Hi there! Greetings from a very snowy Zurich, Switzerland. Between more snow than the city has seen i
|
|
January 19 · Issue #46 · View online
The best links and must-reads aggregated by Gerd Leonhard, Futurist & Humanist, Keynote Speaker, Author of 'Technology vs Humanity', Film-Maker, and CEO of The Futures Agency in Zürich / Switzerland.
|
|
Hi there! Greetings from a very snowy Zurich, Switzerland. Between more snow than the city has seen in 15 years which crippled the public transit system and the onset of the most recent lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19’s recent mutations, it has been a busy, crazy time. And if all that wasn’t enough, the world is finally about to get a new US president, hopefully without any more bizarre incidents. Who knows, maybe after tomorrow the ‘ Great American Pivot’ that I wrote about in August 2020 will actually be put into motion. I hope you enjoy this week’s edition, and be well!
|
|
Just down the street from The Futures Agency's Zurich HQ (nope not my Suburban)
|
!! EXCLUSIVE access for my newsletter readers: Videos from my Future Ready Executive Program !!
BONUS FREE ACCESS: The Covid-19 crisis is forcing (and allowing) us to take a wider view, beyond efficiency and optimisation. Agile is the new efficient and so-called digital transformation is not really about technology – it’s about who we are, our personality and our character. Resilience is a mindset – it is first about who you are, and only then about what you do. This is a really well-produced video keynote entitled “From Efficiency to Resilience and Agility”, excerpted from my new Future Ready Executive Program (FREP). With ENG, ES and PT Captions.
|
|
25 Years Ago John Elkington Coined the Phrase “Triple Bottom Line.” Here’s Why He Thinks It’s Time to Rethink It.
“It was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it’s become a mere accounting tool…” ***The future of capitalism will be one of my main focus areas in 2021… stay tuned
|
Reinventing capitalism: a transformation agenda for business | also by John Elkington | Medium
‘Capitalism is both the greatest source of prosperity and progress in human history and the greatest threat to it. This paradox is at the heart of the case for reinvention.’ Be sure to download the Volans report on Vision 2050.
|
The American Abyss - The New York Times (tough narrative ...but really made me think)
“Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place. Without agreement about some basic facts, citizens cannot form the civil society that would allow them to defend themselves. If we lose the institutions that produce facts that are pertinent to us, then we tend to wallow in attractive abstractions and fictions… Social media is no substitute: It supercharges the mental habits by which we seek emotional stimulation and comfort, which means losing the distinction between what feels true and what actually is true*
|
How the EU’s Green Deal survived the coronavirus pandemic – POLITICO
The threat of the pandemic actually helped push through the European Green Deal.
|
IPSOS 2021 Global Advisor Predictions (some good stats)
This report was just released and the results are quite interesting, Check out my highlights and comments below. “After a 2020 that is rated as the worst year for some time, people around the world are looking forward to 2021 for their country, their families and themselves, according to a new Ipsos’ Global Advisor poll […]
|
|
Books I like and recommend
Via Goodreads, this is only a partial list:)) 284 books in my Kindle queue:)
|
|
New Video: Futurist Gerd Leonhard Q&A Session at IEEE Global Conference on AI and IoT Dec 13 2020
This was a great event and we will publish the entire keynote on my Youtube channel in a few days as well; be sure to subscribe and hit the ‘notify me’ – bell on YT:)) This is the edited recording of my public q&a session at the IEEE Global Conference on AI and IoT in […]
|
7 short videos on resilience and agility in the with/post covid world (Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
Covid-19 has changed and continues to change everything. And the speed of change and innovation is only accelerating. For businesses to successfully navigate these massive waves of disruption is going to require a whole new way of thinking about the world, the future, and the economy writ large.
|
Awesome Humans on Top of Amazing Technology: My new 2021 speaking topic
Humanity will change more in the next 10 years than the previous 100 years. Where are the jobs of the future, and what skills will we need? Computers will inevitably outpace humans in mere processing power, logic and efficiency, and the resulting ‘End of Routine’ is a certainty. Therefore I believe that the ticket to our future is to become more human, not less. Not to compete with the machines but to use their increasing competence to get tedious commodity tasks done better and faster – as a tool but not as a purpose. Imho, machines, computers and algorithms should have competence not consciousness...
|
A Futurist’s Learnings From The Corona-Crisis, And Some Key Foresights
From Sept 2020 – just in case you missed it
|
O primeiro ano do resto das nossas vidas - Dinheiro
Gerd Leonhard, futurista alemão que lidera a The Futures Agency na Suíça, escreveu recentemente que “os próximos dez anos vão determinar o nosso futuro enquanto espécie.”
|
Yet, Culture still eats technology for breakfast
|
That’s all I’ve got for now. Thanks for reading my newsletter. Stay safe, happy, and healthy, and remember the future is a) better than we think b) created by us:) Gerd
|
Did you enjoy this issue?
|
|
|
|
If you don't want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.
If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.
|
|
Zürich Switzerland www.futuristgerd.com
|