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The Future of Work: Spanish Translation of my recent guest post at Economic Times India
This is the Spanish translation of my January 3, 2014, guest post in the EconomicTimes India. Many thanks to Fernando del Río, economist and social innovator...
English-only as well as Turkish-overdup versions of my talk at Future Day Istanbul 3/1/2014: being human in a digital society
This is the ENGLISH language i.e. original version of my talk at the March 1 2014 Future Day in Istanbul. You can download the slides here. ‘Intelligent machines’ are...
10
Apr 2014
A short video on why embracing convergence is crucial for the media business (Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard)
via ▶ Why embracing convergence is crucial for the media business (Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard) – YouTube. ... Read more
06
Apr 2014
How You, I, and Everyone Got the Top 1% All Wrong (great piece on inequality by Derek Thompson)
Another great ‘penny-drop' piece by Derek Thompson / TheAtlantic. Really made me think about inequality and how dramatic it has become in the U.S., particularly...
06
Apr 2014
Via QZ.com TV industry take note: this is what being disrupted by Amazon looks like
Total digitisation + total efficiency = Digital Darwinism TV industry take note: this is what being disrupted by Amazon looks like – Quartz. Amazon yesterday thrust itself into...
05
Apr 2014
2 very short videos taken from a recent talk on the future of media
These are the ‘nuggets-only' versions:) The coming transition of broadcasting, TV & Cable: from broadcasting to broadbanding Build the Ecosystem, not just the apps!...
04
Apr 2014
Short video: media companies need to get involved with reinventing advertising (via CBS Media Executive Program)
via The urge of media companies to involve in reinventing advertising, Media Executive Program Faculty – YouTube. Nice short video! Thanks to CBC Executive Leading...
03
Apr 2014
The 10 Countries With The Highest “National Well-Being” (See The U.S. Anywhere?) via FastCoExist
I just ran across this great post on FastCoExist, by Ariel Schwartz. The U.S. may be at the top of the world's GDP rankings, but...
03
Apr 2014
My April 2014 newsletter
has just gone out. You can read it here Bob Dylan sang ‘The times they are a-changin’… and indeed they’re changing faster than ever before....
01
Apr 2014
Big data: are we making a big mistake? – FT.com
Big data: are we making a big mistake? – FT.com. ... Read more
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Mar 2014
Revolt Against the Robot Uprising ? The key to defeating robots -in movies and in real life- is doing what they can’t (via Entrepreneur.com)
Why You Should Revolt Against the ‘Robot Uprising' According to statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the manufacturing industry lost 2.3 million jobs in the most...
30
Mar 2014
Big Data Is Just a Big Scam?
Made me think! Big Data Is Just a Big Scam https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2455435,00.asp This all harkens back to a comment made by a former CEO of American...
30
Mar 2014
WTDC ITU Executive Strategic Dialog in Dubai, today: here are my keynote slides (future of sustainable broadband)
As promised, here are my slides from today's ITU event in Dubai Telecom ICT Internet Futures Sustainable Dev Futurist Gerd ITU WTDC14 Public-web (low res 3.5...
29
Mar 2014
▶ Inventing the Future of Connectivity (Facebook video on connecting developing countries – with drones)
Facebook's Yael Maguire talks about the technologies we're working on that will make connectivity more affordable in communities around the world. via ▶ Inventing the...
28
Mar 2014
My presentation at Social Media Marketing Conference in Zürich, today (in German / auf deutsch)
Hi everyone, these are the slides from today's event in Zurich, as promised (in GERMAN language) Owncloud PDF 12 MB Dropbox PDF 12MB High res...
27
Mar 2014
Impressive and somewhat scary Cisco TV Commercial on ‘The Internet of Everything Circle Story’
https://youtu.be/Z3PNMdL7P1M via Cisco TV Commercial, ‘The Internet of Everything Circle Story' – YouTube. Very interesting video showing both the tremendous possibilities of the Internet of...
25
Mar 2014
Interview with Dominik Landwehr (Migros Kulturprozent): Zukunft der Kulturindustrien *in German
# 24.03.2014 Gerd Leonhard: Warum Spotify nicht funktioniert als .mp3 herunterladen Listen Download ist gestern – heute ist Streaming angesagt. Zum Beispiel mit Spotify. Warum...
25
Mar 2014
The Next Big Thing You Missed: How Starbucks Could Replace Your Bank (via Wired Business) *Must Read
Great piece; good fit with some of my current work in the banking sector. The Next Big Thing You Missed: How Starbucks Could Replace Your...
