YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley talks with Patrick Dixon - Google event Find out how Chad felt after meteoric success of YouTube in just 15 months to become a 400 million downloads a day blockbuster media company. Lessons for every corporation wanting to be successful online. Google Zeitgeist CEO Summit - session part of Entertain Me - future.
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Welcome to Dr Patrick Dixon's Guide to the Future
Over 11 million different people have used these pages to learn about what could happen to their business, organisation, family or wider world. More than 750,000 have watched 190 free videos. >1.1 million have read free chapters of 6 online books. >500,000 have looked at presentations to multinational clients. Another 485,000 have read physical books eg Futurewise. 400 million people (cumulative) audience in press, radio, TV
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Experience 3D Journey to the Future - screen < 100m wide - no glasses Watch a spectacular customised 3D interactive vision of your future. This extraordinary experience can be created for your corporation using a special screen which can be anything from 3m by 3m to 20m high and 100m wide (Musion system). No special glasses required. Solid-looking objects, video and images appear in front or behind the speaker. Multiple elements can twist and float mid-air, towards or away from the audience.
Future of Space Travel / Tourism - Patrick Dixon talks to Virgin Galactic How Virgin Galactic is taking tourists on trips into space at $200,000 a time. Video of first attempt in new vehicle which will do two trips a day. Dr Patrick Dixon interview of Stephen Attenborough at Google Zeitgeist..
New 4th edition of Futurewise just published
Packed full of latest research on global trends, with detailed insights from customised presentations given in 51 countries for many of the world's largest corporations, 500 key expectations and 200 business challenges. 455,000 copies of 12 books by Dr Patrick Dixon in print in 22 languages. Latest reviews: Business Executive Magazine – ‘Fascinating and in some ways terrifying book. It is a vital read if you want to get a glimpse of what the future may hold for all of us.' Professional Manager – ‘very readable…covers a staggeringly wide subject range'.
Wake up to stronger tribes and a longer life - Financial Times feature Your company may have a reputation for brilliant leadership, outstanding innovation, clever branding and effective change management, but the business could fail if the world changes and you are unprepared. By Patrick Dixon - covers wild cards and why ageing forecasts are wrong.
300,000 people have watched videos on our site - find out why Our site was one of the first in the world to use video - back in 1997. Content is also available on YouTube and Google Video with around 30,000 viewings a month - subjects such as change management, leadership, health issues, technology, human cloning, global economy.
Dr Patrick Dixon was ranked as one of the top 20 most influential thinkers alive today, in the Thinkers 50 2005 global executive survey. Number One was Michael Porter, followed by Bill Gates.
Bird Flu: Human mutation and spread 100% likely according to WHO Infection now out of control in flocks of wild migrating birds. World Bank estimates a humanised form of bird flu could kill up to 60 illion people (unlikely) and cost wealthiest nations $550bn. The truth about mutant viruses. Lessons from previous devastating flu pandemics. What are the real personal, social, economic and business risks from bird flu?
Building a Better Business - book launched with $20,000 challenge
Dr Patrick Dixon's widely acclaimed book on the future of marketing, management and motivation. "One of the most stimulating and challenging reads in this field for a very long time" - Sir Digby Jones, Director-General Confederation of British Industry. "A really helpful guide" -Brent Hoberman, co-founder and CEO lastminute.com.
The Daily Life of a Futurist - German TV follows Dr Patrick Dixon
from a UK government think-tank, to the TV studio in his home, then flying to Dubai, giving a keynote to clients of Fedex / Times of India, ending with reflections on Middle East and geo-political tensions.
German original version. English version without commentary Press / Radio / TV interviews / lecture requests: +44 (0) 7768 511 390
Growing new tissue and organs - stem cell research comes of age
Bone marrow and other tissues could repair your own brain, spinal cord and heart and cure you of diabetes or old-age blindness. Adult stem cells promise investor returns while embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning raise major ethical, legal, and image problems
The next techno-wave: RFID - 10 billion wireless tagging devices
Wal-Mart races ahead with Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFIDs): electronic barcodes for manufacturing, distribution and retail - major concerns about data leakage, privacy and civil rights
Life after Convergence - Why so many companies are unprepared
Telecom companies become media houses. Food retailers become online banks. Computers become phones and video stores. However, while we will see convergence in products and services on price, features and quality, we will also see huge new investment in diversity
Video: Future of Technology and Management Keynote for 2,000 clients of Fujitsu Siemens - CEOs and CIOs. Next generation use of technology and why the future is about emotion. Lifestyle choices, fashions, fads and the demographic time-bomb. Slides of multimedia presentation and one hour Video.
Risk Management: wild cards and their impact on corporations Most boards focus on the centre of their radar screen, but strategies are often changed by low probability, high impact events. There are so many of these potential wild cards that the risk of one or more affecting you each year could be high - presentation for Zurich Financial Services.
Latest international language editions of Dr Dixon's books
20 languages including French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Estonian, Latvian, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili and Hindi. Order free copies of two AIDS books in bulk for developing countries. Read 6 free online books. More than 1 million chapters viewed in 12 months.
The future of ageing / aging
The first 150 year old human being could be alive today - born this week. Major steps forward in understanding why we get old, with discovery that some animals don't age as we do. Keynote lecture slides / video
Huge growth in traffic to our site -
10 million unique visitors
3% of all US web users have visited these pages since 1996.
1 in 360 Americans searching the web in a busy month comes here for
answers. Around 110 million words requested in a single 24 hour period by
22,500 individual visitors who spent over 2,600 hours on site. Pages authored by Dr Patrick Dixon - in up to four countries a week.
More than 65,000 other sites are talking about Dr Dixon.
The
Future of Europe
What will the future of the European Union be with rapid
expansion to include many former Eastern bloc countries? Presentation at UNIDO
summit of government ministers from 11 old EU / accession countries.
Surviving
the Future
Managing through the economic downturn and preparing for growth
- vital steps all corporations need to take now to prepare for recovery
The Truth about the Iraq War
Why the War with Iraq was a sign of an unstable new world order and what it all means for the future of the Middle East, America, Europe, United Nations and the coalition against terrorism
Blogging - the internet craze for DIY web diaries
Millions of people are now logging thoughts, photos, video clips, useful links and other creative output using free weblogs or blogs. One click - using Google toolbar- to start. Read Dr Dixon's blog.
"That's
so last century - Take hold of your future"
Feature in Times HES on Patrick Dixon's predictions about the future
of technology, biotech, industry, society, governments, management,
lifetyles and values
The Truth about Deflation
Risks
Why deflation is a real threat to some national economies and why those governments
need to act aggressively now to prevent crisis
The
Future of Real Estate Industry
Why property management will change dramatically over the next five
years with consolidation, globalisation, new techno challenges
New
edition of Futurewise
Six Faces of Global Change - out now - 500 expectations about life
by 2010 and beyond - summary of futurist messages - order copies.
Spam crisis - what action can we take? Threat of spammers to email communication. Why spamming will go on growing rapidly until action is taken and what you can do now.
The
Truth about Westminster
Political integrity or corruption? In depth investigation into the
British political system. Interviews with leading politicians. Secret
confessions of former Ministers. John Major and Edwina Currie etc.
Entire book text now online.
Free
copies of latest edition of "AIDS and You" - paperback New edition of book by Dr Patrick Dixon available in bulk
for Relief and Development organisations working in the poorest
nations. Contains practical guidelines for setting up community
projects.
11 million unique visitors to Dixon's website 750,000 watch videos: trends / management.
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Enter a future
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