My latest newsletter: things you need to read, this week
Subscribe here. Read online here Here are a few things not to be missed as you head into the next week: 1) First, read this brilliant, short piece...
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Sep 2015
About exponential organizations (Yuri van Geest)
You MUST read this book. https://youtu.be/wJN3uY-stwg Exponential Organizations – Why new organizations are 10x better, faster and cheaper than yours (and what to...
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Sep 2015
Quote of the day: Octavio Paz on the nihilism of technology (and some related goodies from me)
Octavio Paz “The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power, as...
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Sep 2015
The Choice Ahead Regarding Digital Technology (crucial piece by John Hagel) #manmachine – and 4 short videos from me
I'm a huge John Hagel fan. He nails it again in this new Druckerforum piece that you absolutely must read, today, on the topic of technology...
22
Sep 2015
20 cognitive biases to be aware of (nice illustration)
Just found this via Lifehacker – bias is a very common challenge for many of my clients (and me, of course!). My favs are the OSTRICH BIAS...
21
Sep 2015
We need to go beyond the focus on STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) towards HECI (humanity, ethics, creativity, imagination)
… an important realisation that recently dawned on my. What will our schools, colleges and universities do about this? Watch this short video (newly...
16
Sep 2015
Quote of the day: one of the most harmful addictions? A monthly salary
Found via Medium Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ... Read more
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Sep 2015
My presentation on the future of connectivity at Telecoms World Middle East TWME 2015, Dubai
It was a pleasure to be at this unique event. Thanks to Terrapinn for asking me to do this keynote. Here are the slides from...
15
Sep 2015
3 new podcasts with fellow future thinker and keynote speaker Rudy de Waele: the future of work/jobs, humanity, IoT
3 new tracks you'll enjoy. More about and from Rudy here and here IoT Videos by Gerd Humanity Keynotes by Gerd Direct MP3 downloads (all provided...
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Sep 2015
Frank Diana just published a great review and summary of my recent KPMG Exec Symposium talk on Automation and Robotics
READ MORE on Frank Diana's blog: At a recent KPMG Robotic Innovations event, Futurist and friend Gerd Leonhard delivered a keynote titled “The Digital Transformation...
10
Sep 2015
Some of my key 2020 messages: transformation, techvshuman, exponentiality… and the future
Here is a new slideshow I just uploaded to Flickr (Slideshare to follow) create with flickr badge. …and some pics for direct downloading ......
09
Sep 2015
Watch these IBM Watson videos.. and think about the future of your job (and no, it’s not all bad news:)
Our future is becoming MORE human not less, not to beat machines by ‘being smarter' or more efficient, but to use them as TOOLS to...
08
Sep 2015
Great collection of replies: Apple’s Siri on the meaning of life (digital assistants are coming!)
The funny thing is not just the answers but how GOOD they have become. On intelligent assistants and the IoT ... Read more
05
Sep 2015
Good keynote by Salim Ismail: Exponential Organizations: The New Breed of Business (Exponential Finance 2014)
I don't agree with Salim on every issue (and especially not on the virtues of the ‘coming singularity', in general) but there is a lot...
05
Sep 2015
New video in German language: 2020 – was bringt die Zukunft (Profond Schweiz GV 2015)
Mehr Details auf meinem deutschen Blog ... Read more