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The wealth of information (silos versus ecosystems): we need another Adam Smith
Just found this really interesting and thoughtful piece via DataMotive (high-lights, and some links added by me) "Adam Smith makes a strong and eloquent argument why these silo’s are erroneously seen...
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New video: the future of business and the global shift to a networked society...
This is the complete (approx 80 minutes) video of my keynote at the HBR Poland conference in Warszawa March 16 2012. The slides are sometimes a bit hard to see as the video zooms back and forth so if...
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Special Report with Stowe Boyd: Social TV and The Second Scree. Plus: Media...
I am happy to anounce the release of a special report that my colleague Stowe Boyd has recently written, Social TV and The Second Screen, developed cooperatively by his company 'Work Talk Research'...
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New video: the future of Business and Communications (from Olavstoppen event...
This is the complete video of my keynote at the Olavstoppen POL2012 event in Stavanger / Norway, on The Future of Business and Communications; May 3, 2012. You can download the PDF with the slides I...
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My proposal to the Swiss government and the Swiss music industry: Die Musik...
Update: Friday June 1 5pm EST: we now have the whole thing online (in German, for now), here, and the discussion is starting on this brand-new Facebook page. I just finished this open letter to the...
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Take a look at my 2011 DoLectures video: From Ego to Eco
One of my 'best' talks on this topic, at the DoLectures in beautiful Wales, in 2010 Egosystem to Ecosystem: Gerd Leonhard at DoLectures 2010 View more presentations from Gerd Leonhard Share This:
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Some quotes from Yoshai Benkler’s latest book: The Penguin and the Leviathan:...
Via my Kindle shared bookmarks feed, some seriously insightful stuff from one of my favorite intellectuals, Yoshai Benkler. "The shift toward a more optimistic, human, and humane view (of human...
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For my readers in Brazil and Portugal: Conteúdo 2.0: a ‘proteção’ está no...
Thanks to Paula Neves and Flavio Gut Gerd Leonhard: Conteúdo 2.0: ‘proteção’ está no modelo de negócio (Content 2.0: protection is in the business model) e não na tecnologia (pensamentos sobre o futuro...
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PDFs and resources from today’s webinar on The Future of Television (with...
In case you missed our webinar on SocialTV and the Future of Television, today (shame on you;): the video will go live in a few hours (assuming the recording actually worked) on my Youtube Webinars...
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Gerd Leonhard interviewed by Joris van Heukelom (Future of Advertising: SoLoMo:)
I was interviewed before my presentation at IAB NL’s Mobile Inspiration Congress (see the PDF here), by Joris Heukelom (chairman of IAN Netherlands and Owner of MakerStreet). A good summary on many of...
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New Flickr slideshow on the future of media, television, broadcasting...
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New video: What makes us successful: Gerd Leonhard at TEDxCollegeBeauSoleil
Published on Dec 6, 2012, thanks to TedXBeausoleil: "Gerd is a Futurist and the CEO of The Futures Agency, author of 5 books, former musician and a globe-trotting keynote speaker on the creative...
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New video: Digital Media Strategist Carlo Donzella and Futurist Gerd Leonhard...
This is the 3rd pilot for my new web-tv show called Meetings of the Mind (MotM), soon to be available at http://www.meetingsofthemind.tv). In this episode I talk to Carlo Donzella, in Rome / Italy...
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Nice African proverb seen at joburg airport while boarding the flight to...
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Yes, consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable products and services
Yes, consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable products and services – and this is only the beginning of a key trend, imho. via Gerd Leonhard, Green Futurist and Keynote Speaker, · Yes,...
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The Permanent Disruption of Social Media – and what it means for NGOs...
The Permanent Disruption of Social Media – and what it means for NGOs *MustRead :). Great piece on how social media is changing NGOs and NPOs and the entire business of donations. MUST READ. Key point:...
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Gerd’s Guide to Disruption, Part 2: the cashless society, 3D printers and...
So here is part 2 of my Guide to Disruption, continued from points 1-7 last week, here. Update: download the PDF with all 3 posts: Gerd’s Guide to Disruption 2013 Before I dive in, this is a key point...
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The rise of the sharing economy (via The Economist)
Indeed a key trend. Be sure to read Rachel Botsman’s book on Collaborative Consumption. Peer-to-peer rental: The rise of the sharing economy | The Economist. LAST night 40,000 people rented...
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The future according to Mr Google (great piece by The Guardian)
“There’s a lot of discussion in the world about the two billion that are connected,” he says. “We spend all day talking about the issues of e-commerce and start-ups and globalisation and so forth, and...
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My presentation on the Future of Knowledge and Universities (Utrecht Centre...
Here are the slides from the conference on the future of universities and the humanities in Utrecht today. High res 20MB PDF via Dropbox (also available via Gerdcloud.com) Low res PDF 7MB via my...
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