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The Buzz 1: “I’ve got a patent on an idea. I don’t think I'm asking too much to make a little bit of money off it.” [Tod (Bryan Cranston), Love the Coopers, 2015 film] The Buzz 2: “Patents. That’s the whole problem. We have too many patents. They stifle progress.” [The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Doctor Who, 2005 TV show] The Buzz 3: “I own the patent on time travel. You mess with time, you mess with me.” [Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), Back to the Future, 1985 film] The Buzz 4: “I can’t believe I got a patent on something I stole from somebody else.” [Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Iron Man 2, 2010 film] In 1790, after the U.S. Constitution granted Congress the power to “promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries,” Congress passed the first patent act and the USPTO was signed into law by President George Washington. In 2020, men were named as inventors on ~70% of all U.S. patents

The Buzz 1: “If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead!” [Gusteau in Ratatouille, 2007 film] The Buzz 2: “There's something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” [What It’s Worth, song by Buffalo Springfield, 1966] The Buzz 3: “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” [Don Draper in Mad Men, 2007–2015 TV series] The Buzz 4: “Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.” (Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008 film] If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, January 25, we welcome ten panelists from my many radio series in 2022. Our six-week LIVE Special wraps up today, bringing you predictions from a total of nearly 60 thought leader futurists covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help your business, industry, career, family, community and the world thrive in 2023 and beyond. On February 1, Technology Revolution

The Buzz 1: “Anything you want to find you type it in.” “I lost a really nice silk scarf in about 1912.” “Yes, now Google it.” (What We Do In The Shadows, 2014 mockumentary fantasy horror film) The Buzz 2: “Machines don’t sleep. Start it up! Every second lost means money lost. And money lost means I scream a lot!” (Jetsons: The Movie, 1990 animated sci-fi comedy film) The Buzz 3: “Would that it were so simple.” (Hail, Caesar!, 2016 comedy film) The Buzz 4: “Inconceivable.” (The Princess Bride, 1987 romance-adventure film) If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, January 18, we welcome panelists from my radio series in 2022. In total on this six-week Special, you’ll hear predictions from nearly 60 thought leader futurists covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help your business, industry, career, family, community and the world thrive in 2023 and beyond. Mark your calendar! Our LIVE Special wraps up next week on Jan

The Buzz 1: “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” [Margo Channing, All About Eve, 1950 film] The Buzz 2: “Do, or do not. There is no try.” [Yoda, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 film] The Buzz 3: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” [Marty McFly, Back To The Future, 1985 film] The Buzz 4: “Joe, nobody knows anything. We’ll take this leap and we’ll see. We’ll jump and we’ll see. That’s life!” [Patricia, Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990 film] If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, January 11, we welcome panelists from my many radio series in 2022. In total, you’ll hear predictions from nearly 60 thought leader futurists covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help your business, industry, career, family, community and the world thrive in 2023 and beyond. Mark your calendar! Our LIVE Special continues on Wednesdays throughout January 2023. Pour a cup of

The Buzz 1: “There's something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” [What It’s Worth, song by Stephen Stills, performed by Buffalo Springfield, 1966] The Buzz 2: “If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead!” [Gusteau, voiced by Brad Garrett in Ratatouille, 2007 computer-animated comedy film] The Buzz 3: “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” [Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, to her dog Toto, played by Terry, in The Wizard of Oz, 1939 American musical fantasy film] The Buzz 4: “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” [Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm in Mad Men, period drama TV series, 2007–2015] If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, January 4, we welcome panelists from BMC's The Savvy Innovators Radio on the first Technology Revolution show of the new year – and Week 3 of our six-week 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special. Mark your calendar! Our LIVE Special conti

The Buzz 1: “Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.” (Dory in Finding Nemo, 2003 computer-animated adventure film) The Buzz 2: “Would that it were so simple.” (Hobie Doyle in Hail, Caesar!, 2016 comedy film) The Buzz 3: “You’re a wizard, ‘arry.” (Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001 fantasy film) The Buzz 4: “Inconceivable.” (Vizzini in The Princess Bride, 1987 romance-adventure film) If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, December 14, 2022, is Part 2 of our 2023 Annual Crystal Ball Predictions Special. We'll take a holiday break and resume in January 2023. In total, you’ll hear predictions from nearly 60 thought leader futurists covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help your business, industry, career, family, community and the world thrive in 2023 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Jack or [leftover] Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions

The Buzz: Favorite quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 American science fiction film movie trilogy – “Nobody calls me chicken.” – “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” – “1.21 Gigawatts!?!” – “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.” – “This Is heavy!” If you’re hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2023 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we’ve got the next best thing. Today, December 7, 2022, we’re kicking off our live six-week 2023 Annual Crystal Ball Predictions Special. In total, you’ll hear predictions from 60 thought leader futurists covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help your business, industry, community and the world thrive in 2023 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Jack or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now 2023 Crystal Ball Predictions Special – Week 1. The Special continues on December 14, then takes a holiday break and resumes January 4, 2023. Together, l

Buzz 1: Smart home is a massive market, growing at 25.3% per year [Mordor Intelligence], expected to hit $314Bn a year by 2026.… Apple’s Home app, Google’s Nest, Google’s Home app, Airthinx for air quality monitors, myQ for smart garage doors, Asmart bed app, Dyson app, Wemo app, Nanoleaf, Govee Home app. [forbes.com] Buzz 2: Safewise surveyed 1,000 Americans 18 and older about tech spending habits. Between May 2021–May 2022, three in four bought a smart home device. 65% purchased cameras or locks, comprising 28% of all smart home tech purchases. Despite inflation, 70+% of home tech spending increased or stayed the same as previous years. [safewise.com] Buzz 3: Security.org’s research found 7 in 10 homebuyers are looking for a smart home, with 78% willing to pay more for a home with smart devices – millennials more than older generations. A majority of homeowners use smart devices for convenience and time savings, followed by safety and security. Two in 3 Americans – twice as many women as men – desired a sma

The Buzz 1: Holography is a photographic technique that records the light scattered from an object, and then presents it as three-dimensional. The development of hologram technology began in 1962, when Yuri Denisyuk, of the Soviet Union, and Emmett Leith and Juris Upatnieks, at the University of Michigan, developed innovative laser programs that recorded objects in 3D on silver halide photographic emulsions. [iqsdirectory.com] The Buzz 2: Medical students are being taught using new “mixed-reality” training, learning from life-like holograms. In the entertainment industry, performers can be beamed around the world or even into a mobile game. [lamasatech.com] The Buzz 3: As CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd., Mark O’Neil travels to far-flung locales for meet-and-greets with the 17,000 crew members of the 400 vessels his company operates. But in January 2022, he showed up in 3D, 6-foot life-size splendor at a conference in Manila—interacting with the audience via a screen in Cyprus. “It was a real ‘beam me up’

The Buzz 1: Raising kids is tough enough. Add the prospect of dating to the equation, and you’ve got quite a challenge. But regardless how your circumstance arose, you deserve to date… Divorced dads are usually dealing with limited time with their kids, so they can feel guilty about dating.…You’ll know it’s too soon to date if you need to talk incessantly about your former wife in glowing or not-so-glowing terms. [menshealth.com] The Buzz 2: “If you got married pre-Tinder and other dating apps, you might feel…like you’re a pager guy in a world of smartphones. Apps can be great for some people, but it’s important to remember they aren’t the only way to find a partner… More conventional methods, like meeting someone through friends, are always an option.” [inverse.com] The Buzz 3: Dating can be difficult enough, right? Let alone with all the competition there seems to be in the dating world. The normal thing to do now is online dating, but how does online dating work when you are a single dad? What are the thin

I LIKE IT. NO I HATE IT. IT FITS, NO IT DOESN’T FIT. I’M RETURNING IT! The Buzz 1: Retailers expect 17.8% or $158Bn of merchandise sold during the 2022 holiday season will be returned, according to the National Retail Federation. Returns have become a major headache in ecommerce, cutting into profit and straining resources. [www.digitalcommerce360.com] The Buzz 2: 37% of American households' financial situation is worse than last year. But consumers will cut non-essentials to give gifts and socialize. They plan to pull back on the number of gifts purchased, visit fewer instore and online retailers, shrink the shopping window to 5.8 weeks vs. 6.4 weeks in 2021, and start shopping in October. [www2.deloitte.com] The Buzz 3: Customers during the 2022 holiday shopping season are looking for brands that can provide personalized, convenient solutions…and having an experience around the product versus just purchasing the product. [www.forbes.com] We’ll ask Matt Laukaitis, Navjit Bhasin, Praful Karanth and Victoria W

Looking ahead to 2030: How will we work? How will we travel? What will we eat? How will we dress? Will we have ANY privacy? Will we all be space travelers? What old and new challenges will we face? The Buzz: The top 7 emerging future technology booms that will redefine the future and the world we live in – from https://unboxingstartups.com: *** Per Statista, 2,028 AI companies in 2018 were working in the US. The number of AI startups could reach 9,000 by the end of 2030. *** The growth rate of self-driving cars may reach 20-30% by 2030. Tesla, Toyota, Google, BMW are developing self-driving cars with an encrypted software system. *** Oxford Economics: Up to 20M manufacturing jobs worldwide could be replaced by robots by 2030. *** American brand Tommy Hilfiger's clothing embedded with smart Bluetooth chips that link to a mobile app and game, will let wearers earn rewards points. *** Researchers in Japan in 2018 experimented with space elevators at the International Space Station. This could open up space to th

The Buzz 1: Drones have been around for more than two decades, but their roots date back to World War I when the U.S. and France worked on developing automatic, unmanned airplanes…The last few years have seen significant drone adoption by individuals, commercial entities, and governments: Aerial photography for journalism and film; Express shipping and delivery; Gathering info or supplying essentials for disaster management; Geographic mapping of inaccessible terrain; Building safety inspections; Precision crop monitoring; Unmanned cargo transport. [businessinsider.com] The Buzz 2: Drone Headlines: Drones are helping to restore power in Puerto Rico. Google’s drone service will deliver library books. Guy sends drone to rescue his drone. Drone flying cars soar over Dubai. Submarine drone can swim for months and then fly away. Drone waiters will take your restaurant order. People enjoy watching drones crash over and over. ESPN shot the X Games with drones. The military wants a dancing drone that can fly through

The Buzz 1: Dozens of song titles have “Edge” in the title, including: Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen, Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks, and Living on the Edge by Aerosmith. But what does EDGE mean in our tech-driven world? The Buzz 2: Edge computing reduces the volumes of data to be moved and the distance that data needs to travel for quicker movement of data and a reduction in transmission costs. [theceomagazine.com] Now imagine your own connected home, car, and energy provider work together to run more efficiently, lower your energy bill, and help reduce the impact on climate change. Sounds good? That day is coming faster than you think. This is where the edge in technology comes into play. As part of a digital-first evolution, organizations in every industry are beginning to seize opportunities presented by edge computing and IoT – from doorbell cameras and smartwatches to sensors on windmills and in fleets of cars. An IDC January 2022 report predicted worldwide edge spending to hit $1

Buzz 1: For some, a ‘smart house’ is chock-full of gadgets that automate or monitor almost every conceivable part of a house. For others, a smart house is extreme simplicity with only the slightest of technological intrusions as necessity demands…Apple’s Home app, Google’s Nest, Google’s Home app, Airthinx air quality monitors, myQ smart garage doors, Dyson app, Wemo app, Nanoleaf, a Govee Home app. [forbes.com] Buzz 2: Managing smart home is hard. “You do need an ecosystem, fundamentally, because you can’t say, ‘Oh, here’s your brand-new house, but oh, now you’ve got 300 apps with 300 passwords and you now need to connect them all up yourself, and you’ve got to figure out how all these things attach to your wireless network.” [KB Home VP Dan Bridleman Bridleman] Buzz 3: Increasingly, what makes a home smart…is the fundamentals of what a home is supposed to provide: heat, light, shelter, power…a smart house does its job. Even when your power provider doesn’t, or can’t. Buzz 4: At CES 2020, CTA's Steve Koenig

The Buzz 1: “Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic – taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” School Days, song written in 1907 by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards, is about a couple looking back sentimentally on primary school. The Buzz 2: “In the past, financial literacy has been pushed aside within K-12 schools. There has been a lack of agreement about how and what to teach.…Because financial education prepares students for the realities they’ll face in the real world and contributes directly to their future success, it deserves to hold the same priority as any other K-12 subject.” [Alice Lee fastcompany.com] The Buzz 3: “Students in states with financial education curricula are more likely to save and less likely to pay credit cards late…also more likely to be banked…Digital financial literacy is more front and center….” [ibid] The Buzz 4: “Preschool-aged children are capable of learning simple spending plans. Early training in categorizing money establishes patterns for future money-management behavior… the co

The Buzz 1: Women in technical roles are less likely than men to win promotions early in their careers, and many are exiting the field. Only 86 women are promoted to manager for every 100 men at the same level…in technical roles, only 52 women per 100 men. Diversity is crucial to help de-bias the technologies in our modern life. [McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace 2021 report, coauthored with LeanIn.org] The Buzz 2: The label 'woman in tech' seems redundant…how many women would refer to themselves as ‘a female engineer’ or ‘the company’s female CTO’? However, there still exists a disparity in the pay scales and ability to climb the career ladder between men and women in the technology sector. [codemotion.com] The Buzz 3: At current rates, it will take 100 years for women in technical and non-technical roles to reach parity with men at the C-level [Anita Borg Institute, ‘Advancing Women Technologists into Positions of Leadership’. [content.techgig.com] We’ll ask Lisa Dalesandro DiChristofer, Kylie Woods, Debbie

The Buzz 1: “What will be the most coveted skill of the future?…Creativity…A computer lacks imagination or creativity to dream up a vision for the future.…the emotional competence a human being has… We must embrace and develop our creativity, and then use technology creatively to solve problems of the world.” [forbes.com/sites/annapowers] The Buzz 2: “When you think about old masters of art such as Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, you can clearly understand why their paintings are valued at a high premium: because of their inherent innovation and creativity…Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting Salvador Mundi sold for $450M – buying a trace of Da Vinci’s genius, his vision, his creativity through the painting.” [ibid] The Buzz 3: “During the global pandemic, creativity has arguably never been so rich, whether it is advertisers producing innovative ways to reach their consumers, to businesses finding ways to operate under unprecedented circumstances, to people looking for ways to communicate, entertain and feel clos

The Buzz 1: “NFTs are not just for digital art—and their popularity is growing. Now The Economist is experimenting with an NFT, to raise money for a good cause. – One candidate for the Oxford English Dictionary’s “Word of the Year” for 2021 will surely be “NFT”. Non-fungible tokens—cryptocurrency chits which represent digital images or videos—have been around since 2014, but took off in popularity in March [2021] when Christie’s, a British auction house, sold an NFT of “Everydays—The First 5,000 Days”, art by Mike Winkelmann, for a cool $69m.…On October 25, The Economist will auction off the cover of our issue from September 18: Alice in Wonderland embarking on a journey into the world of decentralised finance (DeFi)—in which NFTs form part of the foundation of the digital economy.” [economist.com] The Buzz 2: “Like it or not, the music industry has embraced NFTs …In March 2021, the album heralded as the first to be released as a non-fungible token was Kings of Leon’s barrel-scraping When You See Yourself—and

The Buzz 1: “The science of social selling actually originated from academia. In a 2009 paper…'The Persuasive Role of Incidental Similarity on Attitudes and Purchase Intentions in a Sales Context,' researchers concluded that a purchase is more likely to take place when the buyer and seller happen to share things in common…sales practitioners began putting the science into practice and thus became the ‘social selling’ approach.” [Tony Restell, social-hire.com] The Buzz 2: “To stand out today, you must be original…add your own story to your content. There is only one you.” [Mark Schaefer, Schaefer Marketing Solutions] The Buzz 3: “Success on social media platforms, including LinkedIn, relies on your ability to make true connections… build relationships.” [Kim Garst, KG Enterprises] The Buzz 4: “It’s a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don’t understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.” [Amy Jo Martin, Author: Renegades Write the Rules] We’ll ask Steve Watt, DeJuan Brown, As