Oh, the times they are a-changin’! Imagine, if you will, a world where your boss could be a sophisticated AI, making decisions with the efficiency of a supercomputer and the wisdom of… well, let’s say a very well-read library. Welcome to musings on “CEO as a Service,” a concept that’s as intriguing as it sounds […]
Fake News, Algo Filtering, Deepfakes… All are symptoms of a much larger problem, ‘The Death of Common Knowledge’. What happens when society disagrees with basic facts? Water boils at 100oC. The moon orbits the earth. There are 365 days in a year. The pandemic has highlighted how polarised society can be on what’s agreed to […]
‘How come time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana?‘ – It’s a fun question used in linguistics, but also as part of some Turing tests to establish if machines exhibit intelligent behaviour. Computer scientists aren’t aligned about when machines could reach human-level intelligence. Some forecast 2030, others, 2100. It’ll only be […]
Yes – I’m making up a word, but making a serious point. It’s not a forecast about how our built environment will move entirely away from bricks’n’mortar. It’s simply stating we’ll have a bigger toolbox at our disposal. Driving the evolution is a synthesising mindset – drawing from a range of disciplines to enable new […]
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be introducing my new series of keynote presentations. They focus on the areas I believe are most significant for the 21st Century. The series explores Future of Work, Big Trends, Machines Vs Humans, Post-Pandemic Life, Future of Leadership, and a brief mention of bespoke produced services too. If you’re […]
In this short video, I offer NO advice whatsoever. It’s purely a collection of ideas i’ve had about how the situation could move us forward. Optimistic, yes. Naive, maybe. But – why not aim for something better than doom-saying! It’s the beginning of a short content series about ‘Black Swan‘ events – what they are, […]
Traditional hierarchical structures lack the responsiveness required in an era of accelerated technological and social change. Lessons from history demonstrate how firms such as Philips Consumer Electronics were killed off by Samsung because of a laid-back investment approach and slow decision making. Another example being Kodak who filed for bankruptcy due to a lack of innovation […]
VUCA was originally born from the US military in the 1990s. It is an acronym describing the Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity in the world as it appeared to be evolving. An example of volatility is how oil prices reached nearly US$155 in 2008, only to drop as low as $48 later in the year. […]
