Why and how the future is better than we think! – Gerd Leonhard’s entire keynote at GTDC Summit in Noordwijk, NL, June 2023

GTDC 2023

In this wide-ranging talk, I discuss the future of IT, including artificial intelligence, and how organizations can leverage the power of technology for the greater good.

00:00 – Introduction 02:04 – The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years 06:18 – The future is no longer an extension of the present 13:13 – Not dystopia or utopia but #protopia 18:36 – The 3 Revolutions: Digital, Sustainability and Purpose 26:30 – Technology is not WHAT we seek, but HOW we seek 33:45 – Do we want human narratives to be told by machines? 39:38 – AI is not concerned with truth or reality 41:17 – ChatGPT does NOT think, or understand 42:53 – About #digitalethics and why we need a global AI agency 49:08 – The millennials are juggling two things: technology and climate 51:30 – The future mindset: foresight, questions, imagination

You can also listen to the entire keynote on Spotify, apple podcasts and SoundCloud below

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. View all posts by Gerd Leonhard