

This was published in 20min.ch today – should be online soon, as well (in GERMAN) 20Min.ch Gerd Leonhard 04_23-01-2015_Wissen ... Read more

2 cartoons that reflect the challenges of being a futurist: the comfort of untruth, and the sane mind
🙂 ... Read more
23
Jan 2015

Great Podcast: James Hughes on “What is Technoprogressivism” (Review The Future), and my transcript
I ran across this ReviewTheFuture podcast with Prof. James Hughes of the IEET last week, and it provided so much food for thought that I...
22
Jan 2015

▶ CES 2015: Oral-B Bluetooth-connected toothbrush. Soon, apps will replace our brains I guess.
▶ CES 2015: Oral-B Bluetooth-connected toothbrush – YouTube. ... Read more
22
Jan 2015

▶ Must-watch: Microsoft’s HoloLens Live Demonstration: how we look at reality is rapidly changing. This is big.
Wow. Mind-boggling possibilities. Why would you ever NOT want to wear this:)) This is HellVen, no doubt:)) The challenge is no longer the technology (well, some...
22
Jan 2015

Nice video of a recent session for Sanoma NL: the Future of Media (what will happen to advertising?)
How do you keep the advertisers happy without selling out readers? – The future of media show – Episode 1 | Special thanks to Christopher...
21
Jan 2015

Quote of the day: “Fish do not discover water” (McLuhan)
Keep that in mind when thinking about Digital Transformation ... Read more
21
Jan 2015

Great quote by Henry Ford: why expert-ship is overrated (thanks to Peter Diamandis)
I just found this morsel via Peter Diamonds newsletter …Henry Ford, when asked about his employees, said it best: None of our men are ‘experts.'...
19
Jan 2015
4 short videos from my TedX Brussels talk on digital ethics: super-humanity, AI, the exponential society… and more
We have created a series of short videos (90 secs to 3 minutes) with the key messages from my December 1, 2014 TedX Brussels talk...
16
Jan 2015

Must-watch: have a conversation with Google Translate – YouTube (will our kids still learn languages?)
Finally catching up with SayHi :)) Pretty mind-boggling via Have a conversation with Google Translate – YouTube. ... Read more
16
Jan 2015
▶ Exponential and combinatorial futures: all depends on ethics (Futurist Gerd at Tedx) – YouTube
▶ Exponential and combinatorial futures: all depends on ethics (Futurist Gerd at Tedx) – YouTube. ... Read more
15
Jan 2015

Meet me at Learning Technologies conference in London January 28 2015
Delighted to be back here; see the detailed program here My talk will be on this topic: ... Read more
15
Jan 2015

A new year – and a new way to do keynotes and presentations. I need your help!
I have decided to make some deep changes in how I give talks, presentations and keynotes- after almost 1600 gigs I kinda feel ready for a change:)...
14
Jan 2015

▶ Excerpts from a conversation on the future of work, learning, training at LSG13, with Donald Taylor (I want to do more sessions like this, going forward)
via ▶ Excerpts from a conversation on the future of work, learning, training at LSG13, with Donald Taylor – YouTube. ... Read more
14
Jan 2015

What thought-leaders read and watch (GDI)
My fellow futurists at the Gottlieb Duttwiler Institut GDI here in Switzerland published an interesting report on what their alleged ‘thought-leaders‘ (?) read – and...
14
Jan 2015

Quote of the day: Gary Hamel on why companies fail
I snipped this somewhere… and it's so true. Every time I coach a CEO or board member this comes to my mind… ... Read more
14
Jan 2015

My latest press release on Digital Ethics (in German)
Just went live on my German site. English version via Google Translate All German-language press releases MEDIENMITTEILUNG Futurist Gerd Leonhards Top-Thema 2015 Die Notwendigkeit einer...
13
Jan 2015

▶ Amazon’s Echo digital assistant: will ‘outsourcing our brains’ become the new normal?
▶ Introducing Amazon Echo – YouTube. Is this a good thing… and what is next? And… will this device just LISTEN ALL THE TIME? https://youtu.be/KkOCeAtKHIc...