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TheFutureShow episode #4 is now available: the coming automation of everything
The 4th episode of my new web-TV series ‘The Future Show (TFS) with Gerd Leonhard' was just released, on the juicy topic of ‘the automation of...
Watch how eerily Microsoft’s smart home of 1999 predicts our lives today (video via Quartz) but is playing catch-up, today
Watch how eerily Microsoft’s smart home of 1999 predicts our lives today – Quartz. Today, Microsoft is playing catch-up on trends from the shift to mobile to the cloud....
05
Jun 2014
Microsoft’s Skype Translator will translate voice calls on the fly (via The Verge)
Microsoft's Skype Translator will translate voice calls on the fly | The Verge. I have talked about this for the past 3 years, and now...
28
May 2014
▶ New keynote video (in German language): Digitale Transformation: die wichtigsten Zukunftstrends: Futurist Redner Gerd Leonhard IICO2014 – YouTube
▶ DIGITALE TRANSFORMATION: Die wichtigsten Zukunftstrends: Futurist Redner Gerd Leonhard IICO2014 – YouTube. More details here. Thanks to IICO for making this available. ......
14
May 2014
My latest guest post on CNN.com: on wearable tech vs privacy, and: why Google Glass has a nude beach problem
In context with the launch of TheFutureShow and the first episode on what I call privacy failure, my latest guest post on CNN just went...
29
Apr 2014
Future economy: Many will lose jobs to computers (via USAToday)
The future of work and jobs is quickly becoming a major theme in my work this year. Read this piece below for context. Future economy:...
23
Mar 2014
How the “internet of things” will replace the web – good read via Quartz
From December 2013 but still very much on-the-spot. How the “internet of things” will replace the web – Quartz. If this all sounds like mind...
22
Mar 2014
The Future of The Professions and Professional Services (my presentation at the Managing Partners Forum in London today)
Here are the slides from talk and presentation at the Managing Partners Forum in London, today. We will have a video available soon, as well,...
12
Mar 2014
What Jobs Will the Robots Take? Great piece by Derek Thompson – The Atlantic
Whatever name you prefer, some form of it has been stoking progress and killing jobs—from seamstresses to paralegals—for centuries. But this time is different: Nearly...
19
Feb 2014
Automation and the threat to jobs – FT.com
Insightful piece. In my view, automation is inevitable and humans must focus on what sets us apart ie ingenuity, creativity, ability to deal with ambiguity...
