Futurist Friday with Ross Dawson

Over the course of the summer of 2022, we are releasing 12 interviews with futurists and forward thinkers in order to help our global audience of leaders become better visionaries for their organizations and be more prepared for our uncertain future.

In this episode, Ross Dawson joins the show. Based in Australia, Ross is globally recognized as a leading futurist, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He is Founding Chairman of the Advanced Human Technologies Group of companies and Founder of Bondi Innovation. His books include Living Networks, which The New York Times credits with predicting the social networking revolution, the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, Implementing Enterprise 2.0, and Getting Results From Crowds. His latest book - Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information - will be available September 6, 2022.

In this interview, Ross discusses the sources he values and trusts as he does his research. He talks about a few trends he is following closely, including polarization in many aspects of our lives, smart glasses, and machine/brain interfaces. Ross closes out the interview by sharing what is filling him with a sense of optimism.

“The brain/computer interfaces…the clear value, the immediate value, and dramatic value is those who are impaired in whatever way now have ways to be able to communicate, to engage, to control lives, to give themselves independence. This is an incredible boon to what is a lot of people.” Ross Dawson in “Futurist Friday with Ross Dawson” talking about the transformative nature of interfaces that will challenge what it means to be human in the future.

Ross appeared in an earlier episode of 12 Geniuses. His first interview - The Future of Social Media - was released April 6, 2021.

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