
Audio-only versions of Futurist Gerd Leonhard's keynotes
Futurist/Nowist, Keynote Speaker, Digital Dissenter and Deep Observer, Human Futures: http://techvshuman.com/ CEO @FuturesAgency Listed on Wired Top100 2015
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Feb 13, 2021 • 6min
Sustainable is the new Profitable. Green is the new Digital. Futurist Gerd Leonhard
This is a summary for my brand-new 2021 keynote topic: SUSTAINABLE IS THE NEW PROFITABLE. GREEN IS THE NEW DIGITAL.
Wide-ranging new carbon taxes are inevitable, and so is the sudden end of the $3.5 Trillion global fossil fuel subsidy paradox. During the Covid-19 crisis we have learned that being prepared for emergencies is utterly essential – and that we can compromise and collaborate if we have to. Covid-19 is a test-run for climate change!
In this talk, I explain why this tectonic shift is happening now, what it really means, and how to get behind it and prosper in this fork-in-the-road decade that’s coming up.
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Feb 13, 2021 • 21min
A Future Mindset: CIO Academy Asia 2020 ConnectGov Summit: Futurist Gerd Leonhard
Even before Covid-19, the world was accelerating at an unprecedented pace. And today, in the wake of the Corona crisis, society and business have seen decades-worth of disruption in the span of months as everything from healthcare and hospitals, to love, friendship, and business have been forcibly taken online.
It has been an unparalleled transformation and we are not going back as the accelerated challenges (and opportunities) present themselves at a faster and faster pace, amplifying pre-existing trends and Megashifts to a rapidly evolving world where only those with a future mindset ready to adapt, change, and build resiliency will survive and thrive.
You can watch the full video on Youtube, here: https://youtu.be/CIpkOayu-J8
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Feb 9, 2021 • 12min
Futurist Humanist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard Q&A Session at #IEEE Global Conference on #AI #IoT
Listen to the excerpt of Gerd's q&a session at the IEEE Global Conference on AI and IoT in Dubai (virtually) on Dec 13 2020 (see https://gcaiot.org/)
Culture eats technology for breakfast. The story of the future should not be dominated by Silicon Valley / Big Tech but by civil society. Technology drives our societies but Ethics defines it. Technology is not what we seek but how we seek. We need to move beyond GDP, towards People Planet Purpose and Prosperity. The key question is not 'what will the future bring' but 'what kind of future do we want'. Do we want to live in a world where technology is the PURPOSE or even the religion...or just the tool.
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Jan 8, 2021 • 8min
Resilience Over Efficiency by Futurist Gerd Leonhard, 29DEC2020
Listen to an excerpt of Resilience over Efficiency: Surviving in, and adapting to the with/post-covid world by Gerd Leonhard, CEO of the Futures Agency http://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V
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Jan 8, 2021 • 5min
Our Future Is Heaven Or Hell Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard At TedX Modena, 18OCT2020
Listen to an excerpt of "2030: Our Future is Heaven or Hell".
We're at a fork in the history of humanity. The next ten years will make or break humanity's future. It could be heaven or it could be hell. Where are we headed and what are the electric 3rd rails we need to avoid? Check out futurist and CEO of the Futures Agency - Gerd Leonhard's acclaimed TEDx Modena talk here.
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Dec 29, 2020 • 48min
10 Essential Future Foresights For A Post Corona World - By Gerd Leonhard June 22, 2020
UPDATED AUGUST 18 2020: 10 key foresights on our immediate, in/post-crisis future: BigTech, BigHealth, BigState, Big Media, Big Green presented by Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency- http://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V
Other topics covered in this talk:
* The ‘United States of Europe’ is coming.
* Climate change adaptation & mitigation.
* A new kind of social/sustainable capitalism is emerging: people, planet, purpose, and prosperity.
* Technology regulation will become as important as environmental regulation
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Dec 29, 2020 • 26min
Technology Is Not What We Seek But How We Seek - with Futurist Gerd Leonhard June 2, 2020
Excerpt of Gerd Leonhard's, CEO of The Futures Agency http://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V virtual/remote keynote on Technology and Humanity, and the Future of Europe during/after #Covid19, at PODIM 2020 see https://podim.org/ Thanks to PODIM for making this video available.
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Dec 29, 2020 • 16min
The Great Transformation: Our Future - Virtual Keynote By Futurist Gerd Leonhard June 22, 2020
This is the complete recording of Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency http://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V at LinkedIn Latam's Blue Room event.
Data was the new oil - but now data can also be the new plutonium (i.e. it can be used as a weapon). Artificial intelligence would be better named Intelligent Assistance (IA). Digital Ethics remains a top priority for marketers and brands. Social media is facing a global trust crisis. If you have nothing to hide... you are probably not human. Remote everything is the new normal but human-to-human interactions are becoming more valuable than ever before. Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing. When AI meets HI (human intelligence), business as usual is over.
This event was produced by Living Brands for LinkedIn Latam. Thanks to both for making this video available!
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Dec 28, 2020 • 3min
Gerd Leonhard Virtual Keynote for SHI Digital Workplace Summit Dec 14, 2020
How the future works: The Futures Agency's CEO Gerd Leonhard's 10 Key Future Foresights http://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V.
We are not going back to Normal, post-covid. Remote everything is here to stay. Covid-19 is a test run for climate change. 2021 is the year of pivoting. The next 10 years will bring more change than the previous 100 years.
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Dec 9, 2020 • 42min
Podcast with Four Futurists on the PostCovid Futures of 2021 and Beyond, 04DEC2020
What happens when four professional futurists with a knack for helping organizations and individuals prepare for an increasingly uncertain future get together to discuss the coming years and technology's role in accelerating our breakneck world...?
Posdcast hosted by Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency with guests:
Anton Musgrave: https://gerd.fm/3bweMJi
Liselottte Lyngsø: https://gerd.fm/2K4Wg0T
John Eyles: https://gerd.fm/37LmCxf
Watch it on YouTube https://gerd.fm/3m0u9gO
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos
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