Father of the Internet

Vint Cerf Father of the Internet Vint Cerf designed the Internet almost 40 years ago. Today his business cards say Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. In 2020 Shaping ideas he talks about a future where computers and electronics are becoming even more intelligent. And the mobile phone, he predicts, will be our companion rather than just a device.
Vint Cerf designed the Internet almost 40 years ago. Today his business cards say Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. In 2020 Shaping ideas he talks about a future where computers and electronics are becoming even more intelligent. And the mobile phone, he predicts, will be our companion rather than just a device.

Vint Cerf

Fighting Poverty with Connectivity

Jeffrey Sachs Fighting Poverty with Connectivity Jeffrey Sachs explains in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas how mobile phones are decreasing economic isolation in Africa, and why we could be halfway to achieving an important goal in 2020: the end of extreme poverty.
Jeffrey Sachs explains in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas how mobile phones are decreasing economic isolation in Africa, and why we could be halfway to achieving an important goal in 2020: the end of extreme poverty.

Jeffrey Sachs

Our world: transform or collapse?

Will Steffen Our world: transform or collapse? Will steffen talks in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas about a critical point in history. The next ten years will decide if our society can transform into a sustainable one, or if it will follow the way of the Roman and Mayan civilizations, and simply collapse.
Will steffen talks in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas about a critical point in history. The next ten years will decide if our society can transform into a sustainable one, or if it will follow the way of the Roman and Mayan civilizations, and simply collapse.

Will Steffen

Learning by doing, not by listening

JP Rangaswami Learning by doing, not by listening JP Rangaswami is chairman of the social enterprise School of Everything. He thinks the educational institutions of the past have overlooked our human urge to feel free and to participate. In social networks and the open source movement he sees the potential for a whole new approach to learning.
JP Rangaswami is chairman of the social enterprise School of Everything. He thinks the educational institutions of the past have overlooked our human urge to feel free and to participate. In social networks and the open source movement he sees the potential for a whole new approach to learning.

JP Rangaswami

Twenty Four Seven Connected

Ian Pearson Twenty Four Seven Connected Futurist Ian Pearson talks in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas about how new technologies, such as devices that talk to each other, artificial intelligence that tells us what to do and high-speed connections available in any place at any time, will make our lives easier in 2020. But as we solve old problems, we create new ones.
Futurist Ian Pearson talks in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas about how new technologies, such as devices that talk to each other, artificial intelligence that tells us what to do and high-speed connections available in any place at any time, will make our lives easier in 2020. But as we solve old problems, we create new ones.

Ian Pearson

From pyramids to bird's nests

Charles Leadbeater From pyramids to bird's nests According to Charles Leadbeater, author of We-think, in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the web has created enterprises that lack traditional hierarchy and let consumers take active part in innovation. These organizations resemble bird's nests rather than top to bottom pyramids.
According to Charles Leadbeater, author of We-think, in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the web has created enterprises that lack traditional hierarchy and let consumers take active part in innovation. These organizations resemble bird's nests rather than top to bottom pyramids.

Charles Leadbeater

Music like water

Gerd Leonhard Music like water Music used to be a product that we bought piece by piece. Now it is becoming a public utility, says media futurist Gerd Leonhard, who argues that we will soon be constantly connected to an infinite library of songs. And when music is like water or electricity, our friends become the new music critics.
Music used to be a product that we bought piece by piece. Now it is becoming a public utility, says media futurist Gerd Leonhard, who argues that we will soon be constantly connected to an infinite library of songs. And when music is like water or electricity, our friends become the new music critics.

Gerd Leonhard

Golden Age or Another Crisis?

Carlota Perez Golden Age or Another Crisis? Carlota Perez. By 2020, our world could be in the middle of a sustainable golden age, but it depends on how we handle the current recession. Carlota Perez, professor of technology and socio-economic development at the Technological University of Tallinn, explains how the global economy depends on technological advances.
Carlota Perez. By 2020, our world could be in the middle of a sustainable golden age, but it depends on how we handle the current recession. Carlota Perez, professor of technology and socio-economic development at the Technological University of Tallinn, explains how the global economy depends on technological advances.

Carlota Perez

The power of collaboration

Michael Dell The power of collaboration As teenagers, Dell Inc founder and CEO Michael Dell and his computer-minded friends spent all their time on an electronic bulletin board - sharing information, collaborating and exchanging ideas. Since then, their ideals have been adopted by a whole generation. And when you collaborate, anything is possible.
As teenagers, Dell Inc founder and CEO Michael Dell and his computer-minded friends spent all their time on an electronic bulletin board - sharing information, collaborating and exchanging ideas. Since then, their ideals have been adopted by a whole generation. And when you collaborate, anything is possible.

Michael Dell

New demands on the telecoms industry

Johan Bergendahl New demands on the telecoms industry Johan Bergendahl says in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the telecom industry has to take a bigger role in driving the future. Without connectivity, the world would stop.
Johan Bergendahl says in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the telecom industry has to take a bigger role in driving the future. Without connectivity, the world would stop.

Johan Bergendahl

Growing up Digital

Don Tapscott Growing up Digital Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics, describes in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas today's young people as the smartest generation ever. He claims that adolescents, who have grown up with the Internet, are not only more used to handling digital technology, but their brains are actually different.
Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics, describes in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas today's young people as the smartest generation ever. He claims that adolescents, who have grown up with the Internet, are not only more used to handling digital technology, but their brains are actually different.

Don Tapscott

See yourself in the news

Arianna Huffington See yourself in the news Traditional media outlets suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Online journalism, on the other hand, has a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. So says Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief and co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. She sees a media landscape where self-expression has replaced entertainment and where readers want to be part of the news stories themselves, rather than simply read about them.
Traditional media outlets suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Online journalism, on the other hand, has a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. So says Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief and co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. She sees a media landscape where self-expression has replaced entertainment and where readers want to be part of the news stories themselves, rather than simply read about them.

Arianna Huffington

Download, Adjust, Print!

Adrian Bowyer Download, Adjust, Print! Adrian Bowyer. What if you could download physical objects? Now you can. The Rep Rap machine is a 3D printer that can create a wide range of things, perhaps most remarkably, another Rep Rap machine. The inventor, Adrian Bowyer, believes that 3D printing can revolutionize the manufacturing industry.
Adrian Bowyer. What if you could download physical objects? Now you can. The Rep Rap machine is a 3D printer that can create a wide range of things, perhaps most remarkably, another Rep Rap machine. The inventor, Adrian Bowyer, believes that 3D printing can revolutionize the manufacturing industry.

Adrian Bowyer

Creative minds flourishing

Brenda Walker Creative minds flourishing Adrian Bowyer. What if you could download physical objects? Now you can. The Rep Rap machine is a 3D printer that can create a wide range of things, perhaps most remarkably, another Rep Rap machine. The inventor, Adrian Bowyer, believes that 3D printing can revolutionize the manufacturing industry.
Adrian Bowyer. What if you could download physical objects? Now you can. The Rep Rap machine is a 3D printer that can create a wide range of things, perhaps most remarkably, another Rep Rap machine. The inventor, Adrian Bowyer, believes that 3D printing can revolutionize the manufacturing industry.

Brenda Walker

A new era of advertising

Jeffrey Cole A new era of advertising Jeffrey Cole claims in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that in the near future, most digital content will be free. Who will pay for it? The advertisers will.
Jeffrey Cole claims in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that in the near future, most digital content will be free. Who will pay for it? The advertisers will.

Jeffrey Cole

Change and humility in politics

George Yeo Change and humility in politics Singapore's foreign minister George Yeo says in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that it was largely technology that brought down The Soviet Union. During his over 20 years as a Minister he has witnessed The Cold War end, Asia emerge and the political power become diffused.
Singapore's foreign minister George Yeo says in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that it was largely technology that brought down The Soviet Union. During his over 20 years as a Minister he has witnessed The Cold War end, Asia emerge and the political power become diffused.

George Yeo

We still need handshakes

Patricia Mokhtarian We still need handshakes According to Patricia Moktharian in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas technology makes us travel more, not less. She predicts that there will be more cars in the world by 2020.
According to Patricia Moktharian in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas technology makes us travel more, not less. She predicts that there will be more cars in the world by 2020.

Patricia Mokhtarian

Ethical Business and Female Power

Anne Lise Kjaer Ethical Business and Female Power Anne Lise Kjaer predicts in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that in the future, the most successful companies will need to embrace females in their organizations. She describes the typical 21st century cooperation as less hierarchical, led in a more empathetic way and with an increased focus on ethics.
Anne Lise Kjaer predicts in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas that in the future, the most successful companies will need to embrace females in their organizations. She describes the typical 21st century cooperation as less hierarchical, led in a more empathetic way and with an increased focus on ethics.

Anne Lise Kjaer

Healthcare through mobile devices

Jeff Arnold Healthcare through mobile devices Could technology revolutionize healthcare? According to Jeff Arnold, founder of the health portals Sharecare and WebMD, the medical field has huge potential for improvement. When he imagines the future interaction between a doctor and a patient, he sees a mobile device with medical applications.
Could technology revolutionize healthcare? According to Jeff Arnold, founder of the health portals Sharecare and WebMD, the medical field has huge potential for improvement. When he imagines the future interaction between a doctor and a patient, he sees a mobile device with medical applications.

Jeff Arnold

On our way to a stable world

Hans Rosling On our way to a stable world Hans Rosling crushes in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the misconception that there are two kinds of countries - rich and poor.
Hans Rosling crushes in Ericsson 2020 Shaping Ideas the misconception that there are two kinds of countries - rich and poor.

Hans Rosling


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Michael Dell - The power of collaboration

Michael Dell. As teenagers, Dell Inc founder and CEO Michael Dell and his computer-minded friends spent all their time on an electronic bulletin board - sharing information, collaborating and exchanging ideas. Since then, their ideals have been adopted by a whole generation. And when you collaborate, anything is possible.

Extract from Michael Dell on The power of collaboration

Michael Dell: Michael Dell

Michael Dell: One of the most fascinating things according to Michael Dell is the combinatorial inventions that occur in our industry. This is usually when customers take different pieces of solutions and put them together in a unique way, and creating something that no one ever imagined before. Sometimes these are new companies. Companies like Ebay, Facebook or Twitter. If you imagine what's going on with the tremendous explosion of mobile devices... Michael Dell continues; you will see all kinds of combinatorial new inventions. Most of the real invention is coming close the action, where the actual end users are. One of the challenges in many industries is the "siloing" of information, which is a natural outgrowth of the origins of those industries and the way data was stored and protected and not in digital form, not in a way it could be compared and used in a powerful way. If you had the entire world as your universe of talent, and you were looking for the absolute best people and you could enable them to collaborate, share and be optimally productive in the habitat and language and mirroring which they are most capable of. How does that change the way business works? How does it change the way society works? In the year 2020 we will see vastly more collaboration and rapidly self-organizing groups. How we define companies is likely to change pretty dramatically beacause of this ability to rapidly organize, distribute teams and how work gets done. There are behavioral and generational aspects to collaboration. When Michael Dell was a teenager I had in my room something called an electronic bulletin board. And I was sharing information with a bunch of cohorts all over the United States. And my parents had no idea what I was doing... I was writing code and this was a lot of fun for me. I grew up in the middle of this stuff. But now we have a whole generation of kids that grew up and they assume that you share information, you collaborate with information and you get better answers and better outcomes. The best answer may be off in a whole other country, in a whole other place and time and that is fine. Technology is really about enabling human potential. And one thing is about the creative and imaginative capacity of mankind or womankind. And you combine that with the incredible advancements in computing power and bandwidth and all the tools we have, all the ingredients we have. That combination is incredibly powerful and is going to solve a lot of problems.

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