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ThrowForward Thursday 174: Imagine - end of 2024 message

graeme

Dec 131 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 174: Imagine - end of 2024 message

Imagine... the future is imaginable. And our imaginations help to set the tone for how we engage with the future, and the world around...

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ThrowForward Thursday 173: CEOs are not safe

graeme

Dec 51 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 173: CEOs are not safe

On December 4, 2024, the CEO of one of America's largest healthcare insurers was shot dead on the streets of Manhattan. Angry people,...

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ThrowForward Thursday 172: A Data Center sues town for all its water

graeme

Nov 281 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 172: A Data Center sues town for all its water

It could happen. Sometime in the future. Data centres use an incredible amount of electricity and water. Towns that incentivise these...

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ThrowForward Thursday 171: The 15 hour work week

graeme

Nov 211 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 171: The 15 hour work week

Nearly 100 years, the famous economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030 we would all be working just 15 hours a week. If only,...

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ThrowForward Thursday 170: My AI assistant chooses who I vote for

graeme

Nov 71 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 170: My AI assistant chooses who I vote for

Elections are messy, noisy and can overwhelm voters with too much information and too many choices. In the future, it could make sense...

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ThrowForward Thursday 169: The End of Company Emails

graeme

Nov 11 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 169: The End of Company Emails

Don't get too excited by the title - it's not quite what you think. In the future, it is possible that companies will not supply us with...

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ThrowForward Thursday 168: The Day The Internet Dies

graeme

Oct 261 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 168: The Day The Internet Dies

Imagine logging into your web browser and there's just nothing: no websites anywhere. You check your internet connection, and that seems...

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ThrowForward Thursday 167: The Talking Robots are Human Controlled

graeme

Oct 191 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 167: The Talking Robots are Human Controlled

The near future of so-called autonomous humanoid robots is not quite what we imagine. Come with me to 2029, when a dark side of the...

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ThrowForward Thursday 165: Smartphone Innovation (seems a bit stuck to me)

graeme

Oct 101 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 165: Smartphone Innovation (seems a bit stuck to me)

It's sometime in the future, and the next version of your favourite smartphone has just been released. Once again, the marketing hype is...

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ThrowForward Thursday 165: Genetic Enhancement and Gender

graeme

Sep 271 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 165: Genetic Enhancement and Gender

Imagine what the world would look like if we all had the data about our genetic makeup, and we could see the many multiple ways our...

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ThrowForward Thursday 164: Clones: Copy Yourself

graeme

Sep 191 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 164: Clones: Copy Yourself

They're coming (as you will see, mine has already arrived ;-). But the clones of the near future won't actually be copies of our bodies,...

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ThrowForward Thursday 163: The Great 50 year global drought

graeme

Sep 131 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 163: The Great 50 year global drought

It's September 2082, and we mark the 50th anniversary of the official start of what has become The Great 50-Year Global Drought. Cities...

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ThrowForward Thursday 162: Jet Pack Drone Racing League Suspended

graeme

Sep 51 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 162: Jet Pack Drone Racing League Suspended

Sports News Headlines for 4 September 2039: Jet Pack Drone Racing League Suspended Just ahead of the first African Olympic Games in 2040,...

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ThrowForward Thursday 161: The Death of Outsourced Procurement

graeme

Aug 291 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 161: The Death of Outsourced Procurement

More of a hope than a prediction, this episode of ThrowForward Thursday has a rant warning attached, as we imagine a future where...

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ThrowForward Thursday 160: Ancient Virus Released

graeme

Aug 221 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 160: Ancient Virus Released

Breaking news in 2037: the thawing of Arctic ice releases a 40,000 year old virus that doctors have never seen before. Another unintended...

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ThrowForward Thursday 159: Human/Robot Bionics

graeme

Aug 161 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 159: Human/Robot Bionics

'Bionic' means Humans and Technology not just working with each other, but augmenting and even integrating to supercharge our outputs....

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ThrowForward Thursday 158: France Bans Energy Drinks (future scenario)

graeme

Aug 81 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 158: France Bans Energy Drinks (future scenario)

Imagine a world where a government bans energy drinks if they are proven to be bad for public health, and people are abusing their impact...

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ThrowForward Thursday: Ep 157: Vocal Biomarker Disease Detection

graeme

Aug 11 min read

ThrowForward Thursday: Ep 157: Vocal Biomarker Disease Detection

This is the start of Season 5 of ThrowForward Thursday. Welcome to 2029, where a weekly 15 second recording of your voice is used to...

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ThrowForward Thursday 156: Season 5 Promo

graeme

Jul 251 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 156: Season 5 Promo

Season 5 of our Future Scenarios series is coming next week, starting August 2024. I hope you've enjoyed the past few weeks as we have...

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ThrowForward Thursday 154: PROMO TomorrowToday Podcast with Tamryn Batcheller-Adams

graeme

Jul 41 min read

ThrowForward Thursday 154: PROMO TomorrowToday Podcast with Tamryn Batcheller-Adams

In the latest episode of The TomorrowToday Podcast, Buhle Dlamini and I take a deeper look into organisational design and what it takes...

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