ThrowForward Thursday 173: CEOs are not safe
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Release Date: 12/05/2024
When We Can't See the Stars | Throw Forward Thursday 188
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
For thousands of years, every generation has looked up at the same night sky. The same stars our ancestors used to navigate oceans, mark seasons, and tell their stories. We might be the last generation who sees them clearly. <P>In August 2026, an abandoned 4-ton SpaceX booster crashed into the Moon. The 11th human-made object we know of to hit it since the 1990s. Nobody planned it. Space junk has to go somewhere. <P>Right now there are thousands of satellites in orbit. Soon there will be hundreds of thousands, then millions, most of them up there so a few more people get better...
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Smartphones predict earthquakes - Tour Guide to the Future Ep 116
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Here’s something that should make you look at your smartphone differently. <P>It might help save your life in an earthquake. <P>Not because it can predict the future. But because the tiny accelerometer inside your phone can detect movement. The same technology that notices if someone has fallen can also spot the first micro-tremors of an earthquake. <P>Same phone. Same pocket. Different purpose. <P>That’s what this week’s Tour Guide to the Future is all about: why the best technology is not the cleverest technology, but the technology that gives us real-world...
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Smartphones predict earthquakes - Tour Guide to the Future Ep 116
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Here’s something that should make you look at your smartphone differently. <P>It might help save your life in an earthquake. <P>Not because it can predict the future. But because the tiny accelerometer inside your phone can detect movement. The same technology that notices if someone has fallen can also spot the first micro-tremors of an earthquake. <P>Same phone. Same pocket. Different purpose. <P>That’s what this week’s Tour Guide to the Future is all about: why the best technology is not the cleverest technology, but the technology that gives us real-world...
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Should We Use AI for Medical Advice? It's Complicated - ThrowForward Thursday 187
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Here's something that should make you think twice before asking ChatGPT about that headache. <P>Oxford University ran a study earlier this year. They gave the same medical scenarios to AI chatbots, twice. First with 100 doctors at the keyboard. Then with 1,300 ordinary people. <P>The doctors got 95% accuracy. The ordinary people got 34%. <P>Same AI. Same scenarios. Different humans. Why the gap? And what does it tell us about how the rest of us should be using AI at work? <P>That's what this week's ThrowForward Thursday is all about. I get into the Dunning-Kruger...
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$80 billion. Gone - ThrowForward Thursday 186
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
Meta lost $80 billion on the Metaverse. We called it in 2022. Here's why the same mistake is happening again - right now. <BR><BR>In this week's ThrowForward Thursday, I revisit our April 2022 episode on the Metaverse hype cycle and what it teaches us about separating real technological change from expensive noise. With AI, spatial computing, and the "next big platform" dominating headlines, the ability to distinguish signal from hype is the most valuable skill a leader can have. <BR><BR>What you'll learn: <BR>- Why the Metaverse failed - and what the warning...
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What if... we banned phones in restaurants (like we banned smoking) - ThrowForward Thursday 185
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
In the 1980s and 90s, people smoked in restaurants while the rest of us were eating. Then we made a change. We literally changed a global culture, made new rules, and people (fairly) quickly changed their habits. We could do that again in public spaces - banning phones. Why not?
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Why everyone wants a piece of Greenland - ThrowForward Thursday 184
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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What it means to be human in an age of Robots - ThrowForward Thursday 183
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
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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The Enhanced Games - ThrowForward Thursday 182
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
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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MEET MY DIGITAL TWIN: ThrowForward Thursday 181
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
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...
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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