‘The Good, The Bad and The Future’: A message by Futurist Gerd Leonhard (text only)
An important message on the current and future state of affairs, by Futurist Gerd Leonhard (Text only)
An important message on the current and future state of affairs, by Futurist Gerd Leonhard (Text only)
An important message on the current and future state of affairs, by Futurist Gerd Leonhard
Since "The Good Future" film's release, I have received many comments requesting to dive deeper into each topic, and to provide more context. Hence this new film: The Good Future EXPLAINED
2020 was a disruptive and massively confusing year for everyone, personally, and for every business and every organization, as well. 2021 will hopefully see a rebound of a sort - yet I think we are not going back to 'normal', ever.
Riffing-off, and simplifying from, a recent WEF piece here --- this will become a strong meme for 2021 (no matter what you may think about the WEF and its 'Great Reset':))
Some of my most crucial messages are summarized in this ...
"America will always disappoint its most ardent detractors—and admirers. It’s a big, complicated place, and you can always find in it what you want. But the pandemic laid bare fissures that have been persistently widening. They were best described decades ago by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who wrote that America was defined by “private opulence and public squalor.” The United States has long had a dazzling private sector, but its public institutions, with a few exceptions—such as the independent, self-funded, and highly respected Federal Reserve—limp along. Washington can throw money at a problem, which often does the job eventually, but it cannot run a complex national program to serve a collective benefit. Social Security—whose job is mainly to write checks—works, while the Veterans Administration is a bloated, bureaucratic disaster... These ills of government are an American, not a democratic, disease. Many other democracies handled this pandemic effectively, better than any dictatorship. That list includes countries run by political parties of all stripes"
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The very word ‘normal’ has become kind of useless, and the idea of ‘business as usual’ is becoming laughable, as well. Instead, attempting to ‘pivot’ (switching horses in midstream) has become our new routine. Just ask AirBnB, Uber or Carnival Cruises, or any airline CEO, event organiser, restaurant owner or... futurist!
Topic Resilience and Adaptation: Predicting the Future in Uncertain Times
What happens when 3 senior futurists get together and talk about their combined 75 years of experience, discuss how Covid-19 is changing their lives and their roles, and ponder what they see coming towards us in the next 5-10 years? Find out more in this new episode of Gerd.Live
virtual keynote futurist gerd leonhard hacking rio
We ain't see nothing yet. And still I maintain that ...
Some of us are riding the 'CoronaCoaster' of utter uncertainty, worries and anxiety, yet others are also experiencing moments of hope and glimpses of a newly emerging world, accelerated by the pandemic.
Inspired by recent piece in the economist “The rules of ...