Category: Futuristgerd
Redefining the relationship of man and machine: narrated chapter from the ‘The Future of Business’ book (video, audio, pdf, German translation)
I am very fortunate to be part of a group of 62 leading futurists that compiled their ideas and visions in the amazing ‘The Future of Business’ book, edited by my good friend, colleague and publisher Rohit Talwar. The book is a fantastic read and the 500+ pages are worth every minute you spend on them.
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The Future of Business: towards a new relationship of technology and humanity (6 key findings by Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
We are at a pivot point: humanity will change more in the next 20 years than in the previous 300 years. These are the 6 key challenges and opportunities facing society, business and governments in the next 10 years as a result of the exponential speed of technological development.
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The real danger is that we become machines – not that machines will eliminate us!
I just ran across this HBR Blog post entitled “Technology is not threatening humanity – we are” which delivers a few key messages when looking at the future of technology and humanity...
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The Internet of Things and its unintended consequences: why we should proceed with caution
The Internet of Things (IoT) / Internet of Everything / Industrial Internet is sizzling hot. Everywhere I go people ask me about it. Almost every single event I speak at, some of the biggest tech & IT companies in the world are talking about their plans for the IoT, and their billion dollar investments.
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Important interview with Futurist Gerd Leonhard on IEET: Technology Could Bring Heaven on Earth, or Create Hell
IEET have just published an interview with me. Thanks to Hank Pellissier for making this happen.
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Best-of-2015 Slides Featuring the Most Important Memes From My Talks
The end of the year is always a good time to review and reflect upon what worked well, and what did not, so here are those slides, memes and topics that repeatedly struck a chord with my audiences in 2015, covering topics such as artificial intelligence, automation and the future of human work, the challenges of abundance, humarithms vs algorithms, technology versus/with humanity and many more.
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