Futureproofing Now - The Future Beyond Innovation (hosted by Sean Moffitt)

The Future of Work++ - Leadership & Culture An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) Episode summary Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt provide their top updates on what’s changed and how to get ahead of the next wave of leadership, work + technology.  We explore the companies leading the way and present practical guidance to crawl, walk and run toward the future state workplace. Before the COVID pandemic, headlines on technology + work focused on gradual transitions into mobile, cloud, quantum, and virtual. Now, we’ve witnessed a rapid acceleration of timelines of what’s possible as the global workforce has embraced an anywhere, anytime mindset. Practical guidance for leaders on these critical topics: - 10 new realities for The Future of Work - What’s changed in work + technology in the past 3 months - 5 models for how to get your team on board with a technology-enabled workplace - 3 secrets to leapfrogging past barriers - How to bridge the gap between where you are today and where you need to be in attracting talent and enhancing skills KILLER QUOTES Sean Moffitt: Speaker 1: (time code 25:05) The biggest emerging future forces that I believe are here to stay: #1 The rise of HR as a central strategic function as companies are struggling to rethink their relationship with talent #2 The importance of purpose for companies as a core value that is not only expressed on paper but lived through clear and explicit action On the rise of HR, the playing field has gotten so complex: we can work from anywhere, talent can live far away from the traditional headquarters, and the skills we need to make our companies strong are changing so quickly that there needs to be upskilling in place like never before.

FUTUREPROOFING AWARDS Business Models, Ecosystems, Talent, Transformations An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) Overview: In this episode, we look at which companies have embraced business model innovation as their leading growth driver. We also share our winners in talent—what are the factors that distinguish them? Which are the companies that have adapted best to the dramatic shifts in global markets to win the day in corporate transformation? Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt and expert panelists shine the spotlight on award-worthy companies in Business Models, Ecosystems, Talent and Transformation.  We reveal the factors that put some companies ahead of their peers and provide guidance for every industry in how to move forward in today’s market. The secret weapons of award-worthy companies are hidden—they’re built into the fabric of their culture: novel business models, robust ecosystems, distinctive talent, and corporate DNA that fuels transformation. What you'll learn: - Which companies are winning the day in Talent: acquisition, inspiration, reskilling, impact - What it takes to deploy Business Models designed for today’s market forces - The ABC’s of building a stellar ecosystem - Companies that have risen to the top in resilience and transformation - How to be a leading company in today’s market With F:N Webcast Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt with  Special guest panelists: Moisés Noreña and George Mathew, MD.

 FUTUREPROOFING AWARDS Experiences, Engagement, Technology, Platforms An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) Overview: This episode focuses on the Award-Worthy Winners who brought great ideas to scale. We share the results of our scouting efforts and provide rules of thumb for companies that want to hit new levels of growth in today’s market. Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt and expert panelists shine the spotlight on award-worthy companies in Experiences, Engagement, Technology, and Platforms. We reveal the factors that put some companies ahead of their peers and provide guidance for every industry in how to move forward in today’s market. The chaos of the past year has driven tremendous innovation in technology and platforms to support societal shifts related to the workplace, consumer goods, manufacturing, entertainment, travel—virtually every industry. Tune in as we discuss the ingenuity and commitment of companies that went above and beyond to provide customer experiences that were rich and engaging, or technologies that were a cut above their competitors. What you'll learn: - Which companies are winning the day in Customer Experience - What it takes to command Customer Engagement in today’s crowded marketplace - How Technology + Platforms serve as a multiplier of innovation - Companies — on and off the radar — that are winning today - How to be a leading company in today’s market With F:N Webcast Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt with special guest panelists: John Monks,  and Jean-Marc Frangos

FUTUREPROOFING AWARDS - Products, brands, channels & growth An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) Overview: In this episode, Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt and expert panelists shine the spotlight on award-worthy companies in Products, Brands, Channels and Growth.  We reveal the factors that put some companies ahead of their peers and provide guidance for every industry in how to move forward in today’s market. It’s been a challenging year to develop products that stand the test of time, brands that continue to earn customer loyalty, channels that drive new paths to market and new models for growth. Over the past year, we’ve experienced dramatic shifts in virtually every industry, due in part to the impact of a health pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and economic stress. Yet, despite it all, some inspiring companies rose to the top of the list for consumers. What have been the secret ingredients? Who’s done it best? Which companies deserve a Futureproofing Award—proving that they ride the waves of change and inspire others to thrive? What you'll learn: - Which products are at the top of their industry in each category - Which companies—on and off the radar—deserve to be award winners in Products, Brands, Channels and Growth categories - What it takes to win in each category: which trends guide leadership in today’s market With F:N Webcast Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt with  Special guest panelists:  Bob Walton, Storm Surge Strategies and  Taylor Ryan, Klint Marketing. SUMMARY OF AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS SO FAR: CATEGORY: Brands: Samsung, Nokia, AccendoWave, JetBlue, Patagonia, TentStyle, Aviation Gin CATEGORY: Products: Twill, Ware2Go, Metabiota, Clorox, Hershey’s, White Claw, StyleSaint CATEGORY: Channels: SpaceX, TikTok, Blue Shield of California, Morrisons, Article CATEGORY: Growth: Swile, Canva, Medivis,, Spatial.io, Prodigy Oculus Quest, Medivis, Lego. Amazon, Shopify, Prodigy HASHTAGS: #AccendoWave #Samsung #Nokia #JetBlue #Patagonia #TentStyle #AviationGin #Twill #Maersk #Metabiota #MunichRE #Clorox #UnitedAirlines #ClevelandClinic #Hersheys #WhiteClaw #StyleSaint #SpaceX #TikTok #Morrisons #BlueShieldofCalifornia #Article # #machinelearning #digitialhealth

An interactive webcast and conversational, free flowing discussion  presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) - if we were chatting over coffee about our observations, implications and conversations about the topic.     CO-HOSTS Sean Moffitt + Andrea Kates, Futureproofing : Next   PANELISTS  Christine Vandebeek, Founder, Effect Change Advisory  Mar Guerrero Busquets, Head of Talent and Organizational Development at Esment  Alessandro Rimassa, Future of Work and Digital Transformation expert,  co-founder Talent Garden Innovation School  Discussion:   Pandemic - Boom:  What has changed with our relationship to talent given this massive global business interruption?   Talent - With record unemployment levels, what does the next 6 months hold for talent?  - With the auspices of remote work, freelance work and dynamic business, does the future of talent mean holding a business card and desk inside a company?  - How does leading talent mesh with tech? does one predominate? what is the missing element?  - What are some occupations that are future-, disruption-, pandemic- and AI-proofed?  - Are our recruitment approaches surfacing the best talent for companies? what;'s missing?  Skills  - What are the soft skills we need to put a premium on during these times of sweeping change & disruption?  - What are the hard skills you are looking for   - We've seen a broadening scope of what organizations should be tasked with (societal challenges, community involvement), what does that mean for a new style of leadership   - Who is in charge of upskilling/reskilling the workforce for the next generation? what needs to happen here?   Careers:  - What is the best advice you could give a 23 year old about to embark on her/his career path?  - What is your best advice you could give a 33 year old about to take on stage 2, 3, or 4 of their next career act?  - What is your best advice for the older worker that may be intimidated by sweeping changes and technology that may render their acquired skills null and void?

An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) OVERVIEW Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt share insights from their recent Future of Work 2020++ foresight study and invite various FN guild members into a free-flowing conversation on what's next people-wise.  They tackle the big questions, and surface ideas and thoughts on the very meaning of careers, work and skills needed to succeed in the future. GENERAL BACKGROUND FOR THE DISCUSSION The program includes a look at which skills will keep people ahead in a rapidly-changing work environment and the explores the importance of employee experience as a driver of corporate strength. The panel looks at what’s driving the widening gap with the ability to satisfy that need with talent. Focus of the conversation: - What are the biggest future tipping points in talent, careers and skills? - Will certain industries be affected more than others? - How do we deal with the ethics and morality of where work is going? - Where do we settle on the key seven debates about the future of talent, careers and skills, with evidence? - What do smart, future-minded leaders, companies, HR people, governments, edtech and universities  do to harness the people future ideally ? CO-HOSTS Sean Moffitt + Andrea Kates, Futureproofing : Next PANELISTS Wagner Denuzzo Head of Capabilities for Future of Work at Prudential Financial Soulaima Gourani, Founder of Women Reignite Karen Koucher, General Manager, Global Talent & Learning Experiences, Microsoft Matteo Rizzi,  Societe Generale, global fintech expert, author Talents & Rebels

 Routes to Innovation++ - Some of these Ventures & Structures are Not Like The Other An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) With F:N Webcast Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt with special guests David Rasson, David Simoes-Brown, Chenyang Xu Episode Hashtags: #FutureproofingNow #Routestoinnovation See all of webinars at: http://futureproofingnext.com/futureproofingnow/ Which of the top routes to innovation++ drive corporate growth in today’s market? Overview: We hear so many conversations about routes to market or go-to-market, but have you ever heard of routes to innovation++? In this episode, the Futureproofing : Next team engages three global experts to outline the Routes to Innovation basics. The main takeaway: the way you think about innovation routes to market makes all the difference in how well your company will succeed. First, you’ll hear a review our Futureproofing : Next research findings on the 25 distinct routes to innovation++ that may be good choices for an organization. Then, panelists weigh in with real-world examples that illustrate their experiences in bringing these routes to innovation to life. What you'll learn: - The top 25 leading routes to innovation options - When to use a specific route to innovation, and why? - Great examples of successful route adoption - The tension between corporate-owned & edge organizations - How tech, culture, customers, regulatory and finance are affecting the popularity of different routes to innovation++ See all of webinars at: http://futureproofingnext.com/futureproofingnow/ CO-HOSTS Sean Moffitt + Andrea Kates, Futureproofing : Next PANELISTS David Rasson, Center of Expertise Lead Innovation ING Belgium & The Netherlands, ING David Simoes-Brown, CEO at 100%Open Chenyang Xu, IEEE Fellow | Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Future Academy, Innovators' Huddle (Silicon Valley incubators’ association)

 An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com)   Co-Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt   Guest Panelists: Bob Gourley CTO and Co-Founder, OODA  Kayne McGladrey Security Architect, Ascent Solutions  Carol Tang Automotive Cybersecurity Expert   Overview: In this episode, Futureproofing Now hosts Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt provide their top cybersecurity and trust insights from The Digital Periscope foresight study on what variables to consider during each stage of innovation++ development.  They explore the factors involved, the roster of current solutions and future panaceas to defend against financial peril & espionage.    With cyberthreats looming large and cybercrime predicted to cost the world US$6 trillion by 2021, it’s no wonder that cybersecurity has sprung up as a "board need-to-know" and an investment “hot commodity”. In fact, the world needs +145% more cybersecurity professionals simply to meet the growing needs and global demands of the market.   There is real risk here too, share prices of breached companies fall over 7% in the two weeks after a breach is made public. Never mind the careers lost and brand equity bruised, the average breach causes $4 million directly in damages.       Fueled by the dizzying new array of technologies that makes change & innovation more vulnerable to cyberthreats, the Futureproofing : Next team + their panelists, explores what the biggest cyberthreats are and how to defend, and in some cases even harness the threats as potential value.    Episode Hashtags: #FutureproofingNow #FutureTrustSee all of webinars at: http://futureproofingnext.com/futurep...

The Future of Finance - A Glimpse at the Next 5 years of Banking, Investing.  Insurance & Fintech, Payments & Finance   An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com)  #FutureproofingNow #FutureofFinance   Overview:  For the greater part of the last century, finance operated above the fracas of most year-to-year marketplace shifts. Now it's part of a perfect storm of change. The finance world is not only a $30 trillion industry annually but it has also been deemed the most disrupted industry, with threats from all sides.   Futureproofing Now hosts Sean Moffitt & Andrea Kates engage with panelists from the banking, investment, insurance and fintech worlds to imagine what the face of finance will look like over the next five years.     GENERAL BACKGROUND FOR THE DISCUSSION  What's changing? How will technology impact the sector? How will the customer and their demands change? How will the business model of finance change? What does all of this mean for the future of finance work? Who is climbing, winning and losing? What will be the burden of regulation and compliance? Where will future threats will most likely come from?    Focus of the conversation - The biggest dynamics shifting the world of Finance - Expert commentary on changes in key finance sub-sectors - What all these shifts mean for the world around us - A landscape on who will and who won't be at the top of the pile five years from now (and why) - What the incumbents and revolutionaries need to do to get "traction" in this new world - What leaders should focus on to futureproof their organizations    CO-HOSTS Sean Moffitt + Andrea Kates, Futureproofing : Next   PANELISTS: Jessica Ross, SVP Finance, Office of Transformation, Salesforce [Global]  Thomas Krogh Jensen, CEO Copenhagen FinTech [Denmark]  Amy Dawson, Head of North America Innovation, Visa [North America]  Mario Hernandez, CEO OpenFinance2020 [Mexico]

In our 22nd episode of our webcast/podcast Futureproofing Now - we continue to have foresights and faceoffs about the future with the world's most relevant change agents, thought leaders and practitioners.   Why:  FN is at the intersection of where change meets innovation meets business models meets transformation. We like to profile expected marketplace, workplace, technosphere and cultural shifts to our community. Our webcast/podcast does that.   What:  In this episode, we are profiling the idea of cross-industry trends and those big industry shifts that may cross over into other industries.  Some people call them industry headwinds and tailwinds. In this discussion, we are bringing 4 expert panelists into discuss biggest customer, tech, cultural, economic and political/regulatory/legal impacts in the top 4 disrupted industries and what may be transferable back and forth to industries.   We will also likely get people to weigh in on their industry in the current pandemic environment and  the post-COVID era.      How:  A breezy one hour discussion happening live, visual, online through, recorded and then uploaded to YouTube, eight podcasting platforms and our webcast page.  Here's our webcast/podcast schedule for 2020: http://futureproofingnext.com/futurep...  Who:   Expert panelists:  Ted Graham, Head of Open Innovation, GM   Elaine Pratt, Managing Director, EP Consulting  Zeev Neuwirth, Chief Clinical Executive for Care Transformation and Strategic Services, Atrium Health  Kevin Johnson, Innovation Delivery Manager, Euroclear   Hosts:  Sean Moffitt, MD - Futureproofing : Next & Wikibrands  Andrea Kates, MD - Futureproofing ; Next & Suma Ventures    When:  Originally Recorded 11am ET on Tuesday April 7th, 2020    Top Disrupted Industries (we added pandemic impact in for this webcast- watch video for revised list):   #1 Finance/Banking/Insurance   #2 Health Care/Pharma?Biotech  #3 Automotive/Logistics/Transportation   #4 Retail/Shopping and Commerce   #5 Education & learning  #6 Government & Public Service  #7 Professional, Business & Legal Service  #8 Agriculture & food  #9 Media & Entertainment  #10 Software & Information Technology

Short of Nostradamus, no one can credibly predict what the future holds, but you can get ready for it. In this episode of Futureproofing Now, we'll unpack our arsenal of three levels of innovation+ audit and based on a whack load of evidence point to the most important factors that either promote or hinder the ability for a company to innovate, grow and change. We'll perform a deep dive on our Future-readiness Assessment Tool© and point to the key company-wide structural elements, change function performance and environmental factors that trigger innovation+ success or not. Avoid these suggestions at your future peril. Most innovation fails, we don't want to have that happen to you! Join us for our illuminating webcast episode as Futureproofing Now reveals the most important factors in futureproofing and getting to next. Futureproofing : Next will split the innovation atom and share tools and benchmarking grids proven to improve the innovation performance and capacity of companies in Season #2, Episode #5, “Future-Readiness - Auditing Your Ability to Innovate and Change” We looked. We looked. And then we looked some more. In writing our book “Futureproofing : Next - The Future Beyond Innovation”, we benefited from some great work around innovation categorization, philosophy and process, but we found very few efforts made on evaluating the core question - how good are we at this innovation stuff? We’ve spent over a year figuring out what promotes and what hinders change, innovation and growth in companies, big and small. We think we've landed on something really good and wanted to share it with the world. In this episode, we'll look at the key factors that drive company changes. What are the ranked set of the most important factors? What are the three levels of elements? Does it matter which industry you are in? How do we get at an honest evaluation? And how do we compare ourselves to others? Our special guest panelists will provide their commentary, scorecards, tools and evaluation on what makes company change efforts tick best. We'll also share how we use this audit tool to harness company strengths, bridge gaps and shore up deficiencies. Hosts:  Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt Originally recorded: March 10, 2020 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: ·  What is "future-readiness"? Why does it need to become a key measure for your company? ·  What are the most important factors in innovation+ performance? ·  How can you get an honest assessment of each factor? ·  Which environmental factors play significant roles? ·  How do we score and benchmark company innovation performance? ·  Are there other tools that get at this need? ·  What can be learned by a future-ready snapshot and tracking progress over time?

 Getting ventures launched and up & running is one thing, having them stick and grow at ridiculous 10X multiples is quite another. Great ideas are worthless unless you know how to execute. And when it comes to the world of innovation+, you need to scale or fail.   As practitioners ourselves, we have launched countless initiatives, new products and ventures into the unpredictable world of the marketplace. Sometimes you here dollar signs and accolades, other times you hear crickets and failure.    In this episode, we uncover secrets of how organizations ramp up their inside swagger and outside voice and take their seed innovation ideas eventually to the bank! Growth hacking. Blitzscaling. Network effects. Hypergrowth. Demand engines. Product-market fit. Crossing the chasm. We'll discuss them all.     Find out the dirty truth that most innovators don't like to tell you - they have no idea how their hatchling will perform in-market. Turn to some of the experts who know differently.   Join us for our most pragmatic webcast & podcast episode as Futureproofing Now explores the secrets of scaling innovation+ on  and discusses some of the 20+ factors the best corporate growth hackers and change agents get right.   An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com). With special guests:  Kent Lawson, Executive Director of Brand and Customer Experience, Blue Cross Blue Shield (Chicago) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-laws...  Stine Kalmer Jørgensen, CEO /Co-founder, dreamplan.io (Denmark) https://www.linkedin.com/in/stinekalmer/    Jed Schneiderman, Executive VP, Growth & Marketing, EQ Works (Toronto)  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jed-schne...  Ann Hargraves, Principal Mindset (Boston) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-hargr...  And your hosts:  Andrea Kates, Co-Founder, Futureproofing ; Next and MD, iScale (Silicon Valley) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreakates/  Sean Moffitt, Co-Founder, Futureproofing : Next and MD, Wikibrands (Toronto) https://www.linkedin.com/in/moffittsean/ See all of webinars at: http://futureproofingnext.com/futureproofingnow Take our 5 Minute Scale & Barometer Survey at: http://bit.ly/scalebarometer

Join us for perhaps our proudest webcast & podcast episode as Futureproofing Now exploring our founders' new page turning book. We'll take you inside the thinking and behind-the-scenes development or our book "Futureproofing : Next - The Future Beyond Innovation", available where all good books are sold.    In a highly personal episode of Futureproofing Now, we are going to share our favourites among the 4 steps, 11 chapters, 10 canvases, 25 case studies, 30+ research pieces, 50+ tools and over 100+ relevant web links of content.    Most importantly, authors Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt have six core messages that they want to share in this webcast that are what the book is all about and  important rallying cries for changemakers heading into the new decade.   We are also going to provide some energy on how this innovation++ industry has to get better; we simply need to find better ways to challenge the status quo and deliver change faster, bolder, simpler and friendlier.

Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt, Co-founder Futureproofing : Next An interactive webcast and demonstrations presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) With F:N Webcast Hosts: Sean Moffitt, Andrea Kates, and special expert guests and FN66 Champions: Kevin Surace, Chairman & CTO, Appvance.ai Christian Lawaetz Halvorsen, Chief Experience Officer, Valuer,ai Clarice Wong, Machine Learning Support Engineer, Labelbox Jonathan Eisenzopf, Founder & CTO,  Discourse.ai Description: You hopefully know by now that AI is already a big thing, and only getting bigger. We're now going to peer inside the AI treasure chest and tell you why and how. Join us for our first AI-specific Futureproofing Now webcast & podcast,  where we provided some of the best practical takes on why, how  and when AI will emerge as a force in many industries with "AI & the New Dimension of Innovation+" and how the very nature of change and transforming your business surrenders to AI's advancement. Description: AI was ranked by a wide margin as the most transformative technology in our Emerging 30 Tech ranking for 2019. It will likely be #1 again in 2020 but what will that actually mean. Futureproofing Now takes aways the veil from your eyes and gives you tangible evidence of how fast, how important and how broad sweeping AI will affect how we do work, how we manage change and how we reinvent our businesses in the future.  This is the AI webcast for innovators people have been waiting for. In our doubleheader of a twelvth episode of Futureproofing Now, we are going to bring the experts doing AI work in the trenches, both corporate champions of the technology and interesting specialist firms changing the ways we do work. What is AI?  What are its 10 key components? How do innovators implement it? What are some of the more interesting applications up close?   What is the best advice for somebody starting out? and for people and teams taking it to the next level? Futureproofing Now will also be asking some of our newly minted FN66 champions to provide their views. And an exciting new AI-based research venture taking place in spring 2020 will be announced. The AI genie is out of the bottle, let's take it on a magic carpet ride! What you'll learn: Table stakes - what is AI? what types exist? what are its underpinnings? key benefits and key watchouts? The top 10 applications of AI ranked and why each received their ranking A timeline when you are no longer going to be the early adopter of AI Some practical considerations implementing AI at scale A quick hitter on what are the biggest by industry impacts to watch for induced by AI A demonstration and conversation with 4 leading AI firms implementing AI with customers & brands, talent & the workplace, change & innovation and transformation & process

You hopefully know by now that AI is already a big thing, and only getting bigger. We're now going to peer inside the AI treasure chest and tell you why and how. Join us for our first AI-specific Futureproofing Now webcast & podcast  where we provide some of the best practical takes on why, how  and when AI will emerge as a force in many industries with "AI & the New Dimension of Innovation+" and how the very nature of change and transforming your business surrenders to AI's advancement. An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) With F:N Webcast Hosts: Sean Moffitt, Andrea Kates, and special expert guests and FN66 Champions:  Kevin Surace, Chairman & CTO, Appvance.ai Nathana Sharma, General Counsel, Labelbox Charles Jankowski, Conversational Systems Expert Benjamin Levy, Co-founder & General Partner, Bootstrap Labs Alex Tsado, Founder,  Alliance4AI Description: AI was ranked by a wide margin as the most transformative technology in our Emerging 30 Tech ranking for 2019. It will likely be #1 again in 2020 but what will that actually mean. Futureproofing Now takes aways the veil from your eyes and gives you tangible evidence of how fast, how important and how broad sweeping AI will affect how we do work, how we manage change and how we reinvent our businesses in the future.  This is the AI webcast for innovators people have been waiting for. In our doubleheader of a twelvth episode of Futureproofing Now, we are going to bring the experts doing AI work in the trenches, both corporate champions of the technology and interesting specialist firms changing the ways we do work. What is AI?  What are its 10 key components? How do innovators implement it? What are some of the more interesting applications up close?   What is the best advice for somebody starting out? and for people and teams taking it to the next level? Futureproofing Now will also be asking some of our newly minted FN66 champions to provide their views. And an exciting new AI-based research venture taking place in spring 2020 will be announced. The AI genie is out of the bottle, let's take it on a magic carpet ride! What you'll learn: Table stakes - what is AI? what types exist? what are its underpinnings? key benefits and key watchouts? The top 10 applications of AI ranked and why each received their ranking A timeline when you are no longer going to be the early adopter of AI Some practical considerations implementing AI at scale A quick hitter on what are the biggest by industry impacts to watch for induced by AI A demonstration and conversation with 4 leading AI firms implementing AI with customers & brands, talent & the workplace, change & innovation and transformation & process

Hosts: Andrea Kates & Sean Moffitt, Co-founder Futureproofing : Next  Join us for the start of our Season 2 Futureproofing Now webcast & podcast on change, growth, innovation, transformation and the future, where we give a state of the nation on a "2020 Vision for 2020" and what change agents need to do this year.    An interactive webcast presented by the global innovation++ practice Futureproofing : Next (futureproofingnext.com) With F:N Webcast Hosts: Sean Moffitt, Andrea Kates, and special expert guests and FN66 Champions.  Description: 2020 is an interesting year. it's also an interesting number. The pace of change is unrelenting, and the need for clarity and focus is so fundamental to healthy, growing business.   Futureproofing Now hosts Sean Moffitt & Andrea Kates will have a fireside chat that acts as a "get up and go" spark to our community focused on implementing change. We're going to start wide and go narrow by providing our take on what's ahead and some helpful tools to spur people to action over the next 12 months.   In our eleventh episode of Futureproofing Now, we are going to patch our learnings from 2019 from our 200+ clients, 66 FN champions and recent marketplace studies to deliver sharpness and acuity to your work ahead. What will be more important than ever? What are the biggest learnings we have on the change space? What are our musings on our January FN33 top news headlines? What are the Metatrends that will affect all industries? How can you make change a personal mandate with our simple test? And our FN99 - choices for the best 99 books on the world of futureproofing?  Futureproofing Now will also be asking some of our newly minted FN66 champions to provide their views. And some exciting new developments ahead. 2020 may be your best year yet!  What you'll learn:  The heightened premium for 4 fundamental needs to build into your change leadership for 2020 and beyond  The top observations and pearls of wisdom from our FN66 champions Our review of the top FN33 headlines for the month of January A revised list and ranking of our top 20 Metatrends that will drive behaviour across every technology, industry, culture and marketplace A list of attributes that make change a personal mindset and an interactive quiz to test your own appetite for change The consummate bookshelf - our group's choices for the best books on innovation++  Some teaser announcements we'll reveal to our community & network as we begin the year

Hosts: Sean Moffitt & Andrea Kates, Co-Founders, Futureproofing : Next Special Guests: Gregg Witt, Chief Strategy Officer, Engage Youth Co. Jonathan Hoffberg, Principal, F360UX Nina Fountain, Founder/Workplace Strategist, Transformed Teams Farid Mheir, Founder, fmhs Put on your virtual tuxedos and ball gown dresses - we are hosting our own Oscars for innovation. Which companies our owning the futures red carpet this year? Working through our esteemed panel of F:N 66 Guild and global experts, we've pulled together our short list of candidates that should be recognized and noted for their clairvoyant, groundbreaking innovation & growth efforts as we're about to ring in the next decade.  In our tenth episode of Futureproofing Now, we project what companies should likely be owning the future. Unlike many magazines' efforts, it's not because our editor had drinks with the company CEO, or that we saw they raised a lot of money on Crunchable or that we live in NYC/Silicon Valley/London (insert big city here) so i guess we should reward the big local hero. No, we've scoured the earth the find the big (or getting bigger), bold and beautiful that are challenging convention and winning the future. Futureproofing Now will be inviting our judges and nominees to the backstage webcast party in a set of three webinars, each rewarding: Top Product, Brand, Growth  & Channel Futureproofers Top Experience, Engagement, Technology & Platform Futureproofers Top Business Model, Ecosystem, Talent and Transformation Futurerproofers   What you'll learn in this episode:  Preview the nominees for F:N's 2020 Futureproofing Awards Hear from our judges on what drove their choices Discover how large companies are embracing the future Find out how challenger companies and scaling business are beating incumbents  Learn about the Top Ten Business Model, Ecosystem, Talent and Transformation Futurerproofing Nominees Get involved with Futureproofing ; Next's 2020 Futureproofing Awards

Hosts: Sean Moffitt and Andrea Kates, Co-Founders, Futureproofing : Next  Guest Panelists: John Koetsier, Journalist, Analyst, Futurist, Dreamer, CEO, Sparkplug9 Lars Ib, CEO, Business Institute Denmark Jeanne Bliss, CEO, Customer Experience Bliss Put on your virtual tuxedos and ball gown dresses - we are hosting our own Oscars for innovation. Which companies our owning the futures red carpet this year? Working through our esteemed panel of F:N 66 Guild and global experts, we've pulled together our short list of candidates that should be recognized and noted for their clairvoyant, groundbreaking innovation & growth efforts as we're about to ring in the next decade.  In our tenth episode of Futureproofing Now, we project what companies should likely be owning the future. Unlike many magazines' efforts, it's not because our editor had drinks with the company CEO, or that we saw they raised a lot of money on Crunchable or that we live in NYC/Silicon Valley/London (insert big city here) so i guess we should reward the big local hero. No, we've scoured the earth the find the big (or getting bigger), bold and beautiful that are challenging convention and winning the future. Futureproofing Now will be inviting our judges and nominees to the backstage webcast party in a set of three webinars, each rewarding: Top Experience, Technology, Engagement & Platform Futureproofers Top Business Model, Ecosystem, Talent and Transformation Futurerproofers    What you'll learn:  Preview the nominees for F:N's 2020 Futureproofing Awards Hear from our judges on what drove their choices Discover how large companies are embracing the future Find out how challenger companies and scaling business are beating incumbents  Learn about the Top Ten Experience, Engagement, Technology & Platform Futureproofing Nominees Get involved with Futureproofing ; Next's 2020 Futureproofing Awards  Webcast Pages: http://futureproofingnext.com/futureproofingnow/ Awards portal: www.futureproofingnext.com/thefutureproofingawards/

Hosts:  Sean Moffitt & Andrea Kates, Co-founders, Futureproofing : Next  Expert collaborators and product, brand & channel innovation specialists:  Doyle Buehler, Head of Dept. Digital/Breakthrough Digital/Digital Delusion James Euchner, Partner, Outside Inside Consulting LLC Mark Zawacki, Founder, 650 Labs Put on your virtual tuxedos and ball gown dresses - we are hosting our own Oscars for innovation. Which companies our owning the futures red carpet this year? Working through our esteemed panel of F:N 66 Guild and global experts, we've pulled together our short list of candidates that should be recognized and noted for their clairvoyant, groundbreaking innovation & growth efforts as we're about to ring in the next decade.  In our tenth episode of Futureproofing Now, we project what companies should likely be owning the future. Unlike many magazines' efforts, it's not because our editor had drinks with the company CEO, or that we saw they raised a lot of money on Crunchable or that we live in NYC/Silicon Valley/London (insert big city here) so i guess we should reward the big local hero. No, we've scoured the earth the find the big (or getting bigger), bold and beautiful that are challenging convention and winning the future. Futureproofing Now will be inviting our judges and nominees to the backstage webcast party in a set of three webinars, each rewarding: Top Product, Brand, Channel & Growth Futureproofers In this episode you'll :  Preview the nominees for F:N's 2020 Futureproofing Awards Hear from our judges on what drove their choices Discover how large companies are embracing the future Find out how challenger companies and scaling business are beating incumbents  Learn about the Top Ten Product, Brand  & Channel Futureproofing Nominees Get involved with Futureproofing ; Next's 2020 Futureproofing Awards  Have a look at our 2020 Futureproofing Awards nomination & portal page: www.futureproofingnext.com/thefutureproofingawards/

A webcast presented by the global innovation practice Futureproofing : Next  (futureproofingnext.com). In this webcast, we’ll help leaders consider the elements driving change and hear from panelists who have strong points of view (and a high degree of optimism). We’ll also incorporate insights from our F:N 66° Guild, and kick off our newest research project: “The Future of Work 2020”. Futureproofing Now will also be inviting our valued future of work collaborators and corporate change agents to give their secrets away on the art & science of building an innovative workplace now and in the future. WHO: Hosted by Futureproofing : Next team: Sean Moffitt + Andrea Kates   Expert collaborators and future of work specialists: Jacob Bates, CEO CommonGrounds,  Bill O’Connor, technology + workplace innovation expert and Rachel Permuth – Global VP{ of Research, Sodexo FOCUS OF THE CONVERSATION: When it comes to the Future of Work, corporate leaders face conflicting data and a wide spectrum of opinions that make it hard to lead and challenging to know what kind of culture to strive for. We’ll tackle the toughest dualities and paint the picture for how to get ahead of trends. FUTURE OF WORK DUALITIES: Tech makes work better. Tech dehumanizes the workplace. Collaboration is great for results. Collaboration is messy. We should be open for business 24/7. Work-life balance is golden for employees. The future of work is robots threatening people. The future of work is people, augmented by great VR/AR/AI. Offices and the “built environment” should look like traditional headquarters, with minor tweaks. Traditional offices are a thing of the past and leaders need a new blueprint for the built environment. Productivity should be the central driver of culture. Humanity should rule. Values should start with the assumption that profits rule. Values should serve more than profit WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: How to incorporate the latest workplace innovations into your company’s future How to develop a futureproofed game plan for designing the places where people work How to design “worklife” to strike the right balance between collaboration and individual contribution How to embrace technology while also supporting humanity in the workplace How to stay ahead of trends and the rapid pace of change How to get involved in our research project, “The Future of Work 2020”