TECHNOLOGY I FUTURE


Tomorrow’s


Technology Trends While most technology companies tend to view their


business from the microcosm of their own efforts, the truth is all industries are interlinked and impact each other whether in terms of infrastructure, supply or business approach. One of the world’s most sought-after keynote speakers at corporate events, futurist Dr. Patrick Dixon gives his take on tomorrow’s technology trends with a guide to highlight potential solutions for industry as well as potential challenges for global companies.


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hen Dr. Patrick Dixon really wants a vacation, he chucks his cell phone into a bucket of water.


Seriously. “I live in a very virtual world,” says Dixon, interviewed via Skype in London. Although trained as a physician, he works as a futurist – a business consultant who specializes in global change strategies. Being a futurist requires neither a crystal ball nor tea leaves. Instead, says Dixon, the author of 15 books on management and trends, “I’m constantly sampling humanity’s stream of consciousness.”


In his relentless quest to stay ahead of the curve, Dixon taps into both traditional and social media, including tweets, YouTube, the


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Financial Times, blogs, New Scientist magazine and even LinkedIn updates. Along the way, he keeps his finger on the pulse of such hot topics as environmental sustainability and the drive for business innovation.


Dixon credits another crucial source of information that helps shape his views: the companies with which he works. “I lecture or consult in many different nations every year, and to many different industries. In each case, I work with people who are creating the future, people on the front edge of innovation. They give a perspective that is much sharper than what you would get from other sources.”


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