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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.

Algorithms are Black Boxes, That is Why We Need Explainable AI

Artificial Intelligence offers a lot of advantages for organisations by creating better and more efficient organisations, improving customer services with conversational AI [http://datafloq.com/read/the-top-7-big-data-trends-for-2017/2493] and reducing a wide variety of risks in different industries. Although we are only at

Garbage In is Garbage Out; How Big Data Scientists Can Benefit from Human Judgment

The quality of your data determines the quality of your insights from that data. Of course, the quality of your data models and algorithms have an impact on your results as well, but in general, it is garbage in, garbage out. Therefore, (Total) Data Quality Management (DQM) or Master Data

How Big Data Security Analytics Will Protect Your Company

We live in an era of increased cyber threats. With dozens of companies and organisations being hacked on a daily basis and cyber-crime rising to new levels of hacking during the US elections, it is time for organisations to start protecting themselves. Big Data Security Analytics can help companies

How to Close the Big Data Talent Gap at Your Organisation

Big data offers many benefits for organisations in all industries, but unfortunately, a lot of companies don’t reap these benefits yet. The reason is not that they don’t want to start with big data, nor that they don’t understand what big data is. The challenge many companies

Three Unexpected Benefits Big Data Offers Small Companies

Big Data has a lot of potential for small companies, such as local shops or bars, which results in three distinctive benefits.

Why Gamification is the Friendly Scout of Big Data

In the past years, big data has changed the way organisations and societies are operated and managed. Insights from all kinds of structured and unstructured data sources help improve organisations in a variety of ways. However, big data is not the only trend that has a significant impact on how

How Big Data Will Take The Role of the CIO to the Next Level

Becoming a data-driven organisation is not an easy task and many C-level executives struggle with it, as developing a Big Data strategy is not only about the required IT; it is more about having the right people and culture in place. The right IT environment is required to

Four Ways Big Data Will Make You Happy in 2017

It is the start of 2017, let’s start the year on a positive note! We are in the middle of a data revolution, where data sources will be connected with each other and as such provide valuable insights. These insights can be used by organisations to reduce costs or

How Blockchain Can Help Combat Climate Change

Blockchain technology will enable us to decentralise the web and decentralise many, if not all, the services that are offered via the web. A decentralised internet was how the internet was originally envisioned, but somehow in the past 25 years, it ended up in the hands of a few very

How Natural Language Processing Makes Our Lives Easier And Improves Your Business

Natural Language Processing (#NLP) is rapidly improving and could lead to interesting applications that positively affect your financial results.