This is an edited and much-improved audio-version of the #FutureMindset session and online meeting with me aka #Futurist Gerd Leonhard, live on Youtube January 17 2022 7pm CET. The q&a session is included, as well. Watch the YT version here: https://youtu.be/f3pQmOUlYsQ PLEASE NOTE: We are now doing a livestream every 4 weeks: https://gerd.fm/eventbrite In this edition, there is a 15-minute presentation by me, on The #FutureMindset, followed by 20 minutes q&a. For more context, read https://www.futuristgerd.com/2021/04/how-to-nurture-a-future-mindset-highlights-from-a-virtual-keynote/

This is the audio-version of my entire keynote at #IEEE's GCAIoT 2022 conference in Dubai (held virtually, keynote-television style), followed by a fast-moving q&a session. A perfect video to kick off 2022:) Imho, this is one of my best talks on what we can expect for the next 10 years, elaborating further on the topics introduced in my recent #thegoodfuture themes and my latest film see https://www.futuristgerd.com/sharing/thegoodfuturefilm/, such as: The future is better than we tend think! Organism aren't algorithms - the more we connect the more we have to protect what makes us human. Technology is a tool - not a purpose. Algorithms know the logic of everything but the feeling of nothing. Everything should be as connected as necessary (eg the IoT) - but not more. AI should be all about competence not about consciousness; and we need a global moratorium on AGI. Data is truly the new oil - but it can also be the 'new plutonium: be careful what you wish for. We will see more change in the next 10 years than in the previous 100 years, as we are heading into a strange, confusing and challenging 'golden era'. The Covid19 crisis is really tough for all of us, but also brings a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink what kind of future we want, and how we can realize it - it's a key pivot point in our history. In this talk, I present 3 tickets to a good future, what I call #theddr DIGITIZATION (ethical use of exponential technology), DECARBONIZATION (green is the new digital, and the circular is becoming the only economy) and REFORMATION (i.e. switching from a focus on GDP, profit and growth to the future-fit paradigm of People Planet Purpose and Prosperity) Don't ask what technology CAN do, but what it SHOULD do? What kind of future do we want? And what defines a 'good future' (check out my next film on this topic, coming up next week)? 2030 could be heaven or it could be hell - the choice is ours! Watch the original video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iDeQ_3n1GTE

This is the audio version only of 'The Good Future explained'. In my 2021 film The Good Future https://www.futuristgerd.com/sharing/thegoodfuturefilm/ and https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI and www.goodfuture.tv (downloads, as well!) I talk about why I think a "Good Future" is entirely possible, and what it may look like as far as business, education, healthcare, energy, society and technology is concerned, and how we can make it happen. Since the film's release, I have received many comments requesting to dive deeper into each topic, and to provide more context. Hence this new film: The Good Future EXPLAINED, a tour-de-force across what I call the DDR: Digitization (the ethical use of exponential technologies), Decarbonisation (shifting to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels towards green/sustainable/circular 'everything') and finally, #Reformation (a new economic logic based on the 4Ps: People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity). The film features many interesting examples, infographics, tweets, videos and other media - I hope you find it entertaining and inspiring. If so, please share widely!! More details about The Good Future are at https://vimeo.com/showcase/8287594 https://gerd.fm/tgftopic (speaking topic) https://gerd.fm/3FLm7mB (tweets #thegoodfuture) Executive Producer and Narrator: Gerd Leonhard Editor and Co-Producer: Sylvain Collet MUSIC (all via Musicbed.com) Roots : By the way, May Survive: Watermark high Beggars: Boundary Run

This is the audio-version only of my virtual keynote for the civil forum of Krasnoyarsk's territory, held in December 2021, on the topic: What the future will bring to civil society, what technology is doing to change our world and how we can respond to it. Full video on YouTube with Russian Subtitles: https://youtu.be/59nfPdecBKU

This is the audio version of my entire keynote at #IEEE's GCAIoT 2022 conference in Dubai (held virtually), followed by a fast-moving q&a session. A perfect way to kick off 2022:) Imho, this is one of my best talks on what we can expect for the next 10 years, elaborating further on the topics introduced in my recent The Good Future themes and my latest film see https://www.futuristgerd.com/sharing/thegoodfuturefilm/, such as: The future is better than we tend think! Organism aren't algorithms - the more we connect the more we have to protect what makes us human. Technology is a tool - not a purpose. Algorithms know the logic of everything but the feeling of nothing. Everything should be as connected as necessary (eg the IoT) - but not more. AI should be all about competence not about consciousness; and we need a global moratorium on AGI. Data is truly the new oil - but it can also be the 'new plotonium': be careful wht you wish for. We will see more change in the next 10 years than in the previous 100 years, aswe are heading into a strange, confusing and challenging 'golden era'. The Covid19 crisis is really tough for all of us, but also brings a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink what kind of future we want, and how we can realize it - it's a key pivot point in our history. In this talk, I present 3 tickets to a good future, what I call #theddr DIGITIZATION (ethical use of exponential technology), DECARBONIZATION (green is the new digital, and the circular is becoming the only economy) and REFORMATION (i.e. switching from a focus on GDP, profit and growth to the future-fit paradigm of People Planet Purpose and Prosperity) Don't ask what technology CAN do, but what it SHOULD do? What kind of future do we want? And what defines a 'good future' (check out my next film on this topic, coming up next week)? 2030 could be heaven or it could be hell - the choice is ours! Watch the full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iDeQ_3n1GTE

We recorded this in April 2021 and decided to finally release this. I was covering questions such as: How did I become a Futurist and what do I actually do? Why I am optimistic about the Future What I worry about Why climate change action is such a huge challenge Why technology can be both good as well as evil Why addiction to technology is something we must look at more Why #digitalethics is existential Why I am not afraid of what's coming How I see the future of ICT (including telecoms, 5G etc) Why I think better technology regulation is needed and many more. YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/4SKetPa7ylk

This is the audio version only of a presentation providing further insights into the topics introduced in my latest film "The Good Future" see https://www.thegoodfuturefilm.com and https://youtu.be/yHC5n7G5SeI ... such as the future of technology, decarbonization and capitalism. I will have a new video with additional explanations on how we can create The Good Future later this month, as well. Stay tuned via @gleonhard on twitter or via my newsletter www.gerd.digital Worth watching this video presentation on https://youtu.be/jyJaKToAfpg - I used the pretty cool mmhmm app to record this. The background is b-roll footage we shot in beautiful lanzarote, the overlays are alpha images my team made for me. Get more details on my public dropmark folder here https://teamgerd.dropmark.com/ As a Futurist and Keynote Speaker, I talk to many people from all over the world and in the past few years I have observed the increased adoption of a rather negative view of the future. IMHO, though, not only is the present already better than the past, but the FUTURE has strong potential to be even better! “The Good Future” film is meant as an introduction to what will become the dominant focus of my work, going forward: What would a Good Future look like, and what can we do right here and now to bring it about?

This is the audio version only of my keynote at Mundura Begira 2021 in Bilbao, Spain, Nov 10, 2021 - A look at where the world is heading. See https://agenda.spri.eus/mundurabegira/ Spanish Dub version is available here: https://youtu.be/hewuK-eYoFo The Great Transformation: Technology, Climate Change and Health More on the topics mentioned in this talk: The DDR: https://www.youtube.com/c/GerdLeonhard/search?query=ddr The Good Future: https://www.youtube.com/c/GerdLeonhard/search?query=good%20future

This is Futurist Gerd Leonhard's audio version only of his complete virtual keynote at the FCEM Kagider 2021 in Istanbul, Nov 4 2021, see full version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WyLNpt6AfpE Thanks to everyone at FCEM and the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey. Science fiction is becoming science fact. The power of women as global drivers of change is exponentially increasing as well. Countries run by women have already fared much better during the covid crisis. Business as usual is dead or dying - the next ten years will bring more change than the previous 100 years. Download this video via https://vimeo.com/640653791 Subscribe to Futurist Gerd leonhard's latest findings at http://www.gerd.digital/

This is Futurist Gerd Leonhard's audio version of his keynote for the German American Club at Harvard. See event here: https://www.germanamericanconference.org/ As science fiction is increasingly becoming science fact, we will likely have all the tools (tech) - but will we have the TELOS (the wisdom, will, purpose)? What is the Future of Europe, and what is the role of USA-Germany collaboration? The Good Future is entirely possible; we just need to make the right decisions today! Watch this keynote on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kKV6Al-sEoE Keep up with Gerd's latest news on www.gerd.live