The Wall Street Journal calls Gerd ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’. Co-author of the influential book ‘The Future of Music’ (2005, Berklee Press), author of ‘Music2.0’ (2008), ‘The End of Control’ (2007) and 'The Future of Content' (2011), Gerd's background is in music; in 1985 he won the Quincy Jones Award and subsequently graduated from Boston's Berklee College of Music (1987). Since 2002, following a decade as digital media entrepreneur and start-up CEO, Gerd speaks at conferences and seminars around the globe on the Future of Media, Content, Technology, Business, Advertising, Telecom, Communications and Culture. Since 2011, Gerd's area of expertise also includes important "green" topics. Gerd's keynotes, presentations and think-tanks are renowned for his hard-hitting and provocative yet inspiring, motivational style. With engagements in 43 countries since 2003, Gerd has addressed over150'000 professionals, and is considered a key influencer. His diverse client list includes Nokia, Google, Sony-BMG, Telkom Indonesia, Siemens, Kuoni, RTL, ITV, the BBC, France Telecom/Orange, Deutsche Telekom, The Financial Times, DDB, Omnicom, the European Commission, Nokia Siemens Networks and many others. Gerd is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (London). He resides in Basel, Switzerland. www.futuristgerd.com www.thefuturesagency.com www.twitter.com/gleonhard www.gerdtube.net
This is the recorded version of the March 20 2013 Google hangout session with Futurist Speakers and @FuturesAgency members Doug Stephens http://about.me/dougstephens Gerd Leonhard http://www.futuristgerd.com/ and Carlo Donzella http://www.thefuturesagency.com/cdonz... discussing future trends in regards to shopping, retail, ecommerce, buying & selling. Thanks for your interest in my work! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com CEO of ...
his was recorded Wednesday, 14 November, 2012 at Kulturstyrelsen in Copenhagen, at an event called "New business models for the creative industry - new challanges for the rightholders; Masterclass on the digital challenges of cultur. Topics include copyright, licensing of media, future of advertising and media, new revenue streams for creators, and much more. If you want the PDF with my slides please visit www.gerdcloud.com my dropbox file sharing site, browse to Presentations and look for Cop...
This video was recorded at https://www.annotag.tv/learningtechno... in London on January 30, 2013. UPDATE: A shorter version without intro etc is available here: http://youtu.be/jUo6Lc3EgEs You can also watch this video with some pretty fancy slideshow overlays at https://www.annotag.tv/learningtechno... Thanks to http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/ for making this video available to me! Topics covered include the future of Social-Local-Mobile learning, new technologies that impact learning...
A short interview shot at a recent speaking engagement in Paris, for Systematic see http://www.mediafuturist.com/2012/08/... for more details Thanks for your interest in my work! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com CEO of www.thefuturesagency.com http://about.me/mediafuturist Mobile apps: http://road.ie/futurist Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gleonhard Btw: you can download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes vi...
A conversation with Neil Jacobsohn, Gerd Leonhard, Anton Musgrave, Doug Vining, in Joburg, Feb 4 2013, on the key trends impacting the future of business and commerce. Thanks for your interest in my work! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com CEO of www.thefuturesagency.com http://about.me/mediafuturist Mobile apps: http://road.ie/futurist Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gleonhard Btw: you can download most of my videos by simply sub...
On Feb 4 2013, I (Gerd Leonhard) met with Anton Musgrave, Neil Jacobsohn and Doug Vining (all of www.futureworld.org in Johannesburg, South Africa) and we discussed the key trends that are shaping the future of sustainability in the next 5 years. Enjoy:) Be sure to visit http://www.futureof.biz for more on this topic, and review FutureWorld's Mindbullets here http://www.futureworld.org/PublicZone... Thanks for your interest in my work! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel /...
A short conversation between Andrew Musgrave, Doug Vining and Neil Jacobson of http://www.futureworld.org/PublicZone... and me (Gerd Leonhard) of http://www.thefuturesagency.com/about We discuss what it means to be futurists, and what it does not (e.g. magic wands etc:) Please note: you can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) http://gerd.fm/itunesfeed Audio-only versions are being made available here: http://gerd.fm/gerdaudiofeed or on t...
Produced in collboration with FutureWorld.org and Anton original video at youtube.com/watch?v=c2lB1F... discussing the principles of Naked Leadership see bit.ly/12lCiSQ Please note: you can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) gerd.fm/itunesfeed Audio-only versions are being made available here: gerd.fm/gerdaudiofeed or on the web at futuretalks.com My YouTube channel is here: gerdtube.com Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speake...
This video has overdubs in HUNGARIAN language Gerd Leonhard's presentation during the Media Hungary Conference in May 2012: "The Coming Media Revolution" http://www.mediahungary.hu http://www.mediafuturist.com http://www.futuristgerd.com
This is the complete video of my keynote on the future of culture, content, media and creativity at the 2012 XMedialab event in Basel, Switzerland, October 2012 see xmedialab.com/xml-switzerland You can download my slides used in this talk here: gerd.fm/UqXOA1 My apologies for the rather funky sound, btw - this is the best version I could get from the organizers:( Topics include: the future of digital creation in a networked society, from paper culture to screen culture, social-local-mobile an...
