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My latest post on Forbes.com: A Futurist’s Learnings From The Corona-Crisis, And Some Key Foresights
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!
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Sep 2020
Barry Schwartz #mustread on efficiency and why ‘too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing’
The term used to describe this approach to decision-making is satisficing. And satisficing with an eye toward a radically uncertain future might be called robust satisficing. Satisficing is a form of insurance – insurance against financial meltdowns, global pandemics, nasty bosses, boring teachers and crappy roommates. Insurance can seem stodgy – like the guy who wears a belt and suspenders. Perhaps we don’t need both, but what happens if we have neither?
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Aug 2020
Announcing a new speaking topic: A FUTURIST’S CASE FOR TECH REGULATION
The adage “too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing” is true for most things that might cause us harm but that we enjoy, regardless - be it food, coffee or alcohol. Yet right now, this obvious need for responsibility and balance is particularly glaring when we consider our exponential technological progress and the increasingly dominant (some would say monopolistic) behaviour of the world’s leading tech giants
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Aug 2020
Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights (via the NYT)
“As the economy contracts and many companies struggle to survive, ...
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Aug 2020
Must-watch summary of US congress hearing on tech regulation #digitalethics (via TheVerge)
technology regulation: too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing
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Jul 2020
This may be my best virtual keynote so far: The Great Transformation – our future (for LinkedIn Latam)
MUST WATCH… and please share. This is the complete 1080p ...
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Jul 2020
Gerd Leonhard’s 10 GameChangers: data, cloud, AI, IoT, Quantum … (video)
The Game Changers
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Jul 2020
Gerd Leonhard’s 10 GameChangers: data, cloud, AI, IoT, Quantum … (video)
The Game Changers
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Jul 2020
“GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS” El autor de ‘Tecnología vs. Humanidad’ aboga por un giro radical en la educación para no preparar a los niños a comportarse como robots”
“GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS” El autor de 'Tecnología vs. Humanidad' aboga por un giro radical en la educación para no preparar a los niños a comportarse como robots”
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Jun 2020
Video of my new Virtual Keynote / Talk: 10 Key Future Foresights, HD on Youtube
Join me for a brand-new virtual keynote and discussion: 10 essential foresights for our post-corona-future June 12 5pm
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Jun 2020
New video interview: Gerd Leonhard at Fundacion Telefonica #RepensandoElMañana #postcoronafuture
This is the edited version of my conversation with Christoph Steck, Telefonica Madrid, on the most important with/post-corona future scenarios also see my new page at http://www.postcoronafuture.com This video is in ENGLISH (only the intro is in Spanish). The original video is here: https://youtu.be/R59SlyTnaww Thanks to Christoph and Fundacion Telefonica for inviting me and making this recording available.
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May 2020
Tech giants are profiting — and getting more powerful — even as the global economy tanks (via WaPo)
There are really two Americas right now,” said Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at the New York University Stern School of Business and author of “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.” “There is Big Tech and there is everyone else. They can do what very few companies can do, which is play offense in the middle of a pandemic.”
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Apr 2020
Here are the videos, audio, images and polls from our live debate: Humanist vs Transhumanist
Read more about this event here. My Futures Agency colleague ...
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Apr 2020
Video Interview with Gerd Leonhard @ Casa Ferhan, Rio de Janeiro: É muito importante proteger o que nos torna humanos (ENGLISH)
É muito importante proteger o que nos torna humanos
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Apr 2020
Welcome to The Great Transformation: How Covid-19 changed our world: Futurist Gerd Leonhard looks back from the near Future
A crisis we didn’t waste. How covid19 changed our world: Futurist Gerd Leonhard looks back from December 2020
