Earlier today I spoke in the keynote session of the Richmond Financial Industry Forum in Interlaken, Switzerland.
Three of us – Jean Claude Biver, Chairman of watchmaker Hublot, Zeno Staub, CEO of Bank Vontobel, and myself – gave 10 minute presentations, followed by a panel discussion between us.
I spoke on Passion and the Future of Work. Below are some distilled thoughts from my keynote presentation.
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As a quick shout-out in case anyone is interested, I will be Europe with availability 17-20 June between engagements. I am currently intending to be in London for connections and meetings, but this isn’t yet fixed.
Let me know if you’re interested for any keynotes, executive briefings, strategy workshops, mini-workshops on crowdsourcing or the implications of the future of work, or anything else that takes your fancy. Contact me on the RossDawson.com website.
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Yesterday I gave an executive briefing to a senior team tasked with generating major new revenue opportunities for their organization.
My presentation delved into the drivers of change in economic structure, individual and societal behaviours, the shape of cities, the role of government, and the implications for the elderly of demographic change.
However to kick off I wanted to put the group into a bigger mental frame than they would usually think in, so I ran through the following chart:
Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism.
Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment.
Some of the things I talked about:
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I recently gave the keynote at Bridge Point Forum on Future Directions in the Digital Age, the title riffing off the conference’s theme of The Rise of the Digital Age.
I opened by making the critical point that, while the digital world is rising around us at an extraordinary pace, humans are completely analogue. Nothing about humans is digital. While we can conceive of and enact digital processes and thoughts, these are created from fully analogue neural networks.
This means that one of the most important frames on our future is understanding the interface between analogue humans and our increasingly digital external environment.
I illustrated the idea with segments of this movie of three Geminoids – essentially robot replicas of humans – together with their human models.
Yesterday ABC News featured a story on crowdfunding, providing a quick overview of the space for a broad audience.
An edited version of the segment on the 7pm News also appeared on The Business program. Click on the image to see a video of the news segment.
Having spent quite a few years working in capital markets, I have long seen that shifts in the broader economy mean we need new layers of capital markets.
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The Hub global movement was founded in London in 2005, and is a very rapidly growing network of so far 30 Hub communities co-working spaces established around the world and over 5000 members.
I first heard of the Hub soon after it was established, but was first directly exposed to the network when I ran a workshop on Crowdsourcing for Startups and Social Innovation at Hub Westminster in London last year.
I was fortunate to spend some time at the Hub and with its co-founder the inimitable and inspiring Indy Johar.
Subsequently I had the chance to hang out at Hub Melbourne, which draws together an eclectic community in a vibrant space in the city center.
As such I was delighted when the launch of Hub Sydney was announced. It will open on May 8 in a large office space on William Street Darlinghurst, leased from the City of Sydney. Check out the video – it tells the Hub Sydney story well.
Epi Nekaj, the founder of crowdsourcing innovator Ludvik + Partners, first got in touch with me in early 2012 to discuss his plan to run a landmark global event focused on crowdsourcing.
On June 3-7 Crowdsourcing Week will be held in Singapore, bringing the Crowdsourcing Week team’s vision to fruition.
Last Friday I was interviewed for a segment on ABC 7pm News about alcohol advertising on social media. Click on the image below to see the video.
The piece begins:
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I recently appeared on the Morning Show being interviewed about the future of the family. Click on the image below to see a video of the segment.
One of the interesting topics we discussed was trends in the fertility rate.
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