Scott Amyx, an expert in emerging technologies and author of “Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success,” recently gave a powerful keynote and workshop to a major multinational company on the topic of generative AI. During the presentation, he discussed the latest developments in this cutting-edge technology and how it has the […]
Tag Archives: Futurist
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Apr
Apr
We are most delighted that Chinese edition of Prof Parag Khanna‘s new book MOVE has just been released, and is available for purchase at JD.com. Dr Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag’s newest book is MOVE: […]
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Mar
Mar
Anders Indset was invited to share his insights on the Philosophy of Decentralization and Centralization, by the GBI Blockchain Academy. Here is the video of his virtual presentation. Anders Indset is the author of three Spiegel bestsellers: “Wild Knowledge”, “The Quantum Economy”, and “Das infizierte Denken”, and has been translated into over 10 languages to […]
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Mar
Mar
Leading futurist Mike Walsh answers an important question— What is the future of cities? What is the future of cities? Daring architecture, delivery drones, self-driving cars, vertical farms, city brains controlling traffic or renewable energy and smart grids? It is likely that the cities of tomorrow will be built not only with bricks and mortar, […]
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Mar
Mar
Lital Marom shares insights on businesses and the Metaverse in a recent article. The metaverse uses tech advances in Web 3 to achieve its goal. People worldwide can connect to learn, play, work, shop and share unique experiences together. Augmented reality, virtual reality and gaming platforms are part of one metaverse, just as all the […]
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Feb
Feb
This short video highlights the work of award-winning speaker, author and trends forecaster Michael McQueen. Having presented to over 500,000 people across 5 continents since 2004, Michael is known for his high energy, research-rich and practical keynote presentations. Michael McQueen was named Australia’s Keynote Speaker of the Year and was inducted into the Speakers Halls of Fame […]
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Feb
Feb
Dr Maha Aziz shares her insights on the global risks to watch for in 2023, in her recent article in Newsweek. Here are five shock events that may impact global stability in 2023: a climate disaster or cyber attack devastates a global financial center; a far right extremist attack succeeds in a major Western European […]
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Jan
Jan
Here comes the new speaker showreel of Futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson. Hear from Anders how he can help you: “As a futurist, I know that you want to be a transformation catalyst. In order to do that, you need to create transformational moments. The problem is that the pandemic changed the way we humans meet, connect […]
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Dec
Dec
Daniel Burrus , leading futurist, believes that being anticipatory is a strategy that works across industries. Being Anticipatory as a leader or an organization is not necessarily a sole act of seeing the future, although paying attention to Hard Trend future certainties and seeing disruptions of any kind before they occur may make it seem so. […]
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Dec
Dec
Innovation strategist Lital Marom takes audiences on a deep dive into the new patterns of success and how innovation sits at the heart of it. Sharing key insights from her breakthrough innovation framework, she shows organizations how to scale faster, increase profit, and maintain their competitive edge in this new world of work. Lital Marom […]
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Dec
Dec
The future of the metaverse starts with the insight that it is not a place; it is a set of protocols. Protocols are basic sets of rules that allow data to be shared between systems. On the internet, they allow emails to exchanged and webpages to be viewed. For cryptocurrencies, they establish the structure of […]
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Nov
Nov
In a recent article, Daniel Burrus discussed the real-life business uses for Augmented Reality (AR). Augmented Reality usage examples Daniel cited: Retail and Cosmetics Industry — Try Before You Buy Digital Humans and Avatars — The NEW Influencers / KOLs (that are not humans) Do we need to panic with all these new technological advancements? […]
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Oct
Oct
Mike Walsh, leading Futurist, discussed what is the future of industrialization, in his recent video: Figuring out the future of industrial organizations might not sound that exciting, but in fact the digital acceleration of the industrial sector stands to be much more significant in impact and scope than innovations driven by the consumer internet. And […]
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Oct
Oct
We are most thrilled to have Michael McQueen to speak at the Global Graduation Ceremony of a major banking corporation, sharing his insights on “Preparing Now for What’s Next”. Thanks to the pandemic, the graduates from around the world have had to contend with complexities none of them signed up for 2 years ago. That […]
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Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro Developed Digital Avatar Systems to be Deployed at Convenience Stores in Japan
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Oct
Oct
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced that they were going to deploy digital avatars on register monitors that are remotely controlled by real humans, to address the labour shortage issue. The digital avatar system is developed by Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, who is a renowned expert on […]
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Oct
Oct
Leading futurist Mike Walsh answers an important question–is the era of globalization at an end? Is the era of globalization at an end? Following COVID19, the outbreak of war in Ukraine and the subsequent food and energy crisis and rampant inflation – there has been growing calls for a process of ‘de-globalization’, which you might […]