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Episode 5 of TheFutureShow just went live: Offline is the new luxury
Because of the fact that I had a pretty bad mountain-bike accident last Saturday the release of this episode was slightly delayed – my apologies! So…...
Announcing my appointment: Leadership Summit for the Future at ITU Telecom World 2014 (Doha, Dec 7, 2014)
I am delighted to announce that my company, The Futures Agency and me have been appointed to put together and present the program for a very...
20
Jun 2014
Google’s Sergey Brin on EU privacy laws “There’s a lot of vagueness there” (via Recode)
via Top 20 Code Conference Quotes | Re/code. Pic below also via Recode. Thanks! ... Read more
09
Jun 2014
Hilarious fake Google Products (via PSFK)
These really hit the sweet spot I think…. read more at PSFK ... Read more
03
Jun 2014
This is your brain on mobile (via Medium): obsession with eternalising the moment?
This is a MUST-READ piece This is your brain on mobile — Medium by Jeremy Vandehey. Best snippets: As a human being, many of these triumphs...
25
May 2014
Rebooting Business: the slides from my presentation at Fort Collins Startup Week. New vimeo and youtube videos
More information on Fort Collins Startup Week. Download: Rebooting business Gerd Leonhard Futurist FCSW14 Public-web (7MB PDF) or use the Owncloud version 7MB (same file) Dropbox high res...
20
May 2014
Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? Via nytimes.com» by Julia Angwin
Great piece and must-read! In our data-saturated economy, privacy is becoming a luxury good. After all, as the saying goes, if you aren’t paying for...
11
Mar 2014
Big data, big business, big brother (my new guest post on CNN.com)
Read this piece on CNN.com Download PDF: Big data, big business, Big Brother? – CNN.com Spanish version (via CNN) ” (CNN) — Let me start on a...
27
Feb 2014
How Tech Is Creating Data “Cravability” To Make Us Digitally Obese (my guest post on Fast Co-Exist)
This just went online, here. Please add some fuel to this debate by spreading the word and commenting there. Thanks! Download the PDF: How Tech...
26
Feb 2014
▶ Google Keep video via YouTube: a cool tool – but make Google the central depository of my life…? DataMYning is near, imho
via ▶ Google Keep – YouTube. This could indeed be very helpful – but OUTSOURCING MY BRAIN TO GOOGLE? Is that really a good idea?...
12
Jan 2014
60-minute radio show on Swiss Radio SRF3 (in German) on future of privacy, internet and technology: «Technologie kennt keine Ethik»
Swiss Radio 3 (formerly DRS3) invited me to do a 1 hour radio show on the topic of privacy, digital addiction and the future of...
08
Jan 2014
Social – Local – Mobile (SoLoMo): empowerment or enslavement?
Nice infographic via mashable The tug of war between between empowered and being enslaved, between convenience and surveillance, between algorithms and humarithms will be a...
23
Dec 2013
▶ Why Care About the NSA? – Brian Knappenberger Video (NYT)
▶ Why Care About the NSA? – Brian Knappenberger Op-Doc – YouTube. Nice video, really made me think ... Read more
10
Dec 2013
My guest post on CNN International: Siri says ‘dump him’? How mobile devices could run (or ruin) your life (Spanish version, as well)
CNN International just published a guest post by me, here, on how the key technology trends will impact us in the next 5 years. The...
09
Dec 2013
How the NSA is tracking people right now, via The Washington Post (unbelievable, really)
How the NSA is tracking people right now – The Washington Post. Check this out. Information Superiority is everything I guess. ... Read more
05
Dec 2013
▶ Highlights of my ‘Future of the Internet’ keynote at ITU Telecom World 2013 in Bangkok
▶ Highlights of Gerd Leonhard's futurist keynote ITU Telecom World 2013 – YouTube. Download the slides here ... Read more
28
Nov 2013
PDFs with my slides from the ITUWorld event in BKK today: the Future of the Internet
Update: after receiving some very detailed and much appreciated feedback on my presentation at ITUWorld in Bangkok, today, I wanted to clarify a few important...
21
Nov 2013
The slides of my presentation on the future of Content and Marketing (Headoffice NL event October 17 2013)
Here are the slides from Headoffice's Netherlands Content Marketing Event near Amsterdam, today. Great location and really great audience; I always enjoy speaking in the...
