Tomorrow's Technology Today

Yesterday, I delivered the closing keynote presentation at Optus Vision2013 in Sydney, Australia. The title of my talk was "Tomorrow's Technology Today." As I recently said, tomorrow is rapidly catching up with today but to further appreciate just how quickly mobile, social, and cloud technologies are converging with "Big Data" and the "Internet of Things" [...]

By |2013-05-02T20:59:11-05:00May 2, 2013|Future|Comments Off on Tomorrow's Technology Today

Today is Catching Up to Tomorrow

As a futurist, I spend a surprisingly large amount of time simply helping my clients and audiences see what is already here today. To put this in a contemporary context consider the photo to the right of Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), the "brash but brilliant" main character in the upcoming sci-fi thriller Iron Man [...]

By |2013-04-24T15:18:14-05:00April 24, 2013|Future|Comments Off on Today is Catching Up to Tomorrow

Five Foreseeable Future Risks

The future may be unknowable. This does not, however, imply it can’t be prepared for. Below are just five future risks I have—and will—address in various keynote presentations to the insurance industry in the coming months. 1. Economic instability: Foxconn, the large Chinese electronic manufacturer, recently announced a hiring freeze. Eventually, this “freeze” will turn [...]

By |2013-03-04T20:26:12-06:00March 4, 2013|Future|Comments Off on Five Foreseeable Future Risks

The Art Classroom of the Future

As a parent, I believe we must constantly encourage our children to nurture and expand the creativity with which they are all inherently endowed. Unfortunately, as Ken Robinson explains in this brilliant TED talk, many schools are unintentionally yet, nevertheless, ruthlessly and systematically killing our children's creativity. Luckily, creative adults are coming to the rescue. [...]

By |2013-02-25T15:50:59-06:00February 25, 2013|Creativity, Future|Comments Off on The Art Classroom of the Future

James, Take Me to the Future!

Wouldn't it be cool if you had your very own chauffeur? Sounds unlikely, right? Well, don't be so sure. As I've written before (here and here), the future may be more affordable than you suspect. Scientists at Oxford University have recently developed a system which can be fitted onto your existing automobile and will convert [...]

By |2013-02-21T22:14:31-06:00February 21, 2013|Future|Comments Off on James, Take Me to the Future!

Harvard’s Plan to Dominate Higher Education

The faint whisper of the air leaking from the higher education “bubble” turned into an audible hiss earlier this month when the American Council of Education (ACE) announced it was certifying five free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As this accreditation trend grows, the hiss will become a gale force wind that will leave only [...]

By |2013-02-19T23:34:27-06:00February 19, 2013|Future|Comments Off on Harvard’s Plan to Dominate Higher Education

The Higher Education Bubble is Bursting

The air leaking out of the higher education bubble has just increased from a faint whisper to an audible hiss. Yesterday, the American Council of Education announced it will begin offering college credit for five different MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). This is significant because what makes MOOCs so unique is that they are offered [...]

By |2013-02-08T14:04:52-06:00February 8, 2013|Future|Comments Off on The Higher Education Bubble is Bursting

10 Quotations on the Future of Education

1. "There's a tsunami coming." Stanford President, John Hennessey discussing the future of online education. 2. "We are reinventing education. This will change the world." Anant Agarwal, Head of edX, discussing the new consortium in this article. (Agarwal also called edX "the biggest change in education since the invention of the printing press" is this [...]

By |2013-02-03T22:50:44-06:00February 3, 2013|Future|Comments Off on 10 Quotations on the Future of Education
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