February 8th, 2020 by
Category: Technology and Humanity

Paul Polman (former Unilever CEO) makes a passionate call-to-action at the SDG Business Forum 2019

Paul Polman, SDG Advocate and Co-Vice Chair of the UN Global Compact Board, and his call-to-action to the companies everywhere at the 2019 SDG Business Forum. He really nails it here: climate change and inequality are our 2 major EXISTENTIAL challenges.  I would add ‘Human Change’ as #3 – the convergence of technology and humanity. Click the play button  below to play the video.

Related to this: My recent keynote at WBCSD 2019 summit in Montreux

Technology and humanity: sustainable futures. Futurist Gerd Leonhard Keynote WBCSD #digitalethics

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Some of Gerd’s quotes and visuals

Author: Gerd Leonhard

In the words of American poet John Berryman, “the possibility that has been overlooked is the future”. Most of us are far too busy coping with present challenges to explore the future in any depth – and when we do our own cravings and fears often run away with us, resulting in utopias or dystopias that are not very helpful in terms of planning and decisions. Today’s professionals, leaders and their organisations need a dedicated, passionate long-term understanding of the future if they are to successfully navigate the exponential waves of change. For countless individuals and organizations that intelligence is called Gerd Leonhard.

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