Keeping Ahead of the Future
By Ross Dawson
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Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #15
The mood seems to be gradually shifting toward a 'post-COVID' frame. Let's hope that turns out to be true. Interesting recent speaking and workshop engagements have included the future of professional services, the future of libraries, and increasingly common…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #14
Wishing you a wonderful turning of the seasons! Many developments on my side with some announcements of exciting new projects coming soon. On rossdawson.com we are actively building our Companies creating the future section, with a couple of the pieces linked…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #13
Throughout my work in the professional services sector over the last couple of decades I have long pointed to the potential of virtual professional services delivery. Now that COVID has made virtual work the norm, we have researched and shared the stories and…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #12
The theme for this selection is hybrid work at the center of how we work after COVID has fundamentally changed old premises, some useful fodder in here...
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #11
Thank you for being part of Keeping Ahead of the Future!Below in this newsletter, extensive coverage of the current implications of the COVID-19 crisis and looking past the pandemic to the future of work, society, news, travel, relationships, and more... Mean…
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Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #9
We most certainly live in interesting times! We must consider scenarios of global pandemic, as well as the potential that the current scare recedes before long. Among other impacts, events are being cancelled all over the world, resulting in less travel than …
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #8
I always love the sheer diversity of my work. Over the last months I have delivered keynotes on the future of... government, project management, mutual insurance, cyber-security, health supply chains, regional development, professional services, and retail, a…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #7
It is past the middle of the year, and the days are now waxing or waning, depending on which hemisphere you live in! Amid my busy speaking calendar, including keynotes and workshops on topics such as the future of investment, the future of professional servic…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #6
Two central themes of my recent work have been board innovation and the future of capital markets and investment (including the possible shape of post-capitalism). I recent ran the inaugural Directing Innovation programs for Australian Institute of Company Di…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #5
It's getting a little late to say Happy New Year! However warm wishes to you for the duration of 2019. I managed to get in a different frame of mind for while, helped by a switched-off vacation in Tonga, now I'm fully in the fray with a variety of client enga…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #4
As we head into the Southern spring I’ve been continuing to keep busy with client engagements, including a recent trip to Bangkok to talk about strategies for emerging technologies, helping a major insurer look at the future of life insurance, and working wit…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #3
Sorry it's been a while since the last issue! I have been fully committed with client work for a while, but I will endeavour to make these more frequent irrespective. Recent work has included a series of keynotes for Oracle clients on 'Technology Leadership i…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #2
Three key themes are dominating my work at the moment. As I work on developing a framework on the impact and value of Artificial Intelligence I am experiencing increasing demand for keynotes and executive briefings on the topic. I am frequently working with b…
Keeping Ahead of the Future - Issue #1
If you haven't heard from me for some time, a quick update... After gradually building Advanced Human Technologies Group to five companies alongside my work as a futurist, I was finding my time and resources were stretched far too thinly. I had taken on too m…