DIANA LEONHARD PROFESSIONAL

Here is an excerpt from his Blog announcing the video: Digital Transformation of Business and Society Continue reading →įuturist Gerd Leonhard recently released a new short 3 minute film titled Technology versus Humans. The future is exponential, combinatorial, and interdependent: the sooner we can adjust our thinking (lateral) the better we will be at designing our future. The key take away from that session was this: Gerd spoke of things like, instead of AI, we should refer to it as IA – or intelligent assistant. It was a wide ranging conversation that covered topics like automation, society, digital governance, and technological unemployment. To this day, that continues to be my most viewed post. In 2015, I had a fascinating discussion with Futurist Gerd Leonhard that I captured in a post titled the Digital Transformation of Business and Society. What strikes me from that post is how often I hear the word resilience today, and how infrequently I heard it back then. In 2018, I explored what I felt was At the Heart of Digital Transformation.

In the meantime, I started to revisit my older posts with reflection in mind, starting with my Thoughts on Automation from 2014, and then thinking about the digital discussion going on today. We decided to produce another video in the near term that reflects on our thoughts from four years ago.

We specifically focused on a 2017 Video that Hassan, TCS CTO Ananth Krishnan, and I, did for an online course exploring the future. So why has the pandemic identified winners and losers? This question had me thinking about a discussion I had recently with colleague Hassan El Bouhali, where we reflected on the past several years in the context of what we expected and what actually happened. When I think back to my early digital transformation content, the forcing functions that I felt would drive organizations to transform seemed clear. Many have drawn the conclusion that those organizations that invested in digital fared much better during the pandemic. In exploring the possibilities of a good future, he starts with a question: what does good look like? He proposes a definition of good that includes relationships, experiences, the planet, purpose, and prosperity. He mentions something that he has been saying for years: science fiction is becoming science fact. Much like my belief that structures and institutions will change, Gerd believes that the current system is unfit for the future, driving the need for a different logic. It was back in 2013 when I wrote about the structural change expected in the future. In other words what got us here won’t get us there.

He states that what we have done for the last one hundred years is no longer going to be suitable for the future. He opens with several statements that are core to my beliefs about our emerging future. That quote from fellow Futurist Gerd Leonhard comes from a recent film he produced to convey optimism about our ability to create a good future. Jennifer Lathrop & Mr.We must make the right decisions now, if we want a good future Gerd Leonhard – The Good Future is entirely possible, and it’s our choice! RainBird Irrigation – Representative Christen Funk Dixie Porter (’59) with the 2014 Class of ’59 Scholarship recipients : Tim Lehman (MUP/MLA ’16 candidate), Fern Huynh (BLA ’16 candidate), Patrick Pirtle (MLA ’15 candidate), Roxanne Lee (MLA ’16 candidate), and Scott Boetjer (MLA ’15 candidate). Jeff Hou Dixie Porter (’59) with the 2015 Class of ’59 Scholarship recipients : Rhys van Bemmel (MLA ’16), Stevie Koepp (MLA/MARCH ’18 candidate), Marta Olson (MLA ’16 candidate), James Wohlers (MLA ’16), and Winnie Gu (MLA ’16). Congratulations to the very first group of students who received the scholarship this year – Elizabeth (Betsy) Anderson, Graham Golbuff, Ali Masterson, Joel Miller, and Michael Schwindeller. Inspired by the Class of 1959’s effort in preserving the historic Quad and our beloved campus landscape, it is also evidence of our community’s support for making and preserving great public spaces for all. Their support is a testament to our collective commitment to higher education and the field of landscape architecture. Our donors include more than 480 alumni, families, friends, firms, and even current students.

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We would like to thank especially the UW Class of 1959 for initiating this generous gift and members of our Professional Advisory Council for spearheading the effort to raise additional funds to receive the match. This brings the total endowment of the scholarship to more than $225,000 including additional match from the University. Yes, we did it! Many thanks to the generous donors and supporters who helped us raise $52,486 by June 30 to surpass our goal of $50,000.

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