
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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Apr 24, 2020 • 1h 26min
Humanist vs Transhumanist Online Debate with Gerd Leonhard and Calum Chace - Audio Online
Online debate hosted by Gerd Leonhard: http://bit.ly/2TSWbAE
Download the debate here: https://bit.ly/2yK1idp or watch YouTube here: https://bit.ly/2yBC80G
Guest panelist:
Calum Chace: https://bit.ly/3cHXRTl
My Futures Agency colleague and fellow futurist Calum Chace disagrees with me on many of my core messages on topics such as the singularity, (trans)-humanism, artificial intelligence and what I call ‘man+machine futures’. Nevertheless we have become friends and we respect each other’s views. There will be no soft-balls and no beating around the bush in this debate – just honesty and curiosity:).
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Apr 17, 2020 • 1h 31min
Leadership During Crisis April 16 2020 The Futures Agency Audio Online
Online conference hosted by Gerd Leonhard: https://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V Download slides here: https://gerd.fm/2z6bcq1
Watch the online conference on YouTube here: https://gerd.fm/2wQ2uLY
Guest panelists:
Celine Schillinger: https://gerd.fm/2XGVtrH
Didier Marlier: https://gerd.fm/2Ve4Ux6
We are in a deep and utterly challenging crisis. I have started calling this ‘The Great Transformation‘. Basically, there is a time before Covid19, and there’s a time after Covid19. Leadership is even more mission-critical now – both personally and professionally. Covid-19 presents us all – political, civil, community and & business leaders – with a never seen before Transformation Challenge: How should we react to this remarkably adaptive, fast-spreading and vexing adversary, all-too-often amplified by human complacency, incompetence, carelessness and selfishness? (Read Noah Yuval Harari’s juicy comment on leadership during covid19 via Time.com, and visit my new post-corona-future hub).
For my complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Apr 9, 2020 • 1h 31min
The Future Of Work, The Great Transformation April 9 2020 The Futures Agency Audio Online
Online conference hosted by Futurist Gerd Leonhard. https://gerd.fm/2WXdH7V. Download slides here: https://gerd.fm/39W0Vt6
-Watch the online conference on YouTube here: https://gerd.fm/2VekTdr
Guest panelists:
Shara Evans: https://gerd.fm/39W3A6r
Ross Dawson: https://gerd.fm/2xihB0J
The Future of Work – the Great Transformation. Free online conference with Futurists Ross Dawson, Shara Evans, Gerd Leonhard. The world ‘after Corona’ will be dramatically different, and the way we work, when, where and why is changing forever.
Themes: economic impact of the crisis, remote/distributed work, the changing role of offices, skills and capabilities that will be required, how to tap into our unique human capabilities, well-being and working remotely, the future of education and learning, and many more.

Apr 2, 2020 • 1h 32min
Everything You Need to Know About Online Conferencing April 2 The Futures Agency Audio Online
Online conference hosted by Gerd Leonhard. More at https://gerd.fm/2X4DriM (download slides there as well).
- Watch the online conference on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/niDRuml3rZ8
- see more details here https://www.futuristgerd.com/2020/04/... and at http://www.theconference.digital
Guest panelists:
Åsa Degermark: https://gerd.fm/2UDiTMY
Antoni Lacinai: https://gerd.fm/2w6SDkn
A free digital conference with Antoni Lacinai, Gerd Leonhard and Åsa Degermark, plus other special guests, presented by The Futures Agency. Antoni Lacinai is an MC and an international Keynote speaker on workplace communication. One of his 12 published books is about Virtual meetings where he shares concrete tips on how to run engaging and effective digital meetings. In this joint session with Gerd, he will share his top ten tips on how to involve, inspire and educate through online conferences.
Åsa Degermark is a senior communications specialist, keynote speaker and twice award winner for producing online conferences and corporate live broadcasts. She will share her key insights of what makes it successful and how you need to prepare differently.

Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 40min
Online Conference March 26 Future Of Business Impact Covid19 Futures Agency Audio Online
Online Conference hosted by Gerd Leonhard. More at https://www.futuristgerd.com/2020/03/here-are-the-slides-from-todays-digital-conference-on-covid19-and-the-future-of-business/ (download slides there as well).
- Watch the online conference on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/7xxeATjjnX4
Guest panelists:
Anton Musgrave: gerd.fm/39PiNa1
Liselotte Lyngsø: https://bit.ly/2vWnY9w
KD Adamson: https://bit.ly/2xpwkXF
Free Digital Conference with Futurists Musgrave, Leonhard, Lyngso, Adamson: Covid-19 and The Future of Business A focus on Covid-19 and the Future of Business. What is likely, or even certain, to happen during this year? What are the worst/best-case scenarios as far as business is concerned? How will this crisis impact different industries, nations, and people? How do we adapt and prepare? What can we do to get ready? What are the biggest challenges and where are the biggest opportunities
For more of Gerd Leonhard's complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Mar 16, 2020 • 1h 29min
Online Conference Gerd Leonhard Sustainability & Capitalism - 12MAR2020
Online Conference presented by Futurist Gerd Leonhard. More at https://gerd.fm/2W72hy4 (download the slides there, as well)
Watch the 1st Webinar on YouTube here: https://gerd.fm/38TRjyQ
Guest panelists
Tim Leberecht: https://gerd.fm/2QjkGUS
Anton Musgrave: https://gerd.fm/39PiNa1
Brad Templeton: https://gerd.fm/2xBNa5u
1. Carbon Taxes: We must embrace the reality that wide-ranging and disruptive carbon taxes are pretty much inevitable.
2. The Quadruple Bottom Line: The much debated shift to shareholder- (not just shareholder-) value is likely to reboot stock-markets around the world in the next decade, as we transition to what I call the quadruple bottom-line: People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity
3. Responsible Investing: 2020 marks the beginning of a New Renaissance as responsible investing – and rapid divestment from fossil fuels...
4. The humanly sustainable use of technology: Too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing: technology should be magic, not manic or even toxic...
Watch the Webinar here: https://gerd.fm/2W72hy4
For more of Gerd Leonhard's complete keynote videos and films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHm-yfLAeTYdLd4fnALewA/videos

Mar 4, 2020 • 23min
Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard, GESS Dubai 2020: Future of Education, Jobs & Work
This is a recording of Gerd Leonhard's entire keynote at GESS 2020. https://www.gessdubai.com/
Thanks to the organizers for making this video available!
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkJnqR90BY&feature=youtu.be
Our world will change more in the next 10 years than the previous 100 years, and the way we work will never be the same. A totally blended and diverse workforce, the gig economy as the new normal, virtual and remote work... and most 2030 jobs haven't even been invented yet. What can we expect in the next 10 years, what are the opportunities and challenges that exponential technological progress will bring? What skills will we need, and how must education adapt to a world where machines are learning and 'thinking', and where 9 Billion people will be connected at almost unlimited bandwidth? The future is better than we think - and we can choose to create it or be created by it!
If you enjoy Gerd's videos and talks, please take a look at his recent book “Technology vs Humanity” www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in 12 languages.

Dec 9, 2019 • 47min
Keynote by Gerd Leonhard: Bristol Technology Showcase 2019, Technology, Humanity And The Future
This is the complete recording of Gerd Leonhard's keynote at https://bristoltechnologyshowcase.com/ Nov 8 2019, on the coming 'convergence' of humans and machines, exponential change, the game-changers, the Megashifts; AI, Digital Ethics and much more.
Download the PDF with Gerd's slides via his public cloud: https://gerd.fm/bristoltechgerd
Watch the full keynote video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7QflMpEWI&feature=youtu.be
If you enjoy Gerd's videos and talks, please take a look at his recent book “Technology vs Humanity” www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in 12 languages.

Nov 26, 2019 • 12min
Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard at Volvo Arts Session 2019, Cyborgs Hellven
This is Gerd Leonhard's 13-minute keynote at this amazing event in Zurich on October 24, 2019 - Volvo Art Session, see https://volvoartsession.com/ In English (of course)
Topics: technology is exponential but humans are not: should we respect that, or seek to upgrade? Who defines what is wrong or wrong as technology makes almost anything (like cyborgism, thinking machines, autonomous vehicles, brain-computer interfaces like Elon's Neuralace) possible?
Gerd also touches on his topics presented in his book "Technology vs. Humanity" - see https://www.techvshuman.com
Download Gerd's keynotes via his public cloud: https://gerd.fm/2XtTQM0
If you enjoy Gerd's videos and talks, please take a look at his recent book “Technology vs Humanity” http://www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon http://gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in 12 languages.

Nov 26, 2019 • 49min
Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard: Keynote DGG Dreiländertagung Mannheim, Mensch Und Maschine
Q&A mit Prof Dr Dietmar Boeckler zum Thema Mensch und Maschine.
Im Rahmen der Eröffnungsfeier sprach Gerd Leonhard, Futurist und Humanist: "In unserer Welt mangelt es nicht an visionären Denkern, die bereit sind, Organisationen und Unternehmen auf der Suche nach Weiterentwicklung die Zukunft in schillernden Farben zu zeichnen."
Gerd Leonhard geht es anders an: er wendet die humanistische Tradition einer offenen philosophischen Debatte über brennende Themen an, wie sie im realen Hier und Jetzt als auch in der nahen Zukunft passieren. Von digitaler Fettsucht und technologischer Singularität bis zur Frage nach globalen, ethischen Rahmenbedingungen rund um die digitale Transformation agiert
Gerd Leonhard als Guide, Mentor und Katalysator für zahlreiche Unternehmen, die erfolgreich den Wandel zum zukunftsorientierten Denken vollziehen.
Sein neuestes Buch «Technology vs. Humanity» zeigt auf, wie wir in der bevorstehenden Zeit der algorithmischen Dominanz einzigartig menschlich bleiben können.
Besten Dank an den Präsidenten der DGG Univ. Professor Dr. Dittmar Böckler und der Firma icon.
Das Video zum Talk finden Sie hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGMvRX8aGI
Wenn Ihnen Gerd Leonhards Videos und Vorträge gefallen, schauen Sie sich bitte sein aktuelles Buch „Technology vs Humanity“, das in 12 Sprachen erhältlich ist, an: http://www.techvshuman.com or via Amazon http://gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon
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