The Futures Agency’s CEO, Gerd Leonhard, just added a new ad-hoc podcast on the future of work and jobs on his Audioboom channel. This is a hugely important topic that will need some major attention from governments, corporations, SMEs and the entirely educational system. His key message: automation and
Develop your concept of what the future can look like by browsing through 25 of the best futurist blogs online. Two of which belong to TFA’s own Gerd Leonhard and Glen Hiemstra! These visionaries discuss how your life will change whether you like it or
Watch Gerd Leonhard and Yuri van Geest discuss the future of privacy in an exponential world. See some relevant slides and more from #futuristgerd
The Futures Agency runs a very active global network of 30+ futurists that do speaking engagements, conferences, future seminars and advisory sessions together, and individually. We have a lot of interesting conversations when- and wherever we meet up, so we decided to record some of
At a time of dramatic industry transformation and transition, the future shape of the ICT sector and of our society often seems more confusing and ambiguous than ever. The exclusive Leadership Summit at ITU Telecom World 2014 is an exciting opportunity to unravel some of
Our visions of the future tend to be forged in the pages of science fiction. But for the past half-century, a number of prominent thinkers, activists, and scientists have made significant contributions to our understanding of what the future could look like. Here are 10
Link: Countries adding the most billionaires | SmartPlanet Today, the bottom half of the global population owns less than 1 percent of total wealth. The richest 10 percent holds 86 percent of the world’s wealth. The top 1 percent—meaning those ultra-high-net-worth individuals with fortunes in
Link: The web giants pumping us for information | Technology | The Observer Given that the oil business is one of the biggest industries in the history of the world, for example, the metaphor hints at untold future riches. But it conveniently skates over the
Link: The Free-Trade Charade by Joseph E. Stiglitz – Project Syndicate those engaging in these trade negotiations should be forewarned: the US is committed to a lack of transparency July 08, 2013 at 08:53AM
