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In order to gain more clarity for myself on what is important to me, I have created a draft Thought Landscape of primary topics, arranged across four related themes: Thinking, Technology, Business, and Humanity. This will be useful for me in filtering information and guiding the frameworks I develop on these topics.
‘Hidden workers’ – those unemployed or underemployed seeking work who are not visible because of companies’ hiring processes – are a massive lost opportunity to society as well as business. An incisive Harvard Business School study points to over 27 million US workers (no doubt the scope is similar in other nations) whose capabilities are […]
Ross Dawson quoted on how AI and automation will shape the future of work
Ross Dawson quoted on insights into thinking about the future
Ross Dawson quoted on the shifting relevance of degrees in the future of work
I recently spoke at Tech: The New Era conference, which was part of London Tech Week, in a conversation with Kriti Sharma on the ethics of AI. I had previously interviewed Kriti as part of the OFX/BBC Storyworks Where the world is moving podcast series I hosted in a very interesting episode on AI ethics, […]
In our relatively recently connected economy, platforms have appropriated an outsized proportion of value creation. That is a problem. There have been many initiatives to build user-owned platforms, supported by tools such as the Platform Co-op Development Kit, and a handful of small scale successes such as Up & Go and Stocksy. Now Braintrust, an […]
I was delighted to be a guest on Zanele Njapha‘s Future-fit Fridays podcast, with her dynamic style helping bring out some of my strongest-held beliefs. You can listen to the interview on Apple or Spotify, or the full transcript is below. Zanele opened by asking me about my practice of keeping a journal, following up […]
From today’s suite of virtual reality and augmented reality product launches by Facebook, one of the most interesting was its announcement of Infinite Office, allowing users to work on multiple screens in a virtual/ augmented reality space. I shared some thoughts on the announcement and what it means for the rise of virtual offices in […]
Since March many people feel they have been caught in a ‘Zoom hell‘ of back-to-back video calls throughout their waking hours. While this would have seemed futuristic a few decades ago, it already feels deeply tired. We have all experienced the problems with engagement, attention, and effective collaboration on video-conferencing calls. One of the most […]
