Just over three years ago we launched our Futurist Influence Rankings and Keynote Speaker Influence Rankings. These both use a simple algorithm to combine measures of online impact including web traffic and social media impact to rank the influence of prominent futurists and keynote speakers. Any rankings of online influence certainly shouldn’t be taken too […]
This morning I gave a keynote at the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools Annual Conference, which brings together the Deans and leaders of the top business schools in the region. The other sessions in the morning were presented by McKinsey & Co and PwC, so I wanted to present perspectives that would be complementary to […]
In a short segment I recorded in Bangkok at the Oracle Impact Summit recently, I discuss the six facets of strategy for emerging technologies with some simple visual illustrations. You can read more about the six facets of strategy for emerging technologies here. The transcript is below. To subscribe to my future vlog episodes click […]
The current issue of Brunswick Review features an interview with me titled Visions of Tomorrow. While it is a wide-ranging interview, as often, I was asked about the role of the futurist. Below are some of my ideas on thinking about the future and taking action from the article. See below the quotes for some […]
Here is episode 3 of my vlog, on my experience recoding the OFX Where the World’s Moving podcast series. Let me know any comments or thoughts, if you’d like to keep across my vlog please subscribe on YouTube! Full transcription below:
Last week I gave the keynote on Technology Leadership in an Accelerating World and chaired the C-Level Executive Luncheon at the Oracle Impact conference in Bangkok, Thailand. After the lunch roundtable more than one CIO told me that the ‘Company as a platform’ concept I’d put forward during my keynote had resonated strongly with them. […]
Here is – finally – the second episode of my vlog, on the critical topic of optimism. More episodes coming soon! Here is the transcript:
Last week I spoke at a very interesting event ‘Should We Turn Over Decision-Making To Robots?‘. It was the first of a series of discussion organised by WWF‘s Panda Labs, delving into the ethics and positive potential of emerging technologies. ABC News published an article Relinquishing more power to robots up for debate at futurist […]
For many years I have been wanting to do a vlog – a video blog – partly to make it quicker and easier to share thoughts and ideas. I have had a blog for 16 years now, but find it hard to find the time to blog as much as I’d like. So here is […]
Over the last 7 days I have done the keynote at the Oracle Impact conferences in Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on the topic of Technology Leadership in an Accelerating World. The events were centered around emerging technologies, particularly AI, IoT and Blockchain, and how these can be applied in a business environment. The central theme […]
