CRAIG RISPIN
KNOW FIRST. BE FIRST. PROFIT FIRST
“The future of business is in technology.”
As a business futurist and innovation expert, Craig’s eye-opening
presentation examined the extraordinary impact technology is having on our
lives, both now and in the future.
Craig looked at the gamut of tech business start-ups such as Uber, Airbnb
and Alibaba, who in the space of only a few years, are today valued well into
the billions.
Key to the rise of tech businesses is the global proliferation of smartphones.
“Mobile technology is the fastest growing technology in the history of
mankind. Do you know what the previous fastest growing technology was? It
was fire.”
The future of mobile is now moving into connecting biotechnology - allowing
the accurate diagnosis of a person’s health. “By the end of the year we’ll have
this technology in the market.”
“Futurists are reverse historians. We try to peer over
the horizon so we can make better decisions today.”
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