The Future of Business is finally here! Each week we will release a short teaser for each section of the book. We will kick off week one with a few details about Section 1 of the book.
SECTION 1 – Visions of the Future – What are the global shifts on the horizon?
The Future of Business – Navigating the Next Horizon
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, founder and CEO of Fast Future Research and Fast Future Publishing and the curator and lead editor of the Future of Business. His opening chapter presents a broad overview of the emerging ideas, fundamental tensions and technology developments shaping the future of business. Thirty key future industry sectors are identified, and possible future business behaviors and strategies are discussed along with the resulting choices for business leaders.
Forecasting Future Disruptions – Strategic Change Is Inevitable
William E. Halal is Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology, and Innovation at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and founder of the Tech Cast forecasting system. He presents forecasts out to 2030 for critical technologies, social trends, and wild cards, and highlights their expected impacts and implications for society, nations, and business.
The Automated, Digitized, and Simulated Future
Gray Scott, a New York based futurist, techno-philosopher, speaker, writer, artist, and founder and CEO of SeriousWonder.com, outlines the relentless forces that are driving the deep and transformative penetration of digital technologies into every aspect of society.
Redefining the Relationship of Man and Machine
Gerd Leonhard is a Swiss-based Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author, and CEO of The Futures Agency. He sets out the case for a Digital Ethics Treaty, ensuring that in the face of exponential waves of disruption, we focus on controlling these technologies and harnessing them to serve humanity and further human happiness.
Can 3D Printing Destroy Capitalism and Restore Government?
Jeffrey Joslin is a self-proclaimed “extraterrestrial from the Pleiades star cluster” and a writer on the advancement of technology. He argues that 3D printing could be the most disruptive innovation in history – reshaping industry value chains, enabling abundance, redistributing
economic wealth, and rebalancing power and influence in political systems.”
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