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About this podcast
Firstly, thank you to Andy and Freddy for asking me to team up with them to create what we hope will be an exhilarating series of future focused podcasts where over the coming weeks and months we will literally be exploring the A to Z of the future and its implications for humanity and global culture. From the future of Artificial Intelligence to the future of Zebra Burgers, that’s no joke by the way, we will leave no technology or topic unturned, and we hope you enjoy listening to them all!
As regular readers of my blog will know today the rate of disruption is faster than ever before and it’s accelerating and widespread. And that’s before we discuss how tech giants like Facebook, as we saw with the unveiling of their Libra cryptocurrency last year, are now capable of disrupting global industries in just a day.
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311 Intelligence
What this means for your leadership team
Disruption now arrives in a day.
The session argues that disruption is faster than before, and that it is accelerating and widespread. The Libra cryptocurrency unveiling showed that a large platform company can unsettle whole industries in a single day. Leadership teams cannot wait for slow signals.
Planning cycles are being squeezed.
311 data on the accelerating rate of change points to faster technology adoption and shorter corporate lifespans. Together they compress business planning cycles. Annual plans need regular reviews, with triggers that prompt action sooner.
Intelligent systems touch every sector.
The series starts its A to Z with Artificial Intelligence. 311 tracks this trend as spreading through work, research and daily life, and reshaping jobs, power and policy. Agentic systems, which decide and act on their own to reach a goal, are rated Prepare, with wide use expected by 2028.
Three questions for your next leadership meeting
Which of our industries could be disrupted within a single day?
How often do we review plans against the pace of change?
Who owns our response as intelligent systems start acting on their own?
The trends and technologies behind this session
From the 311 Starburst, the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit’s map of the technologies and trends shaping the next 50 years.
It means speed is now a core risk and a core opportunity. The speaker describes disruption as faster than ever, accelerating and widespread. Organisations should test how quickly they can spot a shift and respond to it.
How does the accelerating rate of change relate to this session?
The session says disruption is accelerating. 311 tracks the same pattern: faster technology adoption and shorter corporate lifespans are compressing business planning cycles. The action rating is Act now.
How does artificial intelligence relate to this session?
It is the first topic in the series' A to Z. In 311 data the trend is rated Act now. Generative and agentic systems are spreading through work, research and daily life, and reshaping jobs, power and policy.
How can 311 brief our leadership team on this?
Through a private executive briefing or leadership workshop, tailored to your sector. Sessions are held in person first.
Bring this to your leadership teamA private executive briefing or leadership workshop, tailored to your sector. In person first, anywhere in the world.
Analysis by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit, from Matthew Griffin’s session and 311 data.
If Matthew gave this session today
Hundreds of emerging technologies, mapped for industry.
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