Everything is connected
" The secret of the future is hidden in your daily routine." - M. Murdc There are COVID-19 lessons from the past. In earlier society we separated h…
Horizon Scanning
Move over Silicon Valley; Asia roars when it comes to Innovation
Throughout the course of my career, I have been extremely fortunate to manage and lead innovation initiatives with companies in different parts of the …
Personal, not digital…innovation matchmaking is about people, not just apps, algorithms or data matches
This thought piece is the follow up to Picking the right Innovation Races that looked at Horizon Scanning and the growing list of digital platforms tha…
What Features Typify Innovative Research Networks?
It seems widely accepted that innovation today is a collaborative endeavor, with universities playing a significant part. For instance, a study publis…
Future of Work Scenarios - and the capacities that will make you thrive
March 1 marked the annual World Future Day. Organized by futurist organizations like the Millennium Project, the Association Of Professional Futurists,…
RegTech: Revolutionising Compliance
You would need to have been asleep for many years to have missed the technology revolution that’s been sweeping through just about every industry. FinT…
Hippie 2.0 and the swing back
This is the last in my Californication series that has looked at the influence of California on our new radical technologies. The thought pieces consi…
Bots allowing knowledge workers to work even smarter
This week 20 years ago IBM's Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov in a game of chess. Deep Blue’s victory against Kasparov represented a major milestone in …
Democracy innovation and return of social led engagement
Given the continuing impact of technology on the political arena and the growing perception that big tech has become big brother. This piece considers …
Robots and artificial intelligence in the shape of us
Robots and Artificial Intelligence have been part of our everyday lives for some time, be it with our smartphones or a laundry folding application. Th…
Leaving the robotics labs and coming to a workspace or home near you
My piece builds on my comments and feedback on fellow Future Shapers considerations in the Automation Apocalypse. Without giving all the details away …
The New Old, innovation in the age of the 100 year life
One of the founding principles of The Future Shapers is that Next Generation Organisations deserve Next Generation guidance. In helping businesses and …
Bring to life your virtual workforce… extreme automation and the Arsenal
A key aspect of my role is to work with clients to understand the impact of emerging technologies, to demystify the challenge and to identify ways for …
Are you future obsessed ENOUGH?
My obsession with the future wasn’t always defined. Or perhaps even diagnosed. I did have that funny feeling when I was headed to a banner event like…
We are all API remixers now
The dawn of the thin enterprise In my role I get involved in lots of client discussions. People look at me to bring ideas to life that help tackle the…