New video on digital transformation, automation, robotics: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s keynote at KPMG symposium Chicago

This is a nicely recorded video and one of my best talks to-date, imho 🙂 Thanks to KPMG for making this available! Topic: the digital transformation of business and society; a futuristic view of impacts that the shift from labour to automation will have on businesses and society in general.

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