talk about GenAI Music: GenAI Music will fill up the music pipeline with tens of millions of songs. Not by known artists, songwriters, or composers, but via algorithms. A few considerations/problems: What were…
My passion is to work with clients of all sectors, to disrupt and Imagine what a new future will look like. One without boundaries!
My brand is: Imagine | Disrupt | Innovate | Lead.
If we don’t disrupt, we cannot innovate. And to lead we must innovate!
It’s so exciting to see so many companies across many industry verticals, disrupting & innovating.
Would love to connect!
My life’s journey has always been to improve everything that we do, far beyond what we think is possible. I founded and ran several highly disruptive tech companies in IoT, Databases, Music, and other. I’ve held senior executive positions such as Chief Innovation Officer for IBM, head of development and strategy at Element AI (any many other exec roles), have authored books, am a global keynote speaker, and am an all-around Disruptor & Innovator. At all times throughout the day, I am searching for meaningful ways for us to disrupt, innovate, and deploy technologies mindfully and with much more impact. I am so fortunate that each day, I get to work with major industry sectors, fantastic companies of all sizes and thinkers around the globe. My focus has always been on data, AI, IoT, analytics, and all the ways that data can shape our future.
I believe that the major challenge in all enterprises is not just the identification and introduction of new technologies, not just innovation, but is what has fascinated me for decades: THE ART OF IMAGINATION!
The biggest opportunity is often that of IMAGINING what your business (any business) could be, outside of the current parameters. Imagination is the growth mindset and mental permission (top-down and bottom-up) to envision a different roadmap.
My focus is to work on and perfect the WHAT-IF phenomenon:
- Step I: Start IMAGINING the impossible. Imagine all the ways that data & AI, can shape and re-shape business.
- Step II: Realize that we can always obtain technology and skills, but imagination comes from within.
- Step III: Realize that we are not giving the business away or shrinking our revenue, rather we are creating major new sources of revenue.
- Step IV: Begin to map the Future-What-If Roadmap.
- Step V: Replace ‘lack-of-confidence’ internally with extraordinary ‘confidence.’
- Step VI: Begin the process of helping an enterprise of any size and in any sector, think-like, feel-like, and be as excited as a startup and more.
- Step VII: Help shift and shape the new culture while preserving the best qualities.
My passion is to disrupt and innovate across ALL industry sectors. I hope to connect with you to explore the possibilities together. Until then, remember: Without the willingness to Disrupt you can you cannot evolve!
IMAGINE | DISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD
Are You Ready for
Amplify Your Mindset Podcast interview
An absolute pleasure to be on Ricky Kalmon’s podcast show. Our interview topics included ‘influence’ and how to ‘amplify our leadership’ capabilities. Thank you Ricky for being so awesome! Click here to listen and for more information.
Partial Client List
Accenture
Adobe
American Heart Assocication
Anheuser Busch
AWS
BMW
Bosch
FDA
Fidelity
General Motors
IBM
Intel
Kohler
McKinsey
Mercedes
Merck
Microsoft
MIT
Oracle
Pfizer
Siemens
Thomson Reuters
THE INVERSION FACTOR
We explore and explain why and how companies need to move away from a “product first” mindset to pursuing innovation based on ‘customer need’. We call this process- Inversion. We chart the evolution of IoT from the current state to the future ‘Immersion of Things’, and help enterprises navigate these waters. Infused with examples and case studies we help companies of all sizes learn how to Invert their companies. The critical triad of Innovation, Technology and Culture is analyzed and we explain that in order to succeed, all three need to succeed at the same time. Without Inversion companies cannot survive in the future hyper connected world.
PROVOKE
In order to innovate we need to disrupt. ProVoke discusses the necessity of disruption and the obstacles to innovation by taking the reader through the 5 stages of resistance to disruption. Each stage is carefully analyzed and the reader is guided through how to overcome the resistances in a productive way. Within companies Cultures of Disruption and Innovation are created as a result of working through the resistances, helping companies innovate at a much higher rate. ProVoke discusses the Ecosystem of Disruption, explaining how employees are the key enablers of innovation in corporations. To effectively disrupt and innovate, the key is to unleash the unstoppable innovative talent of millions of employees in enterprises. Imagine the possibilities!
BOOK AS SPEAKER
My speaking engagements quickly turn into collaboration and brainstorming sessions. Not only are the topics of AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive, IoT, Big Data, Hyper-connected-world, security, culture and such are extremely important topics, but, they are collaborative by nature. Let’s start the dialog then quickly brainstorm and collaborate together.
COLLABORATION
Collaborating closely with enterprises is a great joy. Not only brainstorming to set the vision for their innovation future, but also to look at what their new products/offerings will look like. Topics range from AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Cognitive, the what/how of cultural changes & more. Out-of-the-box, non-fearful thinking is essential.
HOT TOPICS
Front and center in my mind right now is AI & ML and the Enterprise. With the emerging hyper-connected world and billions of devices, AI will be a key player in enterprises. The question is: What is the mindful way to deploy AI in enterprises? I believe there are 6 key factors impacting AI in enterprises.
