

“First, we want to build intelligence that augments human abilities and experiences. Ultimately, it’s not going to be about human vs. machine. We humans have...
Facebook is chipping away at privacy – and my profile has been exposed
“Quietly, over the last year, Facebook has killed the concept of a private account.”Facebook is chipping away at privacy – and my profile has been...
30
Jun 2016

My deck from Google Atmosphere Brazil June 9 2016: the future of work and leadership
Here is the deck from the Google event in Sao Paulo Future of Work Leadership Google Atmosphere Brazil Gerd Leonhard Public-web Best-of slides: ......
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Jun 2016

The future of marketing: man and machine (my deck from FODM 2016 in London)
Here is my deck from today's FODM event in London Future of marketing man or machine FODM 2016 London futurist gerd leonhard Public deck 40MB...
07
Jun 2016
How bot-to-bot could soon replace APIs – important trend
“By now it’s clear that bots will cause a major paradigm shift in customer service, e-commerce, and, quite frankly, all aspects of software-to-human interaction.For the...
06
Jun 2016


Video and slides from my keynote at AMICE in Ghent: insurance, technology and the future (updated)
Here is the deck from today's AMICE event in Ghent (details) Technology Insurance Future AMICE 2016 Ghent Gerd Leonhard Public 40 MB PDF high res...
03
Jun 2016

The 2016 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report is here: HUGE resource, my fav stats
Dive in! KPCB source 2016 Internet Trends Report from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Some best-of's: ... Read more
02
Jun 2016

My presentation at CommunicAsia / BroadcastAsia in Singapore, today: digital transformation 2020
As promised, here is the deck from my talk at CommunicAsia 2016. Read the Business Times Review. 2020 global digital transformation communicasia Gerd Leonhard Futurist Speaker-web...
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Jun 2016
Artificial Intelligence Is Far From Matching Humans, Panel Says…BUT (via NYT)
“Kate Crawford, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, called on the industry to add ethics to the professional training of engineers. “We need to start...
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May 2016
Advertising Cannot Maintain the Internet. Here’s the “Secret Sauce” Solution. Via Evonomics and David Brin
“Andrew Keene asserts in The Internet is not the Answer, our vaunted digital connections aren’t serving average folk. His complaint can be summarized:1. Security flaws...
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May 2016

Slides from my presentation at today’s SVIR event in Baden
is now available on my German site ... Read more
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May 2016

New Slideshare presentation: the digital transformation of society and business (compilation)
The digital transformation of society and business: 2020. Futurist keynote speaker Gerd Leonhard (compilation) from Gerd Leonhard Download the PDF: Digital transformation future 2020 keynote...
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May 2016

My presentation at Innotown 2016 in Alesund: the next 5 years in technology and innovation
Here is the PDF from the pretty amazing Innotown conference in Norway Next 5 years in technology innovation gerd leonhard Innotown 2016 alesund-web PDF 11...
25
May 2016
Google CEO Predicts The End Of Computers As A Device – must read!
“Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the "device" to fade away. Over time, the computer itself—whatever...
24
May 2016

Video and slides: my talk on digital transformation, 2020 opportunities / challenges (Deutsche Bank Transaction Bankers Forum 2016 in Frankfurt)
Below is the complete video with my keynote -thanks to Deutsche Bank for making this available ! Download the slides (10MB pdf) DB Transaction Bankers Forum...
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May 2016
There’s No Such Thing as Free Will – great if maybe troubling story via TheAtlantic
“In recent decades, research on the inner workings of the brain has helped to resolve the nature-nurture debate—and has dealt a further blow to the...
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May 2016

Good talk on the rise of robots, automation and the future of work (Martin Ford)
https://youtu.be/ym3F3c9z6Wo Be sure to read his book as well! What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have...
