We’re living during the greatest explosion in innovation in human history. A century from now, historians will be fascinated to wonder what it was like to live during this era of such sweeping transformations in the ways we live, work, and create communities.
The rise of the internet has democratized the flow of ideas and empowered entrepreneurs, citizens, students, thinkers, workers, creators, and community organizers. If you have an inspiration for a better way of doing things, you can now quickly and inexpensively share it with the world. And, if enough people gravitate to it, then you can start a business, bring an injustice to light, create an industry, change a way of thinking, start a cultural phenomenon, or transform a community.
That's the stuff I love to think about, write about, and talk about.
I work as a journalist, editor, and business leader as Editor in Chief of ZDNet. Previously, I served as Editorial Director of CNET Advice and Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. For over a decade, I’ve been honored to lead teams of journalists across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to tell big stories about innovation.
We’re on the cusp of a tremendous new wave of disruptions and breakthroughs and I love learning about society-transforming ideas around clean energy, electric vehicles, robotics, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, micro-finance, health & wellness, genomics, and social justice … just to name a few!
In my personal time, I dig volunteering, community service, walking, and taking photos, and I love a good laugh or a meaningful conversation with family and friends. I’m a Bahá’í, which gives me inspiration, hope for the future of humanity, and respect for people of different backgrounds and beliefs.
Below are links to a few things I’ve written.
Innovation stories
Apple's first employee: The remarkable odyssey of Bill Fernandez
How Israel is rewriting the future of cybersecurity and creating the next Silicon Valley
How Apple Watch uncovered my toxic stress level, and helped me fix it
When robots eliminate jobs, humans will find better things to do
3D bioprinter to reproduce human organs, change the face of healthcare: The inside story
Louisville to co-create a smart city with its citizen scientists
IT's new role: Build a digital society worthy of our descendants
7 Chinese companies that will shape the future of the tech industry: My week in Beijing
Why free university 42 breaks all the rules for educating engineers, and is coming to the US
Four more industries about to be transformed by the Internet
If you want to innovate like Da Vinci, education is overrated
Ford is now a 'personal mobility' company: How the comeback kids are riding tech to a new destiny
Book: Follow the Geeks
In 2016, I co-authored Follow the Geeks, a book that profiles 10 digital innovators and offers an inside look at how they forged a new path for the future of work. The project itself was an experiment to re-imagine books for the digital age by combining the power of crowdfunding and serial publishing.
