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Technology & AI · 2017
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Trend: Security, Scams, and Avoidable Negligence!
Beneath the surface of normalcy lies a hidden layer of complexity. And the fact is, we are building a big, global, complicated machine, and it's obvious that people don't know how…
Daily Inspiration: "Yesterday’s tomorrow is already here! And just as you might struggle with the speed of change, so too did those in the future!"
“Yesterday’s tomorrow is already here! And just as you might struggle with the speed of change, so too did those in the future!” - Futurist Jim Carroll "This is a really busy…
Trend Keynote: There's More to Disruption Than You Think There Is!
Disruption is real, it's big, and it's happening faster than you think. My job as a futurist has me doing an increasing number of CEO level events for Fortune 500 companies around…
Keynote Case Study: Nikon — A 100-Year Company Still Had to Reinvent Itself
There are not many organizations that get to celebrate a 100th anniversary. Nikon did. And I had the privilege of being invited to Tokyo to headline its centennial celebration…
Keynote: Nikon, Tokyo, Japan - 100th Anniversary Celebration Gala Dinner
This was certainly a treat – they invited me in to headline a dinner with my observations on the future! I opened with a story on when NASA invited me in (twice!) for a talk on…
Article: Futurist Says "Fast & Furious" Changes Coming to Manufacturing
The folks at New Equipment Digest interviewed me a few weeks back for an article on manufacturing, ahead of a major keynote I had earlier this month. It's but one talk I do in…
Report on a Keynote: Keeping Up With Fast Customers!
Last week, I was the opening keynote speaker for the annual SOMOS Toll-Free Users Summit - it's the annual conference for the folks involved in the 1-800 industry. Obviously…
Keynote Case Study: Quintiq — Complexity Was Becoming a Competitive Capability
If the world gets faster, it gets more complex. That was the central idea behind my keynote for the Quintiq World Tour 2017 in Philadelphia. Quintiq built software designed to…
Keynote Case Study: SOMOS: Identity Was Becoming the New Infrastructure of Communications.
For SOMOS, I delivered a keynote on the future of digital identity, trusted communications and the accelerating role of data infrastructure in a world defined by speed, fraud…
BBC Interviews me on #IoT : "The Brain Inside Our Homes" : It's Early Days Yet in This Most Complex of Machines!
The BBC gave me a call to chat about what is really going on with the Internet of Things (populalrly known as IoT) ... and ended up running a great summary of our conversation…
Keynote: SOMOS, Chicago, Illinois: Future of customer interaction
This is a new group — 3 years old — that represents the 1-800 toll free service industry, and the invited me in for a keynote on trends and issues impacting consumer behaviour. I…
Keynote: Future of energy – renewables, batteries and more, SAP Utilities conference, California
You have to love it when a client invites you back – and in this case, SAP was bringing me back in for about the 20th time since they first booked me in 2003! This conference had…
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