Must read: 2017 Edelman Trust Report – welcome to a world of distrust
The new Edelman trust report just came out and it's ...
Americans love technology, but are not so sure about enhancing their bodies (Pew Study, WaPo)
“a majority of Americans said they would be “very” or “somewhat” worried about three specific biomedical technologies chosen by Pew: gene editing, brain chips and synthetic blood. In all these cases, worry about the technology outweighs the excitement people feel about it.”
Americans love technology, but we aren’t so sure about using it to enhance our bodies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/26/americans-love-technology-but-arent-so-sure-about-using-it-to-enhance-our-bodies/
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Americans love technology, but we aren’t so sure about using it to enhance our bodies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/26/americans-love-technology-but-arent-so-sure-about-using-it-to-enhance-our-bodies/
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27
Jul 2016
The 2016 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report is here: HUGE resource, my fav stats
Dive in! KPCB source 2016 Internet Trends Report from Kleiner ...
02
Jun 2016
Brilliant new report on the future of work/jobs and the impact of technology/automation (Oxford Martin School, CITI)
If you are wondering how jobs, work, education, training, social ...
14
Feb 2016
IBM’s global C-Suite Study 2015. Key message: form your own futures squad!
IBM just published their 2015 global C-Suite study – and it ...
05
Dec 2015
The 150 Things the World’s Smartest People Are Afraid Of (some nice quotes here)
The 150 Things the World's Smartest People Are Afraid Of
https://motherboard.vice.com/blog/what-150-of-the-worlds-smartest-scientists-are-worried-about
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Gerd Leonhard
Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author
Wired top 100 influencer https://gerd.fm/wired88
Basel / Switzerland
www.futuristgerd.com (Eng)
www.gerdleonhard.de (De)
My new film on tech vs humanity: https://gerd.fm/techvshumanvideo
Download it here: https://gerd.fm/downloadthefilm
New: Future of Business book (I contributed) https://gerd.fm/fobbook
Public calendar: https://gerd.fm/gerdcalendar
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Mobile: +41797935384
20
Nov 2015
Great conversation on digital transformation with Jamie Good and Kim Laughlin (using the new blap video app)
We used a new tool called Blap to record this ...
03
Nov 2015
Redefining the relationship of man and machine: narrated chapter from the ‘The Future of Business’ book (video, audio, pdf, German translation)
I am very fortunate to be part of a group of ...
31
Oct 2015
20 cognitive biases to be aware of (nice illustration)
Just found this via Lifehacker – bias is a very common challenge ...
21
Sep 2015
Good report: GT BRIEFING AUGUST 2015 Navigating tomorrow’s digital landscape, part 3: governments
August 2015: In our June and July briefings took the perspectives of businesses ...
07
Aug 2015
Futurist Gerd Leonhard: some key messages on automation
Here is a few things and best-of materials I have ...
29
Jul 2015
Mary Meeker’s 2015 Internet Trends: great food for thought and a goldmine of intel
Every year, Mary Meeker delivers her masterpieces – the latest ...
01
Jun 2015
Digital transformation: the key points and some bottom lines by keynote speaker Gerd Leonhard
Me and my colleagues at The Futures Agency are getting a lot of speaking requests ...
26
Mar 2015
Update: audio recording and slides: presentation at Societe de Lecture in Geneva: private versus public – what is the future?
This was a fun event! I spoke about the future ...
05
Feb 2015
What thought-leaders read and watch (GDI)
My fellow futurists at the Gottlieb Duttwiler Institut GDI here ...
14
Jan 2015
My January 2015 newsletter just went out
… and you can read the whole thing here here ...
05
Jan 2015
Global trends ten key trends to watch for 2015 – great slideshow by Strategy Dynamics
Global trends ten key trends to watch for 2015. Related ...
02
Dec 2014
Interesting Chart: Nearly 36 Million People Live In Modern Slavery (via Statista)
Walk Frees Global Slavery Index defines slavery as people forced ...
