Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, The Invisible Wearables
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future wearables won’t just track your heart rate, they’ll know more about you than you do and help you in ways you couldn’t imagine. Firstly, thank you to James and the team for inviting me to be Stuff magazine’s new monthly columnist...
World’s first fully pilotless commercial aircraft takes off from France
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everyone tells us aircraft can fly by themselves, now they really can, and this is just the first step of that transition. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. We’ve all heard and read about the arrival of autonomous...
Featured Futurist: Shaping the Future of UK Healthcare, Deloitte
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Exponential technologies will revolutionise healthcare, human longevity and wellness, and patient outcomes, and healthcare organisations need to be prepared. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Firstly, thank you to Karen Taylor and the team at Deloitte for asking...
Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, The Virtual Sporting Life
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of E-Sports will blow your mind and you’d be surprised at the things you can do from the comfort of your own living room. Firstly, thank you to James and the team for inviting me to be Stuff magazine’s new monthly columnist...
Featured Futurist: Stuff Magazine, Spotify the Difference
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The future of entertainment is going to be much weirder than you think, and in time the power to create blockbuster movies will be in your hands. Firstly, thank you to James and the team for inviting me to be Stuff magazine’s new monthly...
Futurist on TV: The Gadget Show, Channel 5
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world of technology is moving fast, but most people experience this rate of change first through interaction with their devices and gadgets, so I lift the lid on what’s coming. Firstly, I’d like to thank Curtis, James and the crew for inviting me...
Featured Futurist: Samsung KX50, The Future in Focus
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Predicting the future, let alone the deep future, is very difficult but that doesn’t stop people from trying, so sit back and enjoy the vision of 2069 bought by yours truly and Samsung as they celebrate their 50th anniversary and prepare for the next 50...
Featured Futurist: How combining technologies exponentially impacts the future, T-Mobile
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many of us focus on the implications of a single technology, such as 5G, AI or Blockchain, among others, but it’s how we innovate on top of them and combine them all that changes our world. The story of the United States is one that...
Featured Futurist: How 4D Printing Will Shift the Shape of Manufacturing, SAP
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The way we design, imagine, and build products is being revolutionised by the emergence of creative machines and new sci-fi like manufacturing technologies. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More and connect with Matthew. In a brief period, 3D printing — the process...
Featured Futurist, TV Interview: The Future of Aviation 2020 to 2070, APEX Insider
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The pace of change is accelerating, and new technologies are re-writing the narrative for many industries, including aviation. In the coming decades the aviation industry will, arguably, see more change than it has in the past century, whether it’s because of the introduction of...
Futurist in the press: Maximising the AI Opportunity, Microsoft
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI will help organisations and society at large unlock untold new opportunities, in this report Microsoft discusses how to maximise the upsides while minimising the downsides. Firstly, thank you to the team at Microsoft for reaching out and asking me to participate in their...
Futurist in the press: Forward Thinking, Bentley Centennial Magazine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There are very few companies that can say they are a hundred years old, and even fewer that are still at the pinnacle of their industry, Bentley is one of those exceptions. Bentley was founded in 1919, and as they begin to celebrate their...
Futurist in the press: Amazon home insurance could be on the horizon, CNBC
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Connected Home devices become more capable and popular they will give insurers new insights into previously private user behaviours, and fundamentally change how insurance is sold. Connected home devices, that range from Alexa to smart fire alarms, lighting, security systems, thermostats, TV’s and...
Futurist in the press: Tech giants and Trust in the dock, Associated Press
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Large platform dominate today’s internet landscape and in this article AP asks whether or not they are good stewards of our information, and, more importantly, whether they can be trusted with it. The Associated Press needs no introduction, today they are news organisation behind...
Futurist in the press: Exclusive interview with Richard Branson, Metro newspaper
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Richard Branson is one of the most iconic entrepreneurs of all time but sometimes you’ve got to give the critics fuel in order to create the future. I have to admit I do sometimes have to sit back and pinch myself, after all, it...
Featured Futurist: Taylor Review of Modern Working Practises, The RSA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Technology’s impact on human jobs and work isn’t disputed but increasingly powerful technologies now threaten more workers so we need to be prepared. Firstly, thank you to the UK Government and Matthew Taylor and his team at the Royal Society for the encouragement of...
Futurist in the press: Future of Insurance, Risk Management Solutions magazine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Quantum computing will present the insurance industry with an unparalleled opportunity to transform their businesses, in this interview with RMS I discuss how organisations can tackle the challenges that lie ahead. Quantum computing is on many companies minds at the moment and the ability...
Futurist on TV: Elon Musk and the Future of Transportation, Discovery Channel
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk is an amazing entrepreneur and thanks to the Discovery Channel I got to talk about his latest adventure. Elon Musk is a crazy dude, in my opinion, in a good way. While most CEO’s are content running on the treadmill that is the...
Futurist in the press: Battle for a trading edge, Handelsblatt Global
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As financial services organisations around the world increasingly embrace AI we ask the question – are the algorithmic models they’re creating infallible? Handelsblatt Global is the “Financial Times of Germany,” and it was my privilege to be interviewed by them before speaking at the...
