Future of Business & Communications: FuturistGerd

Some key quotes from Douglas Rushkoff's new book: Present Shock - When Everything Happens Now

“Prophecy no longer feels like a description of the future but, rather, a guide to the present… Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up, however much our lifestyles and technologies have accelerated the rate at which we attempt to do things…If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism”

Very much impacts my own work - made me think. Check out his new book - well worth reading.

Key Topics in the Next 5 Years - discussed by Futurists Dr. James Canton and Gerd Leonhard (by Gerd Leonhard)

We had a nice talk imho:)) take a look

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So what do Futurists actually do ?

A conversation between Futurists Dr. James Canton http://globalfuturist.com/ and Gerd Leonhard http://about.me/mediafuturist This video is part of the new MeetingsOfTheMind.tv series (launching soon). This video covers questions such as 1) what does a Futurist do (and what not) 2) why clients hire us, and what we can do for them 3) some of the challenges that we have encountered in the past 10 years.

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NEW video: Digital Media Strategist Carlo Donzella and Futurist Gerd Leonhard talk about Smart Cities (MotM3) (by Gerd Leonhard)

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As we begin a new year, BBC Future has compiled 40 intriguing predictions made by scientists, politicians, journalists, bloggers and other assorted pundits in recent years about the shape of the world from 2013 to 2150.

Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years | Visual.ly

(via greenfuturist)

(via Arthur C. Clarke predicting the future in 1964 | KurzweilAI)

Great video found via my friend and colleague Glen Hiemstra (Futurist.com)

What makes us successful: Gerd Leonhard presentation / talk at… (greenfuturist.com)
futuristgerd: Future of Innovation & Business: From Ego to… (thefuturesagency.com)
futuristgerd: Author / Marketer Rohit Bhargava and Futurist… (thefuturesagency.com)

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In 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000…. read more via the BBC. I just ran across this image of Watkins’ predictions from 1900, and thought they would make a very good 2013 kick-off / happy new year post. Some of my favs: Hot and cold air from spigots Ready-cooked meals will be bought Automobiles will be cheaper than horses Areal war-ships Found via buzzfeed How res download

MediaFuturist: What may happen in the next hundred years (John Elfreth Watkins amusing predictions from 100 years ago)

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What the world will be like in 2030 | SmartPlanet *made me think

The world’s population will continue to grow, reaching 8.3 billion by 2030 (up from 7.1 billion in 2012). Nations will become older and more urban. All these factors will combine to put pressure on precious resources. “[T]he volume of urban construction for housing, office space, and transport services over the next 40 years could roughly equal the entire volume of such construction to date in world history.”

Interesting podcast: conversation with futurists Gerd Leonhard and Anton Musgrave (audio)

greenfuturist:

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BLADE RUNNER revisited >3.6 gigapixels (by françois vautier)

Seriously cool remix for all bladerunner fans:))

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Gerd Leonhard Tech Talk at Google London (by GoogleChannelUK)

wow … from 2008 but still quite good imho:)

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gerdfuturist:

A key message to myself and my clients: skate to where the puck is going to be not where it has been:)

Ray Kurzweil - Futurist (by ComputerHistory)

Pretty amazing monolog (more or less) by a true genius, and one of my major influences. The Singularity concept worries me greatly, though. Watch Ray’s movie http://transcendentman.com/ and then try to get some sleep:)

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NEW: This is the new place where Futurist Gerd Leonhard shares his PDFs: books, essays, features, presentations. All the latest stuff from Gerd’s talks will be posted here automatically via Dropbox. Videos can be found via the links below.

Gerd Cloud: Futurist Gerd’s Files

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Presentation: The Future of Business (Gerd Leonhard Barnsley UK) PDF (futureof.biz)
PDFs, audio and video from the July 17 2012 webinar on the Future of Media (Futurists Gerd Leonhard and Ross Dawson) (gerdandross.com)
Please also follow my Gerd Futurist Tumblr blog (futureof.biz)
Monetizing Digital Content - Futurist & Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard: DES event (futuretalks.com)
Futurist Gerd Leonhard Keynote at Colombia 3.0: The Future of… (futureof.biz)
Check out my new video podcasts on iTunes (download my speeches and talks) (mediafuturist.com)
Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Consumer Empowerment in the Networked Society (Keynote at CI Congress 2011) (futuretalks.com)
The journey from egosystem to ecosystem - Gerd Leonhard (by… (futureof.biz)

greenfuturist:

(via MediaFuturist: My new show-reels are live on Youtube (English and German versions))

My younger son (18) is a budding video producer and just created these 2 short reels for me, cutting and pasting from various speaking engagements, presentations and interviews. I think they are quite entertaining - would love to get your feedback!!

You may also want to visit my video page on my blog http://www.mediafuturist.com/my_videos or check out my Blip.Tv channel (download all videos) at http://blip.tv/gleonhard#1455358