Category: Technology and Humanity

Some nice pictures from my recent keynotes at the Trend-Summits in Veghel (The Future of Food and Health)

A big thanks to Hans Steenbergen and his team and also to the photographer FLORIS HEUER. Amazing events!

Announcing a new speaking package with former Berlin Secretary of State Tim Renner: the Future of Capitalism and Democracy!

Tim Renner and me have cooked up a cool new offer for clients who want something different than the usual keynotes: Tim and me will present for 15 minutes each, followed by a moderated discussion with live audience interaction. Check out the PDF! More about Tim and Gerd here and here. Capitalism as we know […]

Opinion | I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.

“For one, a predominantly online existence can lull us into a dubious sense of having enacted concrete change, simply because of a tweet or Instagram post. As “hashtag activism” has obscured longstanding traditions of assembly and protest, there’s concern that a failure to transition from the keyboard to in-person organization will effectively stall or kill […]

The past, present and future of climate change

Here is my keynote at Sibos Innotribe 2019: Humanist vs Technologist debate with Brad Templeton

Download my keynote as MP4 (just me, edited), here (www.gerd.cloud)

Technology and Humanity – The Future: some best-of-my-recent keynote scenes and illustrations

In wide format !

Some of my favourite 2019 memes and quotes from my speaking engagements

The tremendous power of technology and platform companies… some relevant stats, and food for thought

The skills of tomorrow: Humanity on-top of technology

Via Mc Kinsey Institute

Join me in Pisa October 13: Keynote at Pisa Internet Festival

Futurist-humanist keynote speaker Gerd Leonhard @gleonhard will join this year’s Internet Festival, within the Tech vs Human area, named after one of his most notable works, “Technology vs. Humanity. The coming clash between man and machine". #IF2019 #TechvsHuman pic.twitter.com/TlUhBPIbkS — Internet Festival • #IF2019 (@Internetfest) September 13, 2019

Digital Copenhagen 2019: Join me for my keynote on Nov 27 2019 (a short welcome video)

Click on PLAY to watch my short greeting, above! “Now is the time to join the dots between technology and human creativity to steer the evolution of digital life – and to finally articulate tomorrow’s marketing playbook by exploiting: Meaning – Innovation – Growth  If you are a business leader, a marketing professional in any industry or simply a curious and […]

Best scenes from my keynote at Smart Move 4.0 Monterrey, Mexico: transformation, technology & humanity

Brand new video – enjoy!

Here is my deck from the Colombian Business Conference in Medellin, yesterday: Technology and Humanity

More about this event here

Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard at SIBOS 2019 in London: Innotribe debate with Brad Templeton on September 24th 2019 #techvshuman

More details on SIBOS 2019 and this event: here and here. Fast-forward into the future A central attraction of Tuesday’s ‘Technology and Humanity’ theme is a morning session co-hosted by technology visionaries Gerd Leonhard and Brad Templeton. Guided by the credo ‘people, planet, purpose and prosperity’, Leonhard – an Innotribe veteran – collaborates with governments and companies globally … Continue reading "Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard at SIBOS 2019 in London: Innotribe debate with Brad Templeton on September 24th 2019 #techvshuman"

New keynote video: digital transformation, technology and humanity – the next 10 years (at Smart Moves 4.0 in Monterrey, Mexico)

I pulled out many new themes and animations in this talk – have a look!  Audio-only version via Soundcloud, here. UPDATE: Some short excerpts! Download these videos via my Public Cloud  

First, environmental pollution, now #digitalpollution: if data is indeed the new oil we must regulate it, as well.

Click on the header to see the animation    

A nice graphic summary of my presentation at Ambrosetti Club in Milan Italy, a few weeks ago

Thanks to Valerio and his team at Ambrosetti for inviting me, and for helping me with the Technology vs Humanity book translation into Italian (see review and purchase link here)

Social media crack, the sofalarity and FOMO babies: my 3 most popular graphics

… below. Creative Commons non-commercial attribution license applies  

Short interview: the future could be heaven or it could be hell #hellven – all depends on wise governance

Just released! In this short clip I talk about what I call HellVen (a neologism combining heaven and hell); a concept I presented in my book Technology vs. Humanity https://www.techvshuman.com Given the vast possibilities of exponential technological advances the future could be heaven… or it could be hell, depending on how we GOVERN it. We … Continue reading "Short interview: the future could be heaven or it could be hell #hellven – all depends on wise governance"

Some of my key visuals used in my recent talks