ThrowForward Thursday 173: CEOs are not safe
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Release Date: 12/05/2024
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
I think I know why Donald Trump wants Greenland. But why does everyone else see it as strategically important? It's not what you think. But it will change the world. Listen to this week's episode to find out more.
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If robots can be developed to run ultra trail marathons and compete in sporting events, then why should humans even bother anymore? <P>Maybe it's less about being better than someone else, and more about finding out where one's own limits are. Maybe that's the essence of being human. <P>In this episode of ThrowForward Thursday we ask how advanced humanoid robots are rewiring not just our view of automation and technology, but also our view of ourselves. <P>Also, as a bonus... keep an eye on my progress towards running one of the world's toughest trail marathons, the Otter...
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Faster, higher, stronger - the Olympic motto that inspires the best athletes to push themselves to the limit. But what if we changed where those limits are? What if we allowed humans to not just rely on good genetics and intensive training, but also on chemical, medical and biomechanical enhancements? The team at The Enhanced Games are aiming to answer this question in a few weeks time in Las Vegas - see for details. Is this the future of sport? Or are we crossing a line we should not cross? <P>Maybe a more important question is what sorts of human enhancements might be valuable...
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Our team at TomorrowToday have developed my digital twin: a ChatGPT agent that contains all of our books, white papers, blogs and videos from the last twenty years of work. <P>You can now access this GPT agent for free (as long as you have a ChatGPT account), and ask questions about the future, thinking like a futurist, foresight, leadership, and innovation. It's available at <P>And if you and your team are impressed by what a GenAI version of my past work can do, then contact the real, human me and set up a time to chat about how our team can really add...
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In Season 6 of ThrowForward Thursday, we are revisiting some of our previous predictions and finding out what's happening in the world right now. This one is scary. <BR>In Episode 66 (see ) we talked about the end of antibiotics. Just this past month, in October 2025, the World Health Organization released a research report on antibiotic and AMR resistance, and it's getting worse and worse (see: ). <BR>We need to urgently use fewer antibiotics, giving science a chance to keep up with the mutations of the diseases we are fighting. We need to think not just about "quick...
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Sport can't fight weather <BR>The 2025 edition of the Cape Town Marathon was cancelled due to strong winds making the course unsafe. It's not the first major sporting event to be affected by weather; and it won't be the last. <BR>Back in 2020, I was due to run the London Marathon. It was cancelled due to Covid, and we were encouraged to run a 42.2km distance in the 24 hours of the day of the marathon to earn our finisher's medal. I did that in the Covid-emptied streets of Johannesburg. <BR>We've talked about this before in ThrowForward Thursday:...
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What if the truth could be edited? <BR>In a world of AI deepfakes, fake news, and manipulated media, how do we know what’s real anymore? Blend science fiction and foresight in this mind-bending episode of ThrowForward Thursday, inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. <BR>Douglas Adams’ classic story predicted today’s world - crowdsourced “truths,” social networks, and reality distortion fields long before they existed. <BR>In this episode, Graeme unpacks what The Hitchhiker’s Guide can teach us about: <UL><LI>- AI-generated...
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In a world filled with AI slop, fake news, photoshopped photos and AI generated videos, how do we work out what is true, what is real, and what is not? <BR>In this week's ThrowForward Thursday episode, we look at six ways we can respond to a post-truth world.
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Deep fakes have been around for a while - in fact, way back in 2020, I was one of the first people I knew to feature in a deep fake video (it wasn't very good, but it was a sign of things to come). <BR>The era of fake videos has arrived much faster than we thought we would. It's here, right now. We need to learn how to navigate a world in which we cannot trust what we hear, read or see. It's sad, but it's the reality (or is it real at all?). <BR>This week, we revisit some of our predictions about the future of deep fakes and fake news and show you what's happening right now. ...
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Welcome to the new season of ThrowForward Thursday. Each week, we will be looking back over the 175 episodes we've recorded in the last four years, and seeing which of our future predictions are starting to come true - what we got right, and wrong, and what it tells us about the world we live in today. Join us every Thursday for a Tour Guide to the Future.
info_outlineOn December 4, 2024, the CEO of one of America's largest healthcare insurers was shot dead on the streets of Manhattan. Angry people, living in a world that is filled with inequality and feeling squeezed on every side, will eventually snap. This is not something we want, nor is it a call to arms. But it is a possible future scenario that CEOs of large companies might need to be as careful of their personal security as many politicians currently are.
The antidote is to build future-proof businesses that see doing good as good for business. This isn't just a cute tagline - it is a core pillar of the DNA of a future-proof business.
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