Simon Sees: The Future of What Is Real
Welcome to another edition of Simon Sees! This time, we’re diving deep into a head-spinning theme: The Future of What is Real. Hold onto your hats as we explore the fascinating
Simon Sees: The Future of Getting Old
In Simon Sees I share some of the signals I’m seeing in the world around me that indicate how the future might be different from today. In this edition we’re
The content creators lottery
I have never really been a gambler. I don’t sink money into slot machines, I get fleeced on poker nights, and my failure to ‘get’ the Melbourne Cup is a
Can AI make us more human?
Notwithstanding my previously stated position to not refer to AI as a form of intelligence (as it lacks the capacity for reason and can only consult statistical models to provide
I visited the future… and all I got was this lousy chatbot
Just last week it was announced that ChatGPT has become the fastest growing app of all time, reaching 100 million users in a little over two months. And over that time
The Pendulum of Events is in Full Swing
To say it’s been a rough 12 months for the corporate events industry would be the grossest of understatements. For close to a year, large-scale, in-person events were non-existent and suddenly virtual
Beware of edge examples
Last week, the interwebs were all a flutter with a video of a monkey playing pong. The video was uploaded by Neuralink, a start up backed by Elon Musk with the
Don’t fake familiarity
Last week in a coaching session with some of my digital champions, we were discussing how to automate customer satisfaction surveys. They had recently implemented an SMS-based survey system that
What professional speakers could learn from the Rolling Stones
For the last nine months or so I have been working on a secret project. It would have been called a skunkworks project if I worked at Lockheed Martin, or
Where is your humanity?
WARNING! LONG POST [Insert cup of tea here] In a month or so I’m delivering a keynote entitled ‘Will technology make us more human?’ It’s a keynote I’ve had in my
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