Are humans really necessary?

Are humans really necessary?

It was two days of great minds exchang­ing thoughts about sus­tain­able lead­er­ship, man­age­ment, inno­va­tion — and tech­nol­o­gy. It hap­pened in War­saw on 26 – 27 April, and I was both a keynote speak­er and one of 61 peo­ple on six pan­els dis­cussing...

Have A Merry… Robot?

Robots are not as new as you might think, but the threat of robots replacing human workers has been a persistent topic of discussion since at least the 1980s. While Leonardo da Vinci had the concept of a mechanical knight in 1435 [link], the latest “oh...

Is anyone safe from the future?

The Economist is one of the best-written journals published. And while it skews toward a conservative bent, it doesn’t shy away from taking on BIG questions. The cover story from the January 12 issue is a good example. “Innovation pessimism: Has the ideas machine...