The document discusses how blended technology futures are impacting society through the convergence of social media, exponential technologies, and hybrid realities. This is creating a new social and technological age where the physical and digital worlds are meshed together, changing how we work, do business, and interact socially. Key areas that will be impacted include how we work, develop talent, do business development, innovate, and collaborate. The future is described as blended, augmented, gamified, smart, sensored, sentient, and involving human/technology co-evolution.

1. Blended Technology Futures
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2. Hybrid & Blended Reality?
The “meshing” of physical
and virtual/digital
worlds, resulting in the
evolution of humanity
and technology...
... impacting the way we
govern, do business,
perceive social
interaction, and shape
our world!
out
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3. The Convergence of
Creating Our
Social Change &
Social
Exponential Technology
Is Creating A
Architecture:
New Social &
Technological Age
Lifelogging,
Datascaping,
Lifelogging
Zettaflopping,
Datascaping
Serious Gaming
Zettaflopping &
Serious Gaming
Mindjacking
Mindjacking
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4. From Consumers... From Consumers...
We Are moving
... to Creators!
to Creators!
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5. Business is Moving Toward Augmented, Blended,
Business, Culture, and Technology Are Moving
and Hybrid Reality:
Toward Augmented, Blended, & Hybrid Reality.
The New
This Creates A
World of
New World Of
Social
Interaction,
“Virtual Place,”
“Virtual Place,”
and F2F
& F2F
Business
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6. “VirFlex”
The “VirFlex” Future Areas of Impact:
Virtual Geography & Location Flexible Work Hours
•Work
•Talent
Development
•Business
+ Development
•City
Development
•Innovation
What does this do to the concepts of “work,” “workplace,” •Collaboration
& “business,” not to mention the idea of the “city?”
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7. The
... Near Field
Communications
Communication
Future
Areas of
Impact:
•Technology
•Innovation
•Money
•Banking &
Finances
•Data &
Information
•City
Development
•Retail
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8. The “Gamified” Future
The Gamification of Business
Areas of Impact:
•Talent If "customer
Assessment engagement" is
•Technology the super metric
•Consumer of the next
Insights decade, then
•Consumption "gamification" is
•Data & Analytics its elixir.
•Marketing
•Job Creation
•Governance
•Innovation
•Social Media
•Health & Medicine
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9. Areas of Impact:
“Smart Cities” as Large-Scale Hybrid Ecosystems:
Changing the Shape & Purpose of Business & Society •City Development
•Technology
•Consumer
Insights
•Consumption
•Data & Analytics
•Marketing
•Job Creation
•Governance
•Innovation
•Social Media
•Energy
•Health &
Medicine
The “Smart City” Future
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10. The
“Sensored”
Future
Areas of Impact:
•Health & Medicine
•Talent Assessment
•Consumer Tech
•Communications
•Consumer Insights
•Product Development
•Data & Analytics
•Marketing
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11. The Sentient Future
Areas of
Impact:
•Technology
•Energy
•Resources
•Food
•Innovation
•Human
Resources
•Talent &
Work
•Retail
•Consumer
Insights
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12. The Avatar
Future:
Telepresence,
Human/Machine
Interface, &
Robotics
Areas of Impact:
•Technology
•Medicine
•Human Resources
•Talent & Work
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13. Techno-Human
Co-Evolution
Future
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14. Hybrid & Blended Reality is Changing Our
Hybrid & Blended Reality Is Changing
“Futures Thinking Orientation.”
Our Future Thinking Orientation
What the Future
What The Future What We Will Do
What We Will Do
Will Do To Us
Will Do To Us To the Future
To The Future
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