

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...

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ......
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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...
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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
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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...
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Sep 2015

New video in German language: 2020 – was bringt die Zukunft (Profond Schweiz GV 2015)
Mehr Details auf meinem deutschen Blog ... Read more
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Sep 2015

New video on digital transformation, automation, robotics: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s keynote at KPMG symposium Chicago
This is a nicely recorder video and one of my best talks to-date, imho:) Thanks to KPMG for making this available! Topic: the digital transformation of business...
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Aug 2015

The future of business, and what that means for the shipping and maritime industries (summary of my key messages at Shipserve Smart Procurement event 2015) Great Circle
The Great Circle just published 2 good pieces on my recent talk at a Shipserve / Fathom shipping event/ (more details on that event, here)....
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Aug 2015

Video: auto-tuned cows
Some overzealous musician finally fixed this flaw of nature: cows don't really moo in tune https://youtu.be/P-ri0DGgJhk ... Read more
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Aug 2015

My Internet of Things story on Wattpad: read it on your mobile!
I am investigating publishing options via WattPad – this is the first story. Read it on WattPad More IoT stuff from me and … even more...
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Aug 2015

The complete video of my recent keynote on artificial intelligence (Envestnet India Trivandrum Event)
Here it is, finally! Apologies for the rather undistinguished audio quality. More about this event here. More about AI and me here and here and some...
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Aug 2015

Shih-Ting Hung / Baidu Video on 2020
Very interesting video on how we may live in 2020 – oddly enough the call it ‘beyond technology' while everything in the video is ABOUT...