Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

When Bitcoins were first introduced in 2009, they were the first cyber currency. I labeled them a Soft Trend—one whose future was looking good but not certain. At the same time, I identified cyber currency as a growing Hard Trend that would continue; accordingly, I suggested there would be many more cyber currencies in the near future. Both have held true, as the future success of Bitcoins, although promising, is not a future fact, and there are more than 100 cyber currencies to date.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Technology startups sometimes get bad press for creating solutions to problems that don’t even exist. So it’s somewhat refreshing to see a large increase in doctors advising new businesses on how to start concentrating on solving the right problems. Despite the ubiquity of wearable technology and mobile apps, there continues to be a wealth of opportunities in the healthcare tech space.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

There is no shortage of buzzwords around meeting rooms or office water coolers such as the Internet of Things, wearable tech or big data. The one phrase that most people choose to ignore is technological unemployment. Ignoring its existence could be the difference between your remaining relevant in the 21st-century digital economy or not. . Gartner famously predicted five billion people and 21 billion things will be connected to the Internet by 2020.

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Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The fact that people are living longer is a demographic reality. Alongside that has come a significant shift in how people approach their health. Rather than getting sick—then seeking medical attention—millions of people are employing technology to do what they can on their own to look after their health proactively with the goal of a better future. But it’s not just a question of longevity.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Two of the biggest Hard Trends right now are around organizations moving their data into the cloud and the very real increase in online security disruption threats we face on a daily basis. The fear of suffering a data breach or even data loss is unthinkable; it’s what keeps most CEOs awake at night. Network security is only as strong as its weakest link, and many are discovering that insecure application programming interfaces (APIs) are their Achilles heel.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 26, 2016

In July 2016, Southwest Airlines canceled 2,300 flights when a router failed, delaying hundreds of thousands of passengers. If you were one of the millions of travelers impacted by the technology breakdown of two major airlines a few months ago, you have my sympathies.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

A few years ago, the practice of visiting a bricks-and-mortar store to examine a product before buying it online at a lower price gave birth to the term “showrooming.” Many retailers thought this change in behavior would lead to the demise of traditional in-store shopping. Once again, consumer behavior changed as many began to look up products online, but then chose to buy them in a physical store in a practice known as “web-rooming.”

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Daniel Burrus

JUNE 28, 2016

Microsoft recently hit the headlines after revealing a $26 billion agreement to buy LinkedIn. In a digital age when most people obtain their social updates and look for work using a social network, Microsoft had been noticeably lacking in this area for some time. When a large corporation has no expertise in a rapidly growing area such as social media that represents a Hard Trend (a future certainty) going forward, it typically buys what it needs.

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Daniel Burrus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In this high-tech world driven by technology, change and disruption, we should never forget the human component. Ultimately, the world is ruled by relationships that can be both good and bad. Trust has always been important, but in a connected social world, its value is elevated. Consider trust as the new currency; it is earned through demonstrations of honesty, integrity and delivering on promises. Breaking this trust will cause businesses to lose profitability.

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Daniel Burrus

JUNE 15, 2016

The financial services industry has been notoriously slow to adapt to the evolving technology landscape and its customers’ digital demands. In yet another twist to a modern tale, it was recently revealed that it was consumers who were leading yet another round of disruption in the banking and insurance sectors. A report by Fujitsu financial services showed that 39% of the UK residents it surveyed would consider leaving their providers if they do not offer up-to-date technology.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 31, 2016

The increasing use of virtual reality (VR) is a Hard Trend that will continue to grow, and with the release of several high-profile VR systems, 2016 was supposed to be the year that VR finally went mainstream. For those of you who read my 2016 annual list of 25 Hard Trends shaping the future, augmented reality was listed, and the revolution has now started.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

And 93 additional facilities were built in 2015, and even more are expected in 2016. In many ways it seems impossible that Amazon has been in business for more than 20 years. Time does fly! During that time, Amazon has been – and continues to be – the largest and most innovative leader in the e-commerce market. You may be surprised to discover the other markets Amazon has not only entered, but is also in the process of redefining and reinventing. Amazon Grows While Others Struggle.

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Daniel Burrus

JULY 8, 2016

We recently lost a true avant-garde with the passing of futurist Alvin Toffler. I had the pleasure of meeting this great writer and forward thinker on several occasions. Toffler was a visionary who brought the subject of the future to both mainstream media and business with his groundbreaking book Future Shock (1970).

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 23, 2016

On an almost daily basis, we read stories about how every industry is facing digital disruption. Although there has been a flurry of negative articles warning how we are heading for a dystopian technological future, the reality is that disruption has always happened; it is the speed at which it happens that has changed. Way back in 1942, Joseph Schumpeter coined the phrase “Creative Destruction” to describe something new that kills something old.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 20, 2016

Here in 2016, great content alone is simply not enough. The combination of an authentic, relatable voice and conversations with your audience are possibly the most powerful currency in our quest to connect with each other in a meaningful way. As viewers, we are bombarded with a smorgasbord of content, and if we are greeted with an annoying pop-up ad that covers the screen or information hidden behind a paywall, we simply look elsewhere.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 27, 2016

Bank notes and silver coins are starting to feel incredibly primitive or quaint at best to an increasing number of shoppers. Many are happier using their credit or debt card for both their online and offline purchases. Now that the U.S. has joined Europe and other nations by requiring a chip-in-card system, the pressure is on technology to increase security and at the same time replace other annoyances from our past such as PINs and the dreaded passwords. .

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 16, 2016

We currently find ourselves in what I would call the big deal phase of a digital transformation where exponential change is creating dramatic advancements in a very short space of time. However, to fully understand how we can use this to accelerate innovation in our own organization, I invite you to take a short trip back in time. Way back in 1983, after launching my company, Burrus Research , I was studying innovations in all areas of science and technology on a global level.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 6, 2016

Every marketplace and industry is currently going through a digital transformation. The days of having a “wait and see” approach in business are over. Your brand along with your products and services will need to continually evolve to remain relevant in a world dominated by increasing digital disruption. The word disruption often conjures negative connotations. However, when we take a step back from the rapid pace of change, it becomes apparent that everything can be improved upon.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 18, 2016

During this unique period of technology-driven transformation, the education sector has so far been slow to embrace the power of digital tools that can be used to accelerate learning. Spending time, energy and money protecting and defending conventional teaching methods only postpones the inevitable and keeps the transformative power of digital disruption, when used wisely, from taking training and education to a new level of success.

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EJOLT

JUNE 23, 2016

Temper, Leah, Del Bene, Daniela (2016) Transforming knowledge creation for environmental and epistemic justice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability; Volume 20, June 2016, Pages 41–49. By Leah Temper and Daniela Del Bene. Abstract.

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APRIL 13, 2016

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of 20 core technologies I identified back in 1983 as the drivers of exponential economic value creation, is rapidly working its way into our lives from Amazon’s Alexa and Facebook’s M, to Google’s Now and Apple’s Siri.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 6, 2016

Every year, the National University of Singapore sends students in their junior year abroad to work as interns with small startups in major hubs such as Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tel Aviv. After completing a year with the startup, they return to Singapore to finish their studies and eventually start their own business. And why would Singapore choose small startups as a place of education? If you’re looking to fuel an economy with innovation, there’s no better place to learn.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 6, 2016

The rise of social media has led to us becoming our very own PR manager. There is an increasing pressure to manage our online reputation with a lot of new and useful smartphone apps that give us a rating for how we behave in public or online. Uber, eBay and Airbnb are just a few examples of how the new currency in this sharing economy is good old-fashioned reputation, credibility and trust.

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EJOLT

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In October 2016, the FEMSA Foundation launched the XII Biennial of visual arts in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. This blog was first published at [link]. By Sofia Avila.

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EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

The 5th International Degrowth Conference will take place in Budapest from 30 August to 3 September 2016. Wednesday , 31 st of August 2016, 16h30 – 18h30 in the Corvinus University. By Nick Meynen. The term Degrowth has emerged over the last 10 years.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 27, 2016

As we head into 2016 with a wealth of technology at our disposal, it appears that honesty and integrity online are paramount just as they are offline, and it’s interesting to consider that despite our reliance on gadgets and an online connection, things might not have changed that much after all. Our always online lifestyle leaves a digital footprint that contains all of your activity online from all of your devices. As a prospective employee, how are you managing your digital footprint?

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Welcome to the world of crowdsourcing innovation, where even the has asked their electorate for ideas ahead of their 2016 Budget. In 2000, I predicted that we would see innovation as a service in the near future. NASA recently invited users from freelancer.com to help them solve 22 of their most complex problems.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 11, 2016

Not long ago, I was delivering a speech to 4,000 life insurance agents. To make a sale, they have to get a prospect to think about and plan for a future fact: At some unknown point in time they are going to die, and they need to think about how they would want to help their family or those they care most about after they are gone. It’s not a fun subject to think about, but it’s an important one, especially if you have a family.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 30, 2016

Crime rates have been recorded for as long as most of us can remember and will typically conjure up thoughts of homicide, burglary, and robbery. However, maybe these crime reports are a little misleading in this digital age where theft for example, is often more likely to occur online than affect you in a more physical sense. Last year England and Wales made the forward-thinking move of including cyber crime into their crime figures.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Just as we have started to get used to the idea of ourselves always being online, it seems that many of our homes and an increasing number of objects inside them will soon be connected and have the ability to talk to each other. Although there is a growing realization of our responsibilities around our lifestyle choices and the environmental carbon footprint we leave behind, we are only just starting to think about the impact of our digital footprint and how it could affect our future selves.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 23, 2016

The construction industry is notoriously slow when it comes to adopting and utilizing technological solutions. However, Google’s Project Tango could be about to change all that if its self-3D mapping software becomes impossible to ignore, as expected. Our thirst for faster and more accurate data is increasingly leading all industries to finally reach the eureka moment of how digital technology can and will revolutionize their industry.

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EJOLT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

A Vocabulary for a new era ‘ and massive bi-annual conferences like the ongoing 2016 Budapest Degrowth Conference and Week. By Nick Meynen.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Millennials have long been the focus of attention, but as the first wave from Gen Z enters the workplace, there will be another shakeup on the horizon. Business and marketers have been falling over themselves trying to appease ‘Millennials’ who were described as the biggest retail and employment disruptor of our time.

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Daniel Burrus

MARCH 9, 2016

Our world now moves so fast that we seldom stop to see just how far we have come in just a few years. The latest iPhone 6s, for example, has a dual-core 1.8GHz processor and fits nicely into your pocket. By comparison, you would expect to find a technological specification like this on your standard laptop in an office anywhere in the world.

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EJOLT

OCTOBER 25, 2016

By Alejandro Colsa Perez, Bernadette Grafton, Pau l Mohai (1) , Rebecca Hardin, Katy Hintzen and Sara Orvis. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. (1) 1) Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed. Abstract.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

GDAE will award its 2017 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought to James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 13, 2016

How do you stay competitive and relevant in a world with constant change and continual disruption? It’s no surprise that the Hard Trend of digitization has affected education. There are several benefits to shifting education to a digital platform. First, you don’t have to eliminate instructor lead education in order to embrace the digital revolution.

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EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

A Vocabulary for a New Era (Routledge, 2015), and that will be at the center of the 5 th international degrowth conference in Budapest (30 th August – 3 rd September, 2016). By Antonio Cerrillo, translated by Nick Meynen. Published at The Ecologist on 22 Aug.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Anyone with years of warm Super Bowl Sunday memories where friends, family and loved ones all gathered around a humble television set to watch enjoy the big game together may have noticed a few subtle changes this year. The TV that has been the focal point of the living room for over 50 years is now struggling to hold our attention in a world full of distraction.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 20, 2016

The pop culture stereotype of a fast talking sales person is probably one of the many reasons why consumers have now diverted their attention online. In the past, when thinking of purchasing a new car, we have found ourselves arriving at a car dealership only to be faced with the infamous pushy car salesman who is heavily reliant on sales commission as the familiar mind games begin.

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EJOLT

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Symposium, 24-25 April 2017, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA Proposal deadline: November 1, 2016 Environmental justice is a central component of sustainability politics during the Anthropocene – the current geological age when human activity is the dominant influence on climate and environment.

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EJOLT

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

By Nick Meynen. A new light is shining on the old problem of a global economic system that creates regional environmental imbalances. Ecological economists identified and analysed the asymmetric flows of resources obscured by the apparent reciprocity of market prices.

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EJOLT

JULY 13, 2016

Presentation deadline: August 31th, 2016 (Sunday). Resolution: September 12, 2016. Presenting a plan for research, dissemination, campaigning with the produced map The project must be completed before December 2016. The deadline to present proposals is August 31, 2016.

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