DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

FORESIGHTS AND IDEAS THAT EXPAND MINDS AND INSPIRE A CHANGE OF HEART.

08 Mar 2013

Retail Futurist: re-imagining Lego's Toy Story

Toy Story Reinvented: Lego You'll remember the famous plot. It's one we can all relate to (if we still remember childhood). In Disney/Pixar's animated movie, Toy Story, the toys pretend to be lifeless when humans are around, but come ...

11 Feb 2013

Farming Futures: tradition meets technology

Farming Futures: tradition meets technology What does the future of farming look like? What forces will shape farmers' futures? How will agriculture shift over the near and long-term futures? What does the explosion in global ...

09 Feb 2013

Burning Man and Analogue Escapism

Burning Man and Analogue Escapism: reconnecting by disconnecting The Nevada desert dust is kicking up a desert storm. It's dusk. I have been driving for 10 hours and I am 511 miles north of Las Vegas. No GPS signal. Off road. I am in ...

31 Jan 2013

Digilogue: connecting with digital minds and analogue hearts (Video)

As some organisations careen recklessly into the digital future and others are left behind by remaining steeped in the ways of old, thought leaders are coming to realise there is an important middle ground. Most often that's where ...

23 Jan 2013

Analogue Location Drives Digital Innovation

Silicon Valley. This name conjures up brand associations like high tech, digital, Facebook, Google, venture capitalism, Stanford, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Infinite Loop, Linkedin, Cisco, cloud, Big Data, Xerox PARC. But think about the ...

19 Jan 2013

Frugal Innovation: what grandma Ingrid, Lagom and Indian Jugaad have in common

"More and more from less and less." It could have been a statement from my grandmother Ingrid, who grew up in Depression-era Sweden, and was always concerned not to waste anything. Ingrid always made sure that there was enough, but ...

04 Jan 2013

Big Data and Silicon Valley: futurist observations

I am sitting at Sydney Airport on my way to Silicon Valley, where I will be participating in a strategy project at Stanford University on the future of big data and consumer privacy. In an age where Sony Playstation accounts are ...