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Trends & Megatrends · 2017
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Video: "Disruptive Trends in the Era of Acceleration!"
Are you ready for 2018? You need to be. Change is fast and furious, and it's everywhere. Watch this to understand what comes next -- and what you need to do! Production note…
Video: "The Seeds of Disruption: The Impact of Edge Thinking and More!"
What are the drivers of disruption in your industry? Where is all the fast change coming from? Edge thinking, iterative design, small beats big, rapid prototyping, devices change…
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…
Video: When the World Gets Flat, Put a Ripple in It!
Too many companies and professions, when faced with disruption and change, fall into the vicious trap of competing on price. In this video from a recent keynote, I speak about the…
Video: Interview - Mastering Complexity in the Era of Acceleration!
It's always fun to watch the crystallization of a trend that you've been speaking about on stage for over 15 years. And that trend is what I've come to call 'complexity partners.'…
Video: "It's All About the Batteries"
I was recently invited in to keynote the annual SAP Utilities conference in Southern California, and had a room of a few hundred executives from the energy, utility, water and…
The Story Behind the Picture: 20 Big Rules for Economic Development in the Era of Acceleration!
You know you are doing something right when an organization brings you back for the 3rd time! The International Asset Management Council is an organization relentlessly focused on…
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…
Video: "A Little Bit Disruptive!"
Here's a clip from a recent keynote. It's part of a talk where I cover 20 Disruptive Trends, and put into perspective why the future belongs to those who are fast! In this short…
Disney Predicted Self-Driving Cars, Intelligent Highways, the Hyperloop (And Maybe, the Jetsons) - in 1958!
What is the role of a futurist? We share with you ideas and insight that might help you to figure out what comes next! That's what I do, and these days, I'm often using the story…
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…
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…
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