Brian Solis: Futurist, Anthropologist, Digital Analyst, Keynote Speaker – Video


Brian Solis: Futurist, Anthropologist, Digital Analyst, Keynote Speaker
http://www.bxworldwide.com/speaker-profile/?profileid=456 Brian Solis will change the way you view the world of business - from sales, marketing, and customer service, to product development,...

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Digital transformation and the future of work. TFA presents #7: a futurist conversation – Video


Digital transformation and the future of work. TFA presents #7: a futurist conversation
This seventh episode of #39;TFA presents #39; features futurists Simon Torrance, Rohit Talwar and Gerd Leonhard talking about the future of work, jobs, employment, HR and training. Shot in London...

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Top 10 science fiction movies in 2015 showing the future of technologies – The Medical Futurist – Video


Top 10 science fiction movies in 2015 showing the future of technologies - The Medical Futurist
I #39;m a science fiction movie geek and in one of my recent videos I talked about the best science fiction movies describing the future of medicine. And now in 2015, let #39;s see the top 10...

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A Futurists View on Healthcare and Technology

Miami, FL (PRWEB) April 09, 2015

Studies have found that surgical residents performed better during simulated surgery after playing on a Wii console. Futurist Jack Uldrich says healthcare, and technology like gaming, go in tandem. Uldrich says, "Today's technology will transform the hospitals of tomorrow."

When speaking about how gaming will relate to healthcare, Uldrich paints a clear picture: "The notion that a video game might help improve a surgeons performance might seem a little counter-intuitive, but as more surgeries become laparoscopic and microscopic in nature, the dexterity of the surgeon is going to become even important than it already is. The challenge that this presents is that currently practicing surgeons (as well as parents who want their children to become surgeon) might have to unlearn their bias against video games because the reality is, video-gaming skills, like Wii, might actually make residents better surgeons in the near future.

Future trends like gaming, smart devices, genomic advances, and 3D printing are just a few of the topics that Uldrich makes a living writing and speaking about. How exactly will 3D printing effect healthcare? According to Uldrich, "Approximately 20 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. Now, researchers at Harvard have used a 3D printer to construct human tissue that includes rudimentary blood vessels. As the technology improves, the advance could prove a critical link in printing fully functioning kidneyswhich currently represent 80 percent of all organ transplants."

On April 9th and 10th Uldrich will deliver two keynotes to West Kendall Hospital in Miami discussing the future trends in healthcare, and unlearning. The underlying foundation for Uldrich's keynotes is his firm belief that creativity and action are more powerful and versatile than knowledge and that organizations must unlearn old, obsolete knowledge and old ways of doing business, before they can seize tomorrows opportunities.

In his blog post Unlearning the Hospital Uldrich asks, What must hospitals unlearn? His answers focus on unlearning who the customer is; the doctor patient relationship; and the nature of waiting rooms.

In addition to addressing clients like the AMA, Allina, St. Jude Medical, Chu Vision, United Healthcare, Fairview Hospitals and the recent Vision Council Executive Summit, Uldrich also speaks to a wide variety of other businesses and organizations, discussing the transformation of agriculture, education, energy, finance, retail and manufacturing.

Following his keynotes for West Kendall Uldrich will speak with BCBS, Stiles and Foth among others, throughout the month of April.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about this event or interviewing Jack as a futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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Targeting cattle production myths

CONSUMERS come from Planet Price or Planet Story, Telstra futurist Michael Ossipoff told the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association (NTCA) conference in Darwin last month.

The red meat industrys Target 100 program communicates with those on Planet Story. As it reaches its third birthday, the program, showcasing progress by cattle and sheep farmers and researchers towards 100 sustainability goals, has put together some statistics about its reach.

Target 100 has completed over 90 research and development projects, accumulated 230-plus producer case studies, created over 80 YouTube videos, enticed over 10,000 Facebook followers, developed 10 curriculum-aligned resources for schools, reached two million Aussies through cinema ads and shared the story of Australian beef and lamb producers with 20,000 urban consumers at events across the country, the program reported in its latest newsletter.

A more recent initiative has been Target 100 Responds, a section of the Target 100 website dedicated to addressing criticisms of the red meat industries.

The necessity to address criticism came up last year, when the US-made movie Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret came to Australia. The movie claimed to uncover a conspiracy against the environment by the beef industry.

Target 100 addressed the movies claims at length, and in measured tones.

It noted that Australian beef production systems are not like those in the US, do not produce any clearing in the Amazon, and that the industry has a range of active research projects looking at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other aspects of its environmental footprint.

Target 100 has its own comprehensive website, a presence on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Preparation Requires Knowledge of the Latest Future Trends

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 07, 2015

Safety doesnt happen by accident, neither does being prepared. Fire detectors. Smoke alarms. Heat detection and carbon monoxide alarms. Each of these devices helps allow businesses and individuals avoid some catastrophic event. In other words owning these devices equals being prepared. On a parallel front, preparation is what futurist Jack Uldrich does when he speaks to businesses about the top future trends and future-proofing their organizations.

Today, April 7th Uldrich will address Kidde Systems, a leader in smoke detection, heat detection and CO2 systems in Jacksonville, Florida.

Delivering his custom designed presentation, The Big AHA: How to Future-Proof Kidde Fire Systems Against the Trends Transforming Tomorrow Uldrich will discuss the top technological future trends affecting the industry that will transform Kiddes world of tomorrow. He will also identify concrete actions that his audience members can take today to future-proof themselves against the tides of tomorrow.

AHA is Uldrichs acronym for Awareness. Humility. Action. His work as an author and futurist has lead him to the conclusion that these three tenets make for great leadership. Hailed by Businessweek as Americas Chief Unlearning Officer he espouses, We live in a world where constant change is the only constant. New advances in technology bring forth exciting discoveries every day. But often lost in this new reality is the fact that organizations must unlearn old, obsolete knowledge and old ways of doing business, before they can seize tomorrows opportunities.

Uldrich speaks to a wide variety of organizations both large and small ranging from clients like Verizon Wireless Connected Technology Tour, ABB/Thomas and Betts New Product Launches, Emersons Global Users Exchange and the Vision Councils Executive Summit.

In his blog post: Addition is Greater than Subtraction: 11 is greater than 12 Uldrich encourages his readers to take a whole month of per year to just think. Ideation is the basis for creative endeavors and creative minds tend to produce at greater rates and the results are far more innovative. In addition to AHA, Uldrich urges his listeners take time to say ah and simply relax.

Can one relax and prepare in tandem? Jack Uldrich says the answer is yes, and as he explores the Big AHA with more and more organizations like Kidde and his upcoming clients of West Kendall Baptist Hospital, BCBS, Foth and Stiles the more it sounds like he is prepared to relax and help others succeed.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog can view his website here. Those interested in his speaking availability can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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Leading futurist Daniel Burrus to teach CPAs how to anticipate future trends and game-changing opportunities

BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) April 07, 2015

May 4, 2015 The most important competency in the business world today the ability to anticipate future trends and position our organizations to take advantage of them is a mystery to most of the accounting and finance profession.

World-renowned technology forecaster, innovation expert, and New York Times best-selling author Daniel Burrus wants to change that.

Burrus will join forces with the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA) and the Business Learning Institute (BLI) on May 4 to launch The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance The event, part of the MACPA / BLI Speaker Series, will be held at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Hotel .

The need for future-focused strategies has never been greater. In a recent national survey, 76 percent of small business owners say their CPAs are not proactive, and 75 percent have changed firms because their CPAs are providing reactive services rather than proactive advice. Another recent survey found that only 6 percent of CFOs, controllers, and management accountants say they are future-ready.

The Anticipatory Organization model, created and developed by Burrus and Burrus Research, Inc., has changed how many of the worlds most successful businesses plan their future and accelerate growth.

Now, Burrus is bringing what he calls the greatest missing competency the ability to anticipate change to CPAs, CFOs, controllers and management accountants. This model represents a new way of thinking, planning, and acting a paradigm shift thats required in a world of accelerating change, competition, and uncertainty.

Competencies such as reacting and responding (crisis management), being lean and agile, and executing strategy well did not help Blockbuster, BlackBerry, Dell, HP, Sony, and many others avoid major problems. The ability to anticipate the future is a skill; it can be learned. In todays business landscape, it is the most important missing competency.

This special edition of the Anticipatory Organization is about anticipating problems, disruptions, customer needs, and new opportunities before they happen. Its about adjusting the way we approach our businesses, our profession, and our customers to see beyond the media-induced hype of today and identify actionable solutions that will be the catalysts for innovation and competitive advantage. It provides the confidence we need to make bold moves.

The Anticipatory Organization model teaches accounting and finance professionals to actively anticipate what will happen, identify related opportunities, and take action to shape the future by becoming an Anticipatory CPA. By learning how to identify and take action on fully predictable hard trends (trends that will happen) and more easily manipulated soft trends (trends that might happen), we can elevate our relevancy in a world of transformational change.

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Comic Box: Futurist tale 'The Surface' brimming with scientific jargon

Prolific comic book author and futurist Warren Ellis has had some choice words for those people who ask questions like, "where's my jetpack?" as they decry the lack of the tomorrow land they were promised. The future shown to us by the science fiction of my childhood and many others is one which we have made obsolete, or leapfrogged past or abandoned entirely.

The future is here and it is weird and the new futures dreamed up by science fiction prophets are in many ways even stranger than anything we ever imagined being. For me this is best embodied by the predicted technological singularity, the point at which technology will move beyond human control and fundamentally alter our world or the universe at large.

Alongside this is the proliferation of theories abounding in the realm of physics known as string theory, the most interesting to my mind being the holographic principle. At its simplest interpretation, this hypothesis postulates that the universe is a holograph, bringing into question the very nature of our reality.

Taking the world we live in and pushing it very close to the edge of something that sounds like a small step from the holographic principle, we have Ales Kot's new book "The Surface." Starting in Tanzania we are introduced to a polyamorous relationship composed of a threesome of hackers and rebels looking for the pan time and space realm referred to in urban legend as the Surface, where the universal holograph is accessible and your thoughts directly and immediately effect the reality around you.

The first issue also throws around quite a lot of dialogue regarding the free flow of information, hacking, government overreach, privacy rights and the abandonment of personal privacy, and a great many other issues pressing in current events and breathing down the neck of our future.

The first issue of "The Surface" closes with our adventurous threesome reaching their goal and the world getting even weirder. The bulk of the issue is composed of information and stage dressing though, not all of it terribly gripping. A great deal of scientific jargon is dropped and quasi philosophical bon mots litter the overstuffed panels.

Despite this Kot manages to put together an issue that is frequently sharp, and doesn't hesitate to make sharp comments about art, artists, and the culture of creativity. In many ways the first issue of "The Surface" suffers from "first issue syndrome" in that it does a whole lot of set up but doesn't give us a lot to become emotionally invested in. That said, it gives us a great deal that is thought provoking and worth reading more about in the hopes that both parts of the equation can meet.

In many ways "The Surface" brings to mind Warren Ellis' seminal work "Transmetropolitan." I would go so far as to say that the first issue compresses a great many of the most salient points of the series into super concentrated tidbits and I would be shocked if the series did not go on to further draw on the spirit of that series. For those who have followed Ellis and his futurist writings "The Surface" will hit some of the same sweet spots that his work does.

The ideas presented so far are big and worthy of exploration, but whether Kot's book grows into the gleams of potential evident in the first issue and the ability to thoroughly explore them remains to be seen. But the potential is there, and with the creativity shown so far it would be a shame to not give it at least the chance to impress us.

WILLIAM KULESA can be reached at jjournalcomicbox@gmail.com.

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