Jeanne Goldie

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Moments of Boomer Technical Difficulties

February 15, 2020 by Jeanne Goldie Leave a Comment

Moving to a café would be good. It might solve my touchpad/mouse dilemma. With the added bonus of an endless stream of pastries and pomme frites. Although I write about technological and corporate innovation, today I have the unenviable task a revamping a partially mobile-friendly website that was started in 2012 to bring it up to current standards. I get to dance around inside CSS and play with code only to be foiled by the touchpad on my laptop which frequently deletes large swaths of text on a whim.

I truly hate dealing with a mouse so I’ll continue suffering with my evil touchpad which always deletes something just as I’m about to save it! This needs to be added to my long list of boomer deficiencies which include double spacing after periods and occasionally using a telephone for its actual purpose of calling people.

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Prepping for a TED Talk

February 15, 2020 by Jeanne Goldie Leave a Comment

I found out I was selected to a TED talk in early November of 2019. The talk was done in partnership with the TED Institute and would be delivered on February 5, 2020. It was definitely one of the best days of 2019.

My original submission featured an outline of a proposed talk, and a brief video proposal. After an interview, I found out I was one of the 13 people selected for the event held at the Knight Theatre in Charlotte, NC.

I opened my proposal with the statement “Why are we throwing away one quarter of our workforce?” and talked about our enthusiastic embrace of youthful entrepreneurs while disregarding all non-digital natives in the workforce. What had really shaped my idea was an article on the characteristics of young entrepreneurs, not necessarily the dynamic risk takers of popular myth, but rather winners of a birth lottery.

And so I looked at where non-digital natives are, and what circumstances might replicate those same conditions of those lucky young entrepreneurs. Combining that with my earlier work on Lean Startup techniques in government agencies and creating change in corporate environments…and a TED talk was born. It took some twists and turns (and I’ll share those in later posts) but it was one of those moments when all the disparate parts of your experience come together and become something new…

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2020 – Starting with a Bang!

February 15, 2020 by Jeanne Goldie Leave a Comment

2020 brought some exciting changes, including a TED talk and a new project writing about corporate intrapreneurship and how workers react when dealing with change. Am excited to be working with some international collaborators and looking forward to meeting new people as I research for this project!


I’ll be talking to leaders who are creating intrapreneurial projects and departments inside of existing entities, using the techniques we associate with startups inside long established businesses. Drop by here to see the latest news and be sure to let me know if there’s anyone YOU know that I should be talking to!

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Welcome – Start Here

February 9, 2020 by Rick Howington Leave a Comment

Welcome! Excited you stopped by. I’ll be blogging here about what’s new in the world of innovation, intrapreneurship and how non-digital natives can join the innovation discussion. Check back for updates on where I’ll be speaking or my new projects. I’m looking forward to getting input from all of you on what you’d like to hear or see, so feel free to reach out on the contact page. Follow me on social media.

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