by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 17, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
“It is clear that policymakers and those who advise them do not have a satisfactory conceptual framework for dealing with [this] disruptive impact” says Alec Ross the former senior adviser on innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and; Jonathan...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 17, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
It sounds like something out of one of those cringeworthy, self-written high school plays. But in reality it is a genuine news report from a Fox affiliate TV station in the United States. And although it is a single anecdote, it does shine a spotlight on the mess that...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 16, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends, Leadership
A recent MIT Technology Review reveals an alarming trend. Since the early 2000’s and increasingly since the financial crisis of 2008, the levels of employment have decreased even though productivity has increased over the same period. Erik Brynjolfsson And...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 12, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
There is a pattern to the disruption of industries – change happens slowly, with a few early-adopters taking a technology and innovating, but not always in the optimum way. Then it happens quickly – and a whole industry can come tumbling down. Take digital...
by Keith Coats | Jul 9, 2013 | Archive, Diversity, Future Trends, Leadership
China is like a large building site. Well in truth, China is a large building site. Any visit to a Chinese city (and sometimes not even a city) there is evidence of building activity. From my hotel window in Guangzhou I counted 38 cranes and a building that was still...
by Graeme Codrington | Jul 9, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
I was alerted to the Digital Trends 2013 website a few days ago. It’s a collaboration between Microsoft, IPG Mediabrands and The Future Laboratory (although the domain name indicates that MS is the dominant partner). It looks like this might be updated on an...
