DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

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

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 ...

27 Jan 2013

Gamification, Digital Natives, and the importance of location in globalization

My futurist question remains. The question is whether the entry and cementation of digital natives in the workforce will change the importance of local connections. Some believe it will. And the reason for this is digital ...

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 ...

11 Dec 2012

Laptops and Lederhosen: digital provides digits

Laptops and Lederhosen At school, digits wasn't my forte. I went to a German School in Stockholm and my inability to make sense of Herr Vanderleeden's Year 9 maths was not popular. We had all been sent to this school to become ...