DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

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

13 Aug 2012

Context v Content: a futurist take on Libraries

In an age where any piece of information is just a Google click away, libraries need to re-investigate what business they are in. But, they need to do so in a way that doesn't throw out analogue tradition with the technological ...

23 Jul 2012

Future of Connectivity: a 30,000 Feet View

I'm 30,000 feet in the air. I am currently west of Chicago enroute from JFK to LAX. Because I was delayed from JFK and have a connection in LAX to Sydney, Australia, which I could well miss, I am nervously following our progress on ...

05 Jul 2012

Future Focus: 2020 Education

Recently, I was invited to give my futurist take on the future of education. Currently, education is at a creative intersection between technology and tradition, between the digital and the analogue, the high tech and high touch. Yet ...

24 Jun 2012

Futurist Vision: Big Data = Big Opportunity

Big Data = Big Opportunities We are now creating 2.5 quintillion bytes of data per day - so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to ...

05 May 2012

Future of Printing and Digital Solutions Industry #Drupa 2012

Recently, I was invited to be the resident futurist keynote speaker at the 2012 #drupa conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. #Drupa is pretty much the Olympics of the printing and digital solutions industry, and the latest innovations, ...

18 Dec 2011

2020 Vision: the future of airlines and aviation

I'm on Delta 17 from LA to Sydney. It's December 14th, 2011. The lie-flat seat is comfortable and I have managed to sleep for 9 out of the 13 hours that the flight entails. I'm eagerly awaiting the breakfast I can smell beyond the ...

03 Dec 2011

Future Trends: 3 waves of change for small business in 2012

I was recently asked to give a future focus perspective on 2012 for small business owners belonging to a chamber of commerce in Queensland, Australia. As I scenario planned and looked at some of the challenges confronting small ...