English 
Deutsch 
Español 
Português (AO90) 
Even the BAXTER bot enjoys reading my new book “Technology vs Humanity” (and a drone is delivering it)
Images by Matt McLelland – Thanks ! Buy the book via Amazon or directly via my publisher. Read more about the book here. Read the...
New podcast: a conversation with futurists Richard Watson and Gerd Leonhard, discussing our new books: Digital vs Human, and Technology vs Humanity
Here is a brand-new podcast with my futurist colleague Richard Watson who just published a great book called ‘Digital vs Human‘. Richard's book is a...
15
Nov 2016
Silicon Valley Reels After Trump’s Election – NYTimes.com
“Mr. Obama, who rode many of these digital tools to the presidency, was accommodative of their rise; his administration broadly deferred to the tech industry...
10
Nov 2016
Video and slides: IAPP Data Protection Congress in Brussels, today: Technology and Humanity (updated)
Great event here in Brussels today, see more details here. NEW: here is the video of my keynote My new book TECHNOLOGY VS HUMANITY, as...
10
Nov 2016
The 2016 Election Exposes the Very, Very Dark Side of Tech
“It’s shown us—and not for the first time—how the same communication tools that can connect strangers in far-flung parts of the world can also be...
09
Nov 2016
Video and slide-deck: 8th Forum Haute Horlogerie IMD Lausanne: the technologies that will change our lives (updated)
What a day to give a presentation about technology … as the USA prepares to enter the dark ages under the leadership of Donald Trump…...
09
Nov 2016
Here is my deck from JDA Focus Connect 2016 in London: the megashifts transforming business in the next 5 years
More details on the event here – thanks to JDA for inviting me! 15 MB PDF jda-focus-connect-london-megashifts-gerd-leonhard-for-distribution-low-res Some best-of slides: ... Read more
08
Nov 2016
How Blockchain Will Change Your Life – says ibm CEO
“All of this is promising. But for blockchain to go beyond pilots, the technology needs a system of transparent governance. Remember what guided the development...
08
Nov 2016
Is it time to become exponentially human?
By Gerd Leonhard, Future-Thinker and Humanist, Zürich, Switzerland, November 7, 2016 IS IT Time to become exponentially human? Machines can increasingly mimic the human brain and...
08
Nov 2016
Elon Musk Thinks Automation Will Lead to a Universal Basic Income – absolutely l!
“I think that there’s a pretty good chance we end up with a universal basic income, or something like that, due to automation,” Musk said....
07
Nov 2016
In the Uncanny Valley of Industry 4.0: humans becoming smart machines ?
“Perhaps the greatest danger may not stem from smart machines taking over but rather from us humans becoming smart machines ourselves, as the INSEAD professor...
06
Nov 2016
Complete video and slides: presentation at Swisscom Dialog 2016: digital transformation and the future, in German language
Because of the super-wide screen format, here is a video with my key slides, rather than the usual PDF. More on the event UPDATE: Here...
03
Nov 2016
Should we trust predictive policing software to cut crime? – Sidney Perkowitz | Aeon Essays
“In an age of anxiety, the words sound so reassuring: predictive policing. The first half promises an awareness of events that have not yet occurred....
31
Oct 2016
My open letter to the ‘Partnership on AI to benefit people and society’ (Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, MSFT) just went online at Wired UK
Read it here and please spread the word ! Dear Francesca, Eric, Mustafa, Yann, Ralf, Demis and others at IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon. The Partnership...
31
Oct 2016
Fantastic slideshow on the future of media: Activate 2017 Tech / Media Outlook (Michael Wolf)
Must-review for anyone, media or not ! A treasure chest! Digital gatekeepers will fare better than content media, analyst Michael Wolf says at WSJ...
29
Oct 2016
My presentation at Sachsen Digital in Dresden (in Germany)
is now available on my German site ... Read more
28
Oct 2016
NEW video and slide-deck from the Basware 2016 event in Helsinki: good enough is dead!
More about the event here Parrasvaloissa Gerd Leonhard : Key Note – Good enough is dead Yksi maailman arvostetuimmista futuristeista kääntää katseen tulevaisuuteen ja ravistelee ajatusmaailmaamme....
27
Oct 2016
Should We Care That We Treat Technology as a Slave?
“Consider for example the extent to which we have already abdicated the sovereignty of being human. Have you noticed, for example, your immediate distrust of...
