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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading strategic futurist and award-winning global keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

His pioneering efforts include the world's first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world's first.

Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and six books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.

Below, you can read all his articles.

The Race is On: How Blockchain Will Change Governments

We are at a global crossing point and if we manage to solve some of the problems that we have created in the past decades, the world can become a better place. When the web was developed, the objective was to create a decentralised web. However, somehow, we ended up

How Big Will the Internet of Things Be?

The Internet of Things is rapidly becoming a reality. Increasingly, everyday items are connected to the Internet ranging from smart thermostats to smart toothbrushes. In the coming years, the number of smart devices in our household could grow drastically as Gartner [http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2839717] predicts that

How Big Data Turns CRM into Something Truly Valuable

Customer Relationship Management involves a company’s interaction with current and future customers. It is a combination of all customer touchpoints. It is a prerequisite to provide better customer service. CRM has always involved data, but most of it used to be structured data such as contact information, latest contacts,

4 Ways Big Data Creates A Smarter Transportation Industry

The transportation sector is on the brink of a paradigm shift thanks to big data. Smarter transportation will result in operational efficiency, improved end-to-end customer experiences, reduced fuel consumption and increased flexibility. Logistics companies are already working hard to use sensor data in trucks to optimize routing and

How Sensor Data Can Save You a Lot of Money

The Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, Internet of Everything, no matter how you name it, the future connected world will change everything and create massive amounts of sensor data. According to Cisco [http://www.zdnet.com/cisco-ceo-internet-of-things-poised-to-be-19-trillion-market-7000026321/] , it is

3 Powerful Applications of Using Analytics-as-a-Service

Analytics-as-a-Service is the combination of analytics software and cloud technology. Instead of hosting any analytics software on premises using your own servers, you use a ready-to-go solution that is easy to deploy and most of the time has a pay-as-you-go payment system.

How the Internet of Things Will Change Marketing

An industry that is expected to add $ 19 trillion [http://www.cisco.com/web/services/portfolio/consulting-services/documents/consulting-services-capturing-ioe-value-aag.pdf] to the Global GDP will definitely have an impact on all aspects of an organization. As such the Internet of Things will revolutionize marketing.

How Big Data Will Drive Collaboration and Empowerment

Organisations need to apply big data analytics to make sense of their organisation. The impact of big data analytics on your organisation depends on the type of business analytics used. There are four types of analytics, ranging from descriptive and diagnostic analytics to more advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics [https:

How to Win your Customers for Life with Predictive Analytics

Winning customers for life is a challenging task for organisations. How can you connect with your customer? How can you ensure that they stay with your organisation for a long time? What products for what price do your customers want? Questions that many organisations face. Fortunately, with the advance of

7 Blockchain Benefits for the Finance Industry

A few days ago, The Merkle [http://themerkle.com/r3-admits-defeat-stops-blockchain-development/] ran a story that R3CEV, the largest blockchain consortium of banks and technology firms, admitted that the technology they are developing does not use a blockchain and as such they admitted defeat. A day before