The f(x) = e^x | The Enterprise Metaverse
The f(x) = e^x | The Enterprise Metaverse
Good Day! This is my weekly newsletter, with a dose of insights into the future. The topic of this newsletter is the exponential times we live in, hence the title of f(x) = e^x, which is the (natural) exponential function.
Recently, I launched my new concept The Digital Speaker and you can now book me as an avatar or hologram. Also, my tech trend prediction for 2022 is out, read it here!
How the Enterprise Metaverse Will Change Collaboration
My latest article:
As the metaverse kicks into gear, remote working technologies will become more advanced and intuitive, making collaboration, and socialising with friends and family across the digital highway a lot more comfortable than using the current versions of Zoom or Teams.
In the enterprise metaverse, employees and teams can be anywhere and seamlessly collaborate on any given project. Recently, the International Security Alliance showed what is possible in the metaverse by bringing together 10 law enforcement organisations worldwide for ISALEX 2.0 to do a joint exercise in the metaverse. The exercise combined virtual worlds with physical evidence to mimic real-life scenarios without the risks—a great example of the enterprise metaverse.
Three Useful Nuggets of Information
My weekly tips from around the web to get you thinking.
1. Supply chains are complex and vulnerable. Especially today.
When the pandemic started, supply chains worldwide came to a grinding halt. Since then, problems have been getting worse, but, as always, tech seems to offer a solution to understand global supply chains better. (Wired)
2. Quantum computing is coming, but not just yet.
Like the metaverse, quantum computing is a buzzword, and there is a lot of hype. There are grand predictions that it will change our lives soon, but while eventually, it could solve many of our challenges, it is still a long way out. (MIT)
3. What's worse than fake news? Fake research about fake news.
This gets confusing really quickly, but it is worth the read in this era of misinformation. (The Atlantic)
You can pre-order Step into the Metaverse.
The metaverse is real and coming, and we have a chance to build an open, decentralized and interoperable metaverse not controlled by BigTech but by its users. This book is an attempt to describe how to achieve that. The book and Kindle are available for pre-order now.
Frequently asked questions
What is the enterprise metaverse used for?
The enterprise metaverse allows employees and teams to be anywhere while seamlessly collaborating on any given project. It aims to make remote working more advanced and intuitive, improving on current tools by offering more comfortable ways to collaborate and socialize across the digital highway than existing video conferencing platforms.
Link to this questionWhat was ISALEX 2.0?
ISALEX 2.0 was a joint exercise organized by the International Security Alliance that brought together ten law enforcement organizations worldwide in the metaverse. It combined virtual worlds with physical evidence to mimic real-life scenarios without the associated risks, serving as a practical example of how the enterprise metaverse can be applied.
Link to this questionIs quantum computing ready to be used now?
No, quantum computing is still a long way out despite being a buzzword with a lot of hype surrounding it. While there are grand predictions that it will change lives soon and eventually could solve many challenges, it is not yet ready for widespread practical use.
Link to this questionWho should control the future metaverse?
The metaverse should ideally be open, decentralized and interoperable, controlled by its users rather than by Big Tech companies. There is a chance right now to build the metaverse this way, and this vision is explored in the book Step into the Metaverse, which describes how to achieve such an outcome.
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Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, a world-leading futurist and global AI keynote speaker who helps leaders decide what AI, and the technologies that follow it, mean for their business. He speaks to leadership teams at their retreats and to conference audiences worldwide, and his WAVE framework gives them a way of deciding that they keep using long after he has left the room. His Intelligence Age Scorecard measures how ready an organization is across the four WAVE pillars.
He holds a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, is a Certified Speaking Professional and Global Speaking Fellow, and ranks among the world’s top futurists on the Global Gurus list (#1 in 2025, #3 in 2026). Salesforce named him one of its 16 leading AI voices. He has written six books, most recently Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, writes the Synthetic Minds newsletter on Substack, and founded Futurwise. Talk to his digital twin on WhatsApp: +1 (830) 463-6967.
