In this podcast we chat to JP Horne, who has been on the forefront of public sector innovation within the public sector for the last 20 years. His experience spans both spectrums of this sector, having serviced government while working for Microsoft and Oracle Corporation - as well as within the belly of the public-sector beast at the City of Cape Town.

In this podcast we chat to JP Horne, who has been on the forefront of public sector innovation within the public sector for the last 20 years. His experience spans both spectrums of this sector, having serviced government while working for Microsoft and Oracle Corporation - as well as within the belly of the public-sector beast at the City of Cape Town.

In this podcast we chat to Christelle van de Merwe, whose presentation was around scaling the customer experience through technology. Christelle Van de Merwe is the Global Director of Customer Innovation and Transformation at Mimecast. Prior to this, Christelle’s passion for CX originated at the University of Cape Town with a Bus Sci Degree in Marketing and then many years in the telco industry, including Cell C and Virgin Mobile. The focus has been on translating the subjective concept of...

In this podcast we chat to Christelle van de Merwe, whose presentation was around scaling the customer experience through technology. Christelle Van de Merwe is the Global Director of Customer Innovation and Transformation at Mimecast. Prior to this, Christelle’s passion for CX originated at the University of Cape Town with a Bus Sci Degree in Marketing and then many years in the telco industry, including Cell C and Virgin Mobile. The focus has been on translating the subjective concept of...

Artificial Intelligence is the future of the business-technology landscape. It’s not good enough to just have a strategy and plan to use AI in your business, it’s important about how well it is executed, what is the impact of AI on consumers, business and our way of life today and into the future. Joe Fuster is Global Head of Customer Experience Cloud at Oracle.

Artificial Intelligence is the future of the business-technology landscape. It’s not good enough to just have a strategy and plan to use AI in your business, it’s important about how well it is executed, what is the impact of AI on consumers, business and our way of life today and into the future. Joe Fuster is Global Head of Customer Experience Cloud at Oracle.

Human trust is undergoing its most significant transformation in history. Money is the second most important societal construct after language and is currently undergoing its biggest transformation. Beyond money, this will fundamentally change contracts and creative work, leaving no business untouched... leading some prominent computer scientists to call the blockchain a more significant invention than the internet itself. Simon Dingle is a designer at Phantom Design.

Human trust is undergoing its most significant transformation in history. Money is the second most important societal construct after language and is currently undergoing its biggest transformation. Beyond money, this will fundamentally change contracts and creative work, leaving no business untouched... leading some prominent computer scientists to call the blockchain a more significant invention than the internet itself. Simon Dingle is a designer at Phantom Design.

The Futurology team goes live in the Huawei Innovation Zone. To change things around a bit we decided to do a live podcast with Brian Armstrong on the Future of Work. We were joined by a live audience who added their 2 cents worth. It was a fascinating, in depth discussion that digs into what the #FoW means and where it is all going. The audience joined in with a few questions and kept the conversation interactive and entertaining. A big thanks to Huawei for opening their Innovation Zone and...

The Futurology team goes live in the Huawei Innovation Zone. To change things around a bit we decided to do a live podcast with Brian Armstrong on the Future of Work. We were joined by a live audience who added their 2 cents worth. It was a fascinating, in depth discussion that digs into what the #FoW means and where it is all going. The audience joined in with a few questions and kept the conversation interactive and entertaining. A big thanks to Huawei for opening their Innovation Zone and...

Ian Russell, CEO of BCX, joins the team in studio to discuss the BCX Disrupt event and all things causing #disruption - as well as adopting technology and new ways of working as we look to the future.

Ian Russell, CEO of BCX, joins the team in studio to discuss the BCX Disrupt event and all things causing #disruption - as well as adopting technology and new ways of working as we look to the future.

2017 is almost over and the gurus are starting to publish next year's big trends. Some are predictable - like AI and Machine Learning - and maybe old trends like AR will be back in vogue. Who knows? Well Mark Walker has a pretty good idea. He runs the Africa office for International Data Corporation (IDC), which is one of the largest research houses in the world. Mark has over 25 years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry - so he has his finger on the...

2017 is almost over and the gurus are starting to publish next year's big trends. Some are predictable - like AI and Machine Learning - and maybe old trends like AR will be back in vogue. Who knows? Well Mark Walker has a pretty good idea. He runs the Africa office for International Data Corporation (IDC), which is one of the largest research houses in the world. Mark has over 25 years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry - so he has his finger on the...

Recently social media has been redefined by the massive spike in fake news, fake accounts, and general manipulation of the core message to suit specific agendas. The #Guptabots are a case in point, run out of India and spilling their vile evil across the social media channels. The team speaks to Andrew Fraser to get a better handle on what's going on.

Recently social media has been redefined by the massive spike in fake news, fake accounts, and general manipulation of the core message to suit specific agendas. The #Guptabots are a case in point, run out of India and spilling their vile evil across the social media channels. The team speaks to Andrew Fraser to get a better handle on what's going on.

From The Netherlands, Christian Kromme is a Futurist, Technology speaker and author of the book 'Humanification'. Christian shows organisations how to turn technological change into a competitive advantage. He believes that visionary ideas with a lasting impact on people are ones that are delivered in a simple and engaging way... which is why he uses stories, engaging visuals, and case studies to bring insights to life.

The Futurology team brings you one last batch of interviews with amazing speakers and guests from the Singularity University Summit. The Bretts talk to Brett Loubser about the SingularityU experience, discuss the future of mobility with Carlo van de Weijer, and have an out of this world conversation with Adriana Marais about being an aspiring Martian.

In this next podcast within the Singularity series we chat to Diviya Chander about Medical Technology and Jaya Baloo on Quantum Security. So if you want to know how often North Korea has been hacked, how ones and zeros are in the same place at the same time, or the merging of tech and organic humans join us for these very powerful interviews. Have fun listening... and thanks for joining us in this show Justin Coetzee!

To #FutureProofAfrica we need to know what our future is? And so we continue with the Singularity U Series as we chat to Nick Haan on how exponential technologies is solving the Great Global Challenges that the world is currently facing. The future of work is evolving and Valter Mxolisi Mgojo and Valter Adao tell us where it's all going. We chat to Thiru Pillay on how consultancies like Deloitte Consulting are offering solutions. Then Larry Keeley finishes up with what innovation is all about...

The Futurology team bring you more interviews with amazing & influential people from the Singularity University Summit in JHB. They find out some of the interesting connections & opportunities between us as humans and the tech heavy world of the future. This jam packed show is filled with brilliant insight into our future in Africa. Guests include Ramez Naam, Ryan Noach, Stephen van Coller & Raymond McCauley. #futureproofafrica.

Kicking off with some of the interviews from the Singularity University Summit, the team chats to David Roberts on what Exponential is all about - and how Ice disrupted the world. They dig into AI and the world of data with Viviene Ming... she’s power and a ball of passionate inspiration. They also look at education with Sizwe Nxasana, CEO of RMB and is now passionately trying to solve Africa’s education. This is followed by Sarah Berg Breiter and the world of Robotics (she likes the small...

We are extremely excited to start our series from Singularity University, which was on 23-24 August. And wow, what an incredible show, where 1,300 South Africans were exposed to the 29 future thinkers from all over the planet. The world is changing and these are the beautiful minds changing it. We had the privilege to interview most of these amazing people. To kick off the series off we spoke to Shayne Mann, who with his brother Mic Mann brought Singularity University to Africa. What an...

The team chats to maverick economist Prof. Steve Keen. Steve was one of the very few economists who predicted the 2008 financial crisis and has just written the book, 'Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? (The Future of Capitalism)'. The short answer is no, we can't avoid another financial crisis. To understand this, we dig into why Professor Keen's prediction goes against mainstream economists. We also look at how this crisis will hit South Africa and the current thinking on how to solve...

The Futurology Team recently attended the SingularityU Summit in Johannesburg and had the privilege of interviewing many amazing people with a view of the future around things like Disruption & Exponential Technology. While they prepare the episodes from SingularityU, here's a previous episode, where the Bretts spent time with Brett Loubser of WeChat, discussing the book 'Sapiens' by Yuval Noah Harari.