The document summarizes 14 domains that are reaching a point of disruption and fundamental change due to accelerating technological and social shifts. These domains include work, retail, media, money, privacy, government, education, climate, interfaces, collaboration, social divide, artificial intelligence, warfare, and self-creation. For each domain, the document provides a brief analysis of the changes underway and suggests potential responses to the disruption, emphasizing the need for action, adaptation, and developing skills to thrive in the new environment.
Public Engagement in the Conversation Age Vol. 2 (2009)Edelman Digital
This second volume of Edelman’s annual publication, Public Engagement in the Conversation Age, is a collection of thought pieces written by the UK team about the communications challenges facing brands, corporate, politics and NGOs – as well as our own industry, as we evolve from Public Relations to Public Engagement.
Forces of Change & The Importance of NarrativeOgilvy
OgilvyEntertainment creates compelling narratives that fuel deeper connections between brands and consumers.
In Forces of Change & The Importance of Narrative, President Doug Scott explores how disruptive innovation is driving new forms of content, creativity and engagement. While "storytelling" may be the latest trend, narratives have no limits in today's transmedia world. The state of play has shifted and the key is to activate deep content experiences driven by the power of NARRATIVE.
Is the digital transformation making your life more convenient or difficult?
The purpose of technology, whether you call it information technology or digital technology, has always been to make our lives more simple and our work more effective.
What about the digital transformation that is now creating rumbling shifts in the marketplace? Everyone is going digital, Soon the entire world will be a digital jungle. Experts claim that we are all either a digital pioneer, digital native, digital immigrant or digital laggard. Personally, I believe there are also some digital monkeys out there.
The word "digitalization" is the hottest buzzword of the decade. If you ask people what it means to go "digital", you'll get a myriad of different answers. The definitions on what it's all about, are are as many as there are bloggers out there.
To put it bluntly, there is only one yardstick to measure the success of your digital transformation: It should make your life and the lives of your customers more convenient, not more confusing and complicated. That's it.
.
When considering that more than half of Americans is now carrying a computer in his/her pocket, many technologists and marketers have blindly rushed to address mobility as it leads us to who-knows-where. So much of desktop behavior such as email and the web have followed us here, while incumbent text messaging and a newfound lust for apps is chewing away at time spent on the device. Through all of this prescriptive technology, it is critical to respect and understand that liberation from the desktop carries with it disruptions from the offline world and traditional media. These observances and some telling data are included in this first edition of the Edelman Mobility Quarterly.
The traditional brick-and-mortar business model is no longer the only option for the aspiring entrepreneur. Many of today’s greatest successes belong to those who have captured the power of the viral loop by designing products and services that spread themselves through the channels of the Internet, propelled by word-of-mouth recommendations.
Public Engagement in the Conversation Age Vol. 2 (2009)Edelman Digital
This second volume of Edelman’s annual publication, Public Engagement in the Conversation Age, is a collection of thought pieces written by the UK team about the communications challenges facing brands, corporate, politics and NGOs – as well as our own industry, as we evolve from Public Relations to Public Engagement.
Forces of Change & The Importance of NarrativeOgilvy
OgilvyEntertainment creates compelling narratives that fuel deeper connections between brands and consumers.
In Forces of Change & The Importance of Narrative, President Doug Scott explores how disruptive innovation is driving new forms of content, creativity and engagement. While "storytelling" may be the latest trend, narratives have no limits in today's transmedia world. The state of play has shifted and the key is to activate deep content experiences driven by the power of NARRATIVE.
Is the digital transformation making your life more convenient or difficult?
The purpose of technology, whether you call it information technology or digital technology, has always been to make our lives more simple and our work more effective.
What about the digital transformation that is now creating rumbling shifts in the marketplace? Everyone is going digital, Soon the entire world will be a digital jungle. Experts claim that we are all either a digital pioneer, digital native, digital immigrant or digital laggard. Personally, I believe there are also some digital monkeys out there.
The word "digitalization" is the hottest buzzword of the decade. If you ask people what it means to go "digital", you'll get a myriad of different answers. The definitions on what it's all about, are are as many as there are bloggers out there.
To put it bluntly, there is only one yardstick to measure the success of your digital transformation: It should make your life and the lives of your customers more convenient, not more confusing and complicated. That's it.
.
When considering that more than half of Americans is now carrying a computer in his/her pocket, many technologists and marketers have blindly rushed to address mobility as it leads us to who-knows-where. So much of desktop behavior such as email and the web have followed us here, while incumbent text messaging and a newfound lust for apps is chewing away at time spent on the device. Through all of this prescriptive technology, it is critical to respect and understand that liberation from the desktop carries with it disruptions from the offline world and traditional media. These observances and some telling data are included in this first edition of the Edelman Mobility Quarterly.
The traditional brick-and-mortar business model is no longer the only option for the aspiring entrepreneur. Many of today’s greatest successes belong to those who have captured the power of the viral loop by designing products and services that spread themselves through the channels of the Internet, propelled by word-of-mouth recommendations.
In the past, SXSW has been all about the new and the next. But this year was a time to simultaneously sit back and reflect on the significance of the rapid innovation, technology and media that has come to define our world — and the responsibility that comes with it. As always, SXSW left us exhausted and inspired. Here are some of the most notable highlights we saw. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed curating it!
Every year, planners at Y&R share a roundup of today’s most interesting trends and their inherent tension. This year’s North American Trends with Tension report takes on an array of topics from privacy, wellness, and gender fluidity.
Celebrity 2.0: New New Hollywood is Breaking All The Rulessparks & honey
The rise of the creative class is reshaping media and redefining fame and celebrity. The balance of power has shifted from producers, studios, broadcast networks, etc., to the new creative talent. We call this creative class “New New Hollywood” (NNH).
But what’s really profound is the power that these NNH creators wield. NNH personalities have enormous fan bases with extraordinary loyalty and unprecedented engagement - fanatical, in fact.
For example, Nicki Minaj (a traditional celebrity) has <9.5><5mil Twitter fans, while PewDiePie (a NNH celebrity) commands an audience of nearly 40 million on YouTube. NNH has so much influence it could single-handedly reshape culture and society, let alone brand preferences. NNH could even swing the 2016 presidential election!
Brands need to leverage NNH, but to do so, they need to understand the context and unique ways in which NNH operates. The rules of engagement are very different.
This report sets out to shed light on one of the most important cultural forces at work today: NEW NEW HOLLYWOOD.
Trustful and Trustworthy: Manufacturing trust in the digital era.ESADE
At the beginning of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution,
speaking about social innovation means looking at the Digital
Economy. This is a new economic paradigm, which not only
makes the Internet an infrastructure and a communication
channel but also a way of creating value. The disruption this
causes places us in a digital world that is ever more connected,
flexible and swifter, changing the social relationships we have
known hitherto out of all recognition. We are shifting from
Business-to-Consumer (B2C)1 models to bilateral or Peer-to-
Peer (P2P) models, where we can both buy and sell and link to
other users through platforms that set the economic heartbeat
of our societies.
It’s time for a move to the Middleburbs, where we take refuge in content safe havens and our brand expectations are continuously rising. And with a new generation of tech-obsessed consumers entering adulthood, today’s cultural landscape is changing and creating new opportunities for marketers. Mindshare North America's latest Culture Vulture Trends report is here, unveiling the latest consumer shifts and cultural trends forecast to grow over the next year.
The team at Contagious Magazine spends its days finding, filtering and reviewing the most innovative exercises in branding, technology, and popular culture, and delivering our collective wisdom to our beloved subscribers.
Once a year, we round up the highlights, tell you what's important and why, and push it out to the world, for free.
Welcome to Most Contagious, the only retrospective you'll ever need. Available on a beautiful website here: http://www.mostcontagious.com
www.contagiousmagazine.com
Our world is moving at an accelerated pace, and so is our culture. From lifestyle shifts to broader reaching, and sometimes turbulent, events that touch on all our lives, the upcoming year prods us to look at where we’ve been — and where we’re going in the future. For 2018, we’ve selected cultural shifts in our 2018 Trends Brief that will emerge or continue to shape our behaviors, capture our aspirations and impact industries. Read on for a glimpse of our near future.
Global socio-economic, demographic and technological forces that HP calls Megatrends will have a sustained and transformative impact on businesses, societies, economies, cultures and our personal lives in unimaginable ways in the years to come.
Interested in learning more about Megatrends? Visit hpmegatrends.com.
**Please note this presentation was developed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, so although we don’t address it directly, we do speak to the innovations and solutions that exist beyond it. We hope this knowledge opens a window of hope and possibility to what awaits us on the road ahead.
Disruptive Innovation - the key drivers behind today's unprecedented rate of ...Dino Talic
A presentation I gave at the CPA Congress in Brisbane, Australia on 11 Oct 2012. The presentation covers the topic of disruptive innovation and in particular makes a case that industries today are being disrupted at faster rate than ever before in history. I analyse the macro trends driving this acceleration in disruption and also outline how businesses can turn these into opportunities rather than threats.
The next tectonic shift is happening. A cost-effective and easily scalable workforce is now available to anyone in the world. Simultaneously, every industry is now digitised and there is a growing proliferation of cheap and scalable infrastructure - this signals disruption for many existing business models and an opportunity for those willing to act on the changes.
Attend this session to discover:
The shift occurring in the global labour market
How changes in outsourcing and the digital economy will impact your business
How your business can benefit from these changes rather than become a victim
Case studies of businesses driving value through taking advantage of outsourcing and the digital economy
There is no question the world has gone digital. This has
greatly impacted consumers’ lives and brought about
dramatic changes in marketing. For women, who still
do the majority of household purchasing in America,
digital communications fulfill unique needs, which in
turn offer marketers more engaging ways to connect
buyers with their brands. So we set out to understand
how marketers can make best use of all that the digital
realm has to offer.
Disrupting in the digital era: key traits of an evolution of disruptive innov...Andrea Paraboschi
The goal of this presentation is to investigate how the digital revolution is impacting the way in which disruptive innovation unfolds. The main theoretical traits of disruptive innovation are presented; then, the key dynamics ignited by the pervasive effects of digitalization are introduced and described. Furthermore, a case-study on the Transportation Network Company UBER as the taxicab industry disruptor is presented, highlighting the key elements that are characterizing the company as a digital-enabled disruptor.
Future of Business IDE - Quito - 20 April 2015Future Agenda
Initial views to kick off a Future of Business event in Quito, Ecuador on April 20th - in partnership with IDE Business School. This brings together a number of business-relavent issues from across several Future Agenda topics insulting future of the company, data, resources, wealth and loyalty
Change is a constant
Society is transforming. Powerful trends are reshaping businesses, driving new technologies, shifting talent needs, and changing human behaviour. It is crucial for all industries to stay up to date with these changes, and respond accordingly.
We’ve mapped these trends for over 20 years by collaborating with industry leaders across the world. We use the insights to shape our programs, so that our talented students meet market demand. With these reports we are sharing our insights with the world.
This is the second issue of the trend report Changes of Tomorrow. It builds on the first report released in Spring 2015. The focus stays the same with four themes framing the research, and we’ve collaborated to define new trends and update existing ones.
Regardless of your industry, it’s essential to consider the impact of these changes on your work. The “Reflect” sections at the end of each trend will help you do that. You will also find tips, tools, and methods to support you to stay up to date and lead the change.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
In the past, SXSW has been all about the new and the next. But this year was a time to simultaneously sit back and reflect on the significance of the rapid innovation, technology and media that has come to define our world — and the responsibility that comes with it. As always, SXSW left us exhausted and inspired. Here are some of the most notable highlights we saw. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed curating it!
Every year, planners at Y&R share a roundup of today’s most interesting trends and their inherent tension. This year’s North American Trends with Tension report takes on an array of topics from privacy, wellness, and gender fluidity.
Celebrity 2.0: New New Hollywood is Breaking All The Rulessparks & honey
The rise of the creative class is reshaping media and redefining fame and celebrity. The balance of power has shifted from producers, studios, broadcast networks, etc., to the new creative talent. We call this creative class “New New Hollywood” (NNH).
But what’s really profound is the power that these NNH creators wield. NNH personalities have enormous fan bases with extraordinary loyalty and unprecedented engagement - fanatical, in fact.
For example, Nicki Minaj (a traditional celebrity) has <9.5><5mil Twitter fans, while PewDiePie (a NNH celebrity) commands an audience of nearly 40 million on YouTube. NNH has so much influence it could single-handedly reshape culture and society, let alone brand preferences. NNH could even swing the 2016 presidential election!
Brands need to leverage NNH, but to do so, they need to understand the context and unique ways in which NNH operates. The rules of engagement are very different.
This report sets out to shed light on one of the most important cultural forces at work today: NEW NEW HOLLYWOOD.
Trustful and Trustworthy: Manufacturing trust in the digital era.ESADE
At the beginning of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution,
speaking about social innovation means looking at the Digital
Economy. This is a new economic paradigm, which not only
makes the Internet an infrastructure and a communication
channel but also a way of creating value. The disruption this
causes places us in a digital world that is ever more connected,
flexible and swifter, changing the social relationships we have
known hitherto out of all recognition. We are shifting from
Business-to-Consumer (B2C)1 models to bilateral or Peer-to-
Peer (P2P) models, where we can both buy and sell and link to
other users through platforms that set the economic heartbeat
of our societies.
It’s time for a move to the Middleburbs, where we take refuge in content safe havens and our brand expectations are continuously rising. And with a new generation of tech-obsessed consumers entering adulthood, today’s cultural landscape is changing and creating new opportunities for marketers. Mindshare North America's latest Culture Vulture Trends report is here, unveiling the latest consumer shifts and cultural trends forecast to grow over the next year.
The team at Contagious Magazine spends its days finding, filtering and reviewing the most innovative exercises in branding, technology, and popular culture, and delivering our collective wisdom to our beloved subscribers.
Once a year, we round up the highlights, tell you what's important and why, and push it out to the world, for free.
Welcome to Most Contagious, the only retrospective you'll ever need. Available on a beautiful website here: http://www.mostcontagious.com
www.contagiousmagazine.com
Our world is moving at an accelerated pace, and so is our culture. From lifestyle shifts to broader reaching, and sometimes turbulent, events that touch on all our lives, the upcoming year prods us to look at where we’ve been — and where we’re going in the future. For 2018, we’ve selected cultural shifts in our 2018 Trends Brief that will emerge or continue to shape our behaviors, capture our aspirations and impact industries. Read on for a glimpse of our near future.
Global socio-economic, demographic and technological forces that HP calls Megatrends will have a sustained and transformative impact on businesses, societies, economies, cultures and our personal lives in unimaginable ways in the years to come.
Interested in learning more about Megatrends? Visit hpmegatrends.com.
**Please note this presentation was developed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, so although we don’t address it directly, we do speak to the innovations and solutions that exist beyond it. We hope this knowledge opens a window of hope and possibility to what awaits us on the road ahead.
Disruptive Innovation - the key drivers behind today's unprecedented rate of ...Dino Talic
A presentation I gave at the CPA Congress in Brisbane, Australia on 11 Oct 2012. The presentation covers the topic of disruptive innovation and in particular makes a case that industries today are being disrupted at faster rate than ever before in history. I analyse the macro trends driving this acceleration in disruption and also outline how businesses can turn these into opportunities rather than threats.
The next tectonic shift is happening. A cost-effective and easily scalable workforce is now available to anyone in the world. Simultaneously, every industry is now digitised and there is a growing proliferation of cheap and scalable infrastructure - this signals disruption for many existing business models and an opportunity for those willing to act on the changes.
Attend this session to discover:
The shift occurring in the global labour market
How changes in outsourcing and the digital economy will impact your business
How your business can benefit from these changes rather than become a victim
Case studies of businesses driving value through taking advantage of outsourcing and the digital economy
There is no question the world has gone digital. This has
greatly impacted consumers’ lives and brought about
dramatic changes in marketing. For women, who still
do the majority of household purchasing in America,
digital communications fulfill unique needs, which in
turn offer marketers more engaging ways to connect
buyers with their brands. So we set out to understand
how marketers can make best use of all that the digital
realm has to offer.
Disrupting in the digital era: key traits of an evolution of disruptive innov...Andrea Paraboschi
The goal of this presentation is to investigate how the digital revolution is impacting the way in which disruptive innovation unfolds. The main theoretical traits of disruptive innovation are presented; then, the key dynamics ignited by the pervasive effects of digitalization are introduced and described. Furthermore, a case-study on the Transportation Network Company UBER as the taxicab industry disruptor is presented, highlighting the key elements that are characterizing the company as a digital-enabled disruptor.
Future of Business IDE - Quito - 20 April 2015Future Agenda
Initial views to kick off a Future of Business event in Quito, Ecuador on April 20th - in partnership with IDE Business School. This brings together a number of business-relavent issues from across several Future Agenda topics insulting future of the company, data, resources, wealth and loyalty
Change is a constant
Society is transforming. Powerful trends are reshaping businesses, driving new technologies, shifting talent needs, and changing human behaviour. It is crucial for all industries to stay up to date with these changes, and respond accordingly.
We’ve mapped these trends for over 20 years by collaborating with industry leaders across the world. We use the insights to shape our programs, so that our talented students meet market demand. With these reports we are sharing our insights with the world.
This is the second issue of the trend report Changes of Tomorrow. It builds on the first report released in Spring 2015. The focus stays the same with four themes framing the research, and we’ve collaborated to define new trends and update existing ones.
Regardless of your industry, it’s essential to consider the impact of these changes on your work. The “Reflect” sections at the end of each trend will help you do that. You will also find tips, tools, and methods to support you to stay up to date and lead the change.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation - PrefaceWalter Vassallo
Today, millions of people are bakers, in 2020 there will be billions in “Third Industrial Revolution”.
Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the first all-round, most relevant and comprehensive book on crowdfunding which involves prestigious worldwide experts on crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, crowd-innovation, crowd-economy.
It is the latest pivotal source to enhance opportunities and benefits from the use of crowdfunding in modern society. The book is addressed to a wide audience which encompass: students, researchers, citizens and general public, entrepreneurs, startups, associations, cooperatives, public institutions and policy makers. It is an interdisciplinary publication that counts numerous research contributions from a wide variety of disciplines including applied sciences, information technology and innovation, sociology, marketing, economics, law, policy and regulatory frameworks. By reading this book anyone can become a “visionary thinker”, one who knows how to translate trends and changes into unique opportunities. The book is not limited to innovation. Innovation is a driver which results in a positive change, that makes life better. The book provides a precise view of the World to come, a broad view of the Knowledge Era in which we live, in order to understand the changes taking place to grasp opportunities and advantages.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/crowdfunding-sustainable-entrepreneurship-innovation/147126
Systems Change: Facing Canada’s toughest challenges - MaRS Global LeadershipMaRS Discovery District
Around the world, societies are faced with complex challenges that require systems change. How do we develop solutions to address these challenges? Increasingly, labs – or dedicated experimental spaces – are helping to organize social innovation by bringing together multiple stakeholders to develop, test and scale new solutions. For 10 years, Joeri van den Steenhoven was CEO of Knowledgeland, one of the leading change labs in the Netherlands and Europe, where he helped to build capacity for this type of solutions seeking.
In April 2013, Joeri was named the first Director of the MaRS Solutions Lab. This new lab will tackle some of Canada’s toughest problems, including chronic disease, youth unemployment and unsustainable food systems. During this Global Leadership event, Joeri will share his perspective on systems change and why it is necessary, and discuss the strategy for the MaRS Solutions Lab and how it will work to bring about the change required.
On the streets, on social networks and at the ballot box, people are voicing their discontent. They are worried about the environment. They are demanding social equality. They are advocating for better living and working conditions. And they are reacting to perceived institutional injustices. In short, they are angry at their leaders and they are making sure their voices are heard. This is not about a handful of radicals shouting from the wilderness. What we are witnessing is a massive shift in the ‘middle’. Indeed, the voices on the fringes of these issues largely remain shrill and extreme. What is changing is the quiet chorus of voices that make up the middle ground (i.e., the average voter).
For many governments, this upswelling of discontent could not be happening at a worse time. Public budgets are highly constrained (either by debt or by borrowing limits). Technologies are rapidly changing. New risks are emerging. And planning is becoming infinitely more complex. The pace of response from governments is proving to be inadequate.
The world as we know it is changing - fast. Unfortunately many of those who have historically worked within education and training, as well as knowledge management fields, have been the slowest to respond to this change. Yet the impact they have on people’s futures is profound.
It is time for us to completely embrace the change that is barrelling towards us, and to let go of the mental chains that have for so long held us back.
It is time to embrace ‘radical education transformation’. A concept which looks to empower people to become relevant through action, not through their preparation for action. We need to stop asking people to repeat what is known, and gladly hand that role over to technology.
Examines the impact of technology, generational shift, and apathy as key driving forces of change. Puts forward a POV on the real problems facing agencies and brands operating in this "age of embarrassment" powered by the misuse of technology.
This presentation was given at the 2014 World Future Society conference in Orlando, Florida.
We are in an age of rapid change and complexity, but communication is a constant thread throughout the history of humanity. How will emerging trends and patterns impact communication in the future, and how will communication guide the development of technology, business and society?
Presented by Nicole Baker
When we think about the future, we often resort to visions of technology. However, as social beings, language, collaboration, networking, and connection are key to our development. Human communication will continue to transform with changes in technology, the global economy, cities, and more. The session will explore the convergence of these weak signals to understand how trends like social architecture, emotional software, and the global brain change how we work, interact, and ultimately live.
Future of Work
The future of work is increasingly uncertain. What is clear is that we are in the midst of a major transformation driven by multiple drivers of change. How individuals, companies, cities and governments respond to the upcoming shifts will be pivotal for future economic and social wellbeing, but this is far from straightforward. Some major decisions lie ahead.
Ahead of speeches in London, Kuala Lumpur and several subsequent expert discussions, this is a point of view on how, where and why the future of work is in flux.
It explores three key drivers of change as leaders around the world view it – shifting demographics, technology innovation and the organisational response. In addition, we have highlighted several areas where new policy decisions need to be made.
The full text of the talk and more details are available on https://www.futureagenda.org/news/future-of-work
An accompanying infographic is also on
https://www.futureagenda.org/news/future-of-work1
The World in 2025 - Future Agenda (2016)Future Agenda
What are the big issues for next decade? The World in 2025 is the full synthesis of insights from the second Future Agenda programme undertaken in 2016. From 120 discussions with thousands of informed people in 45 cities across 35 countries, we gained over 800 insights on the next decade. From these we identified and detailed over 60 key areas of change - those are all shared feely on the future agenda website (www.futureagenda.org).
This document brings all of these insights together in a single pdf for you to use. It is a free book shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 licence. We hope that you find it a useful view of how people around the world see change occurring over the next decade.
PLEASE NOTE: This book is also available at cost for local digital printing via Amazon and Create Space
https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.amazon.com/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.createspace.com/6656252
Keynote slides: The Future of Human and Machine LearningRoss Dawson
Slides for the virtual keynote by futurist Ross Dawson to technology leaders and managers in one of the world's largest financial services organizations.
2020 has pivoted us into a new era, not into a "post-pandemic" future, but one which has accelerated us from past to future
These 9 themes will define the coming years:
Pandemic Pulse
Being Well
Efficiency to Resilience
Vectors of Travel
Transcending Polarization
Energy Flip
Human Machine Symbiosis
Accelerated Evolution
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
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2. INTRODUCTION
For many years we have all observed massive change, driven
not only by extraordinary developments in information, medical,
and material technologies, but also by accompanying social
shifts that have been as dramatic as technological change.
These shifts have been incremental over years, so while we
are all aware of these shifts, many still do not realize quite
how dramatic the impact will be.
We are now reaching "Crunch Time", when cumulative
change is reaching the point of fundamental disruption
in many aspects of society. Now is when the extent of
change truly hits home, leaving many dazed, yet others
seizing the extraordinary opportunities that emerge
from rapid change.
In this brief report we highlight 14 domains in which we are
reaching crunch time, and how we need to respond.
3. IMPLICATIONS
EDUCATION
ETHICS
Given the pace of change, everyone from primary school students
through to retirees must learn to understand these fundamental shifts.
With the world of work being utterly transformed, only those who
learn continuously will experience better opportunities tomorrow.
In every domain new ethical issues and quandaries are
emerging. The job of ethicist will grow massively moving
forward, yet we are all responsible for grappling with the new
challenges and choices we have, individually and collectively.
EVERYONE A FUTURIST
ACTION TODAY
The role of thinking effectively about the future
cannot be outsourced. Not just leaders in business,
government, and society, but all of us must
actively engage with the extraordinary challenges
of the future, so we can act better today.
Crunch time is, most importantly, a call to action. Those who
have already understood these fundamental shifts are on the
front foot. Now the world will divide between those who
choose to take action and those who ignore or deny change.
4. WORK
Work is being transformed
through two dramatic forces: the
rise of remote work and rapidly
increasing machine capabilities.
This is resulting in a dramatic
polarization in which those with
world-class skills and capabilities
experience unprecedented
opportunities, while the
less-skilled are commoditized by
icy global competition. The
middle ground is massively
eroding. As existing jobs
disappear at an unprecedented
rate, the dramatic question we
face is whether will be able to
generate sufficient new kinds of
jobs to replace vanishing
categories of work.
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TIME
RESPONSE:
Governments must focus on enabling
education for all ages and supporting
industries that will create tomorrow’s jobs.
Companies need to re-organize so that
work is flexible and inspiring. Individuals
must continually develop skills that will be
relevant next year and beyond.
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RETAIL
Individuals are increasingly choosing
to buy online as they are given more
choice. Online retail is far from new, yet
many more products are rapidly shifting in
how they are bought, with enhancements
such as same-day delivery, easy no-cost
returns, and digital fitting making the case.
Physical retail will certainly not die, but it is
in the midst of a dramatic transformation,
in which a far smaller number of suburban
stores thrive or survive, and the successful
larger retailers merge physical and online
to create unparalleled experiences.
RESPONSE:
To succeed, retailers - both in
physical stores and online - must
focus on improving in four domains:
Experience, Personalization,
Immediacy, and Community. They will
reach out to their customers across
multiple channels to create value that
transcends any single retail avenue.
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MEDIA
The extinction of print media is rapidly approaching. Newspapers are
struggling, shifting to weekend only, or simply dying, while magazines are
rapidly disappearing from newsstands. Free-to-air television’s resistance to
online distribution will be transcended, helping create a mind-boggling
abundance of channels covering the full spectrum of formats, professionalism,
and budgets. Crunch time for old media unwilling to respond to change goes
hand-in-hand with an explosion of possibilities for quality news and content,
shaping what will be an entire global economy based largely on media.
RESPONSE:
“Pro-am” models that merge professional and
amateur capabilities will be at the heart of the
highest-quality, most profitable news and
content. Rapidly iterating experiments in
revenue models will sense and also shape
people’s willingness to pay for content, while
traditional advertising will rapidly morph into
engaging communities with shareable content.
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MONEY
RESPONSE:
The use of cash is finally receding as contactless
cards and mobile wallets are broadly accepted.
Reasons for physical notes and coins to remain,
including anonymity of transactions and lack of
trust in financial institutions, are helping the case for
digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Digital currencies’
volatility and resistance from governments will slow
their uptake, but individuals’ desire to transcend the
fortunes of nations will push more value and
transactions beyond fiat currencies.
Far too much economic value is still
being taken by yesterday’s payment
systems. Those who provide better
alternatives will be richly rewarded,
even as they destroy old franchises.
Individuals are right to be suspicious
of currencies both past and future.
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PRIVACY
After years of erosion, all the outer layers
of our privacy have vanished, leaving the
core of who we are exposed. This enables
corporations and government agencies to
know us literally better than we know
ourselves, in our behaviors and inclinations.
Facial recognition is moving beyond
recognizing us wherever we go, to being able
to pick up the micro-muscle movements in
our face and uncover our hidden emotions.
Yet the erosion of privacy goes two ways, and
institutions are rapidly losing their secrets and
ability to hide their intentions from us.
RESPONSE:
The debate on privacy cannot
be private, it must be open and
engaged, so citizens and
consumers understand and are
comfortable with how personal
information is used. The
purported value of having our
personal information gathered
must be made clear, highly
specific, and constrained. This
just might shift the debate.
9. GOVERNMENT
Governments everywhere, from local to national,
stable to precarious, now realize they must enable
rather than quell engagement and input from their
citizens. Citizen crowdsourcing is being applied across
the board from shaping policy to delivering services.
Massive government debt means new solutions must
now be created, in which the borders between
government and citizen dissolve for joint creation of
social value. Transparency exposes politicians’ intimate,
ideological and pecuniary relationships, yet enables
them to catalyze movements as never before.
RESPONSE:
Governments must battle their structural rigidity to focus on how
to create value for society in a connected world, and not just on
perpetuating institutions. Citizens must seek to actively engage in
creating change, as that is how that change will come. We must
all seek to tap the promise of truly participatory democracies.
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EDUCATION
The focus of education is shifting dramatically from institutions to
individuals, as we are able to access better teachers and resources
online than in our classrooms, and peer recognition becomes more
valuable than certificates and degrees. Schools have always focused
on homogeneity and conformance; now they can and will enable our
uniqueness through learning designed for the individual. Continuous
education will be at the center of the world, for all of us becoming
the difference between prosperity and unemployment.
RESPONSE:
Almost no schools today are
effectively preparing children for
the world of tomorrow. The pace of
institutional change is far too slow
and radical prescriptions are
required. All adults are responsible
for their own ongoing education.
The resources they need are now
readily available.
11. CLIMATE
Shifts in the Earth’s climate have been visible for decades. During
that time the center of the debate has moved on from whether the
climate is changing and whether it is caused by human activity, to what
and how much should be done. Extreme weather events around the
world are bringing home the potential impact of continued climate shift.
There remains very high uncertainty about the nature and extent of
climate change, yet there is a real chance in just the next few decades of
a destructive impact far beyond what most people can even imagine.
RESPONSE:
When the future of our planet and indeed
humanity is in question, there is no doubt
that a massive response is required.
Finding mechanisms to limit carbon
emissions is essential. We must also go
beyond these immediate challenges to
explore technologies that may be able to
positively shape Earth’s climate.
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INTERFACES
The most important technology
developments today are not in
the technologies themselves, but
in how humans interface with
them. Wearable technologies
such as the forthcoming Google
Glass and smart watches will
familiarize us with an entirely new
level of information access. Voice,
gesture, eye gaze, facial
expression and even thought
control will finally allow us to
transcend the ancient
technologies of keyboard and
mouse. Our clothes and devices
will continuously capture vital
medical information, assisting to
live healthier, richer lives.
RESPONSE:
Be prepared for a whole new
level of information access and
immersion. Those who develop
their skills at using next
generation interfaces such as
thought control will have a
strong advantage over others.
13. COLLABORATION
The entire structure of business is shifting towards
a collaborative economy, in which value is created
collectively. An array of services are emerging to
match availability and surplus with latent demand,
transforming domains as diverse as gardening tools,
accommodation, cars, textbooks, leisure, and
fertility. The inexorable drive to greater efficiency in
the economy is helping to drive this collaboration,
in turn reducing waste across many domains and
spurring greater connection in communities.
RESPONSE:
The extraordinary opportunities in the collaborative
economy are ripe for the seizing, in the process
generating not just profits but also social value. Those
who are worthy of trust will be strongly advantaged.
We will need to shift our attitudes beyond ownership.
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SOCIAL DIVIDE
Social media is connecting
people as never before, yet it is
also dividing us. While many
are now deeply absorbed in
the connected world, others
are choosing to live wholly IRL
(In Real Life), eschewing digital
connections. The reality is that
those who are actively
engaged in online networks are
finding far more opportunities
than those who do not.
Another divide is emerging
between older users of social
media, who are familiar with
Facebook and LinkedIn, and a
younger generation that is
moving onto new platforms.
RESPONSE:
We must all choose how we
want to participate in a world
increasingly driven by digital
connections. It is a valid
choice not to engage, as long
as you understand the extent
of the lost opportunities.
More of us need to know how
to sometimes switch off, to
avoid being sucked into an
online vortex that ultimately
subtracts from us rather than
adding possibilities.
15. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Since chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was first beaten
by a computer in 1997, the capabilities of computers
have soared, and are now reaching extraordinary levels.
IBM’s Watson provides advice to doctors, computers are
writing sports stories, and driverless cars are licensed on
the roads of three US states. Technology is threatening
not just blue-collar workers, but many of today’s
middle-class jobs, from insurance claims processing to
legal work. We are hitting the long-anticipated juncture
where machines’ capabilities at cognition and “thinking”
often transcend those of humans.
RESPONSE:
Individuals, companies, and governments must understand
which jobs are in imminent threat of replacement and plan
for inevitable shifts. We must all focus on and develop our
uniquely human capabilities, of imagination, innovation,
relationships, and indeed humanity in its truest sense.
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WARFARE
Technology and connectivity mean
that warfare from today on will be
massively different from the past.
Drones and robots are replacing
pilots and soldiers, leaving no
humans on the battlefield, and
turning game-players into detached
killers. As importantly, much warfare
is shifting from physical war to
cyberwar, with the potential for
power, dominance and destruction
vested largely in digital worlds.
Warfare will be undertaken not by
nations and armies, but arrays of
hidden vested interests striking
selectively in a world become utterly
dependent on technology.
RESPONSE:
If robot soldiers might be making
autonomous decisions to kill, the ethics
of unmanned warfare must be fully on
the table. We must strive to achieve
consensus and treaties between
governments and citizens on what is
acceptable, even in times of war.
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SELF-CREATION
We have become as gods. We are entering a world in which we can
literally create ourselves. New medical technologies include lab-grown organs,
genetic modification, thought-controlled limbs, and the ability to choose our
children’s DNA. Technological augmentation gives us the ability to achieve far
more than ever before. As robots and other machines achieve extraordinary
capabilities, we need not fear, because we will be one with the machines.
RESPONSE:
Our ability to choose who we
are will uncover our deepest
nature. As we amplify ourselves,
we amplify our underlying
attitudes. We should embrace
the possibilities of self-creation,
but spend far more time
considering who it is we truly
aspire to become than on
enacting that desire.