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As We Accelerate In The Short Term – Horizons Move Closer

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While COVID-19 is an acknowledged accelerant, we are accelerating towards a known destination. Remote learning and working should have evolved sooner; the digital foundation should have been a priority earlier; eCommerce should have exploded by now; and last-mile delivery is only just beginning. Although we may arrive at this destination sooner, acceleration now draws scenarios … Continue reading As We Accelerate In The Short Term – Horizons Move Closer

The Future Of Jobs

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Data gathered by LinkedIn, Coursera and the World Economic Forum was captured in a Future of Jobs Report recently published by The World Economic forum (WEF). A good summary is provided by senior writer Kate Whiting in her recent Article on the WEF website. Report content is showing up in varied places, with key findings like … Continue reading The Future Of Jobs

What Skills Do You Need To Outsmart Robots?

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What job skills do we need for the future? A popular question that comes up a lot. In a Recent Post, I listed several: emotional intelligence, creativity, flexibility, adaptability, data literacy, and technology savviness. This Tweet of a World Economic Forum video adds complex problem solving, critical thinking, people management, working with others, and decision … Continue reading What Skills Do You Need To Outsmart Robots?

The Hybrid Job Economy

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The notion that a renaissance man is more important today than ever is presented in recent Research by Burning Glass Technologies. Perhaps the best renaissance man of all time was Leonardo da Vinci, who was highly esteemed for his broad knowledge of many fields. The research concludes that we must all become more da Vinci-like in our … Continue reading The Hybrid Job Economy

Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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In a recent book titled, Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students, supporting society in ways that artificial intelligence cannot. His underlying premise is that the existing model of higher education has yet to adapt to the … Continue reading Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Automation of Everything

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In a Post from 2014, I explored the path of automation and a possible economic impact between $14 and $30 trillion. Almost four years later, my focus has shifted from economic to societal impact. How far will we take automation? Will automation augment us, freeing us from mundane and redundant tasks, or will it replace … Continue reading The Automation of Everything

MBA Education and Short Term Thinking

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This recent Article focuses on the failure of MBA programs to prepare leaders and innovators to cope with a fast-changing world: leaders that can put the long-term health of their company and customers first. Here is the bottom line straight from the article: Far from empowering business, MBA education has fostered the sort of short-term, balance-sheet-oriented … Continue reading MBA Education and Short Term Thinking

Future Capability Profile

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This recent Article describes how Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google on the conviction that STEM expertise was the dominant  piece of the capability profile – setting its hiring algorithms to look for computer science students with top grades from elite science universities. In 2013, they decided to test this hypothesis by analyzing the hiring, firing, … Continue reading Future Capability Profile

Is Creativity the Sole Domain of Humans?

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The transition from our current industrial/information age to an augmented and then ultimately an automated society is underway. The role of humans in that society is an often discussed topic, where our right brain characteristics are likely to play a more dominant role. But are those characteristics the sole domain of humans? Meet an Artificial Intelligence Virtual … Continue reading Is Creativity the Sole Domain of Humans?

Future Sports: Connecting the Dots

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Last week, I presented on the future of sports at a fund raiser for the Rutgers University Women’s Soccer team. A local Article on the topic captured the high-level themes, but for those interested, here is the full presentation along with two very good reports I tapped into from Delaware North on the future of … Continue reading Future Sports: Connecting the Dots

Human Traits in an Exponential World

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Our exponential world puts increasing pressure on our capacity to innovate and the speed and quality of idea flow. This dynamic coupled with the speed at which automation is likely to occur brings our right brain characteristics front and center. Creativity, imagination, big picture vision, emotional and social intelligence, empathy, and other human characteristics are … Continue reading Human Traits in an Exponential World

Reimagining the Future

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The future is arriving faster than most people think. I invite you to rehearse along with me – enjoy this journey through the looking glass. Expand the window below to view via PowerPoint online. When we look around us, we see a world in which digital is now woven into the fabric of our lives. Where … Continue reading Reimagining the Future

Women Leadership in an Exponential World

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I was honored to deliver the opening keynote at the SIM Women Executive Leadership Forum on Thursday May 5th. SIM Women Founder Kristen Lamoreaux did a wonderful job organizing the program. I met some fascinating leaders that selflessly give their time to their communities and society in general. As we look at the challenges that … Continue reading Women Leadership in an Exponential World

Digital Transformation of Business and Society

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At a recent KPMG Robotic Innovations event, Futurist and friend Gerd Leonhard delivered a keynote titled “The Digital Transformation of Business and Society: Challenges and Opportunities by 2020”. I highly recommend viewing the Video of his presentation. As Gerd describes, he is a Futurist focused on foresight and observations – not predicting the future. We … Continue reading Digital Transformation of Business and Society