In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Gartner experts Bill Ray and Jorge Lopez to discuss the industrialization of space and the plausible future opportunities and risks that IT leaders need to be aware of.

About the Guests:

Bill Ray is Gartner’s distinguished vice president and chief of research for emerging technologies and trends. He provides written research and inquiry covering autonomous things and wireless connectivity. His coverage includes applications of robots and drones, and connectivity extending from low-power networks to orbital satellite constellations, primarily for product managers and tech CEOs.

Jorge Lopez is a vice president and distinguished analyst based in the United States, where he leads Gartner’s research of the industrialization of space. He also is a leader in the global theme and research agenda of digital business. This includes advancing the research of the theme and managing its delivery throughout Gartner. His target audience is the CIO, with emphasis on how to help the CIO engage the CEO and the board of directors on many issues of concern to business executives, including digital business. He draws on his prior research on boards of directors, CEOs and CIOs to advise Gartner clients on how best to leverage technology to generate business results.

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Design fiction: the creation of tangible prototypes of the material cultural artifacts of possible near futures — Julian Bleecker, Near Future Laboratory

In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Julian Bleeker, founder of Near Future Laboratory, to discuss the use of design fiction in communication and designing plausible future scenarios.

Design fiction is a powerful tool for exploring possible futures, whether the goal is to explore possibilities with new emerging technologies or understand scenarios and trends beyond technology. Design fiction allows stakeholders to envision the possibilities of potential scenarios early on and prepare organizational responses.

About the Guest:

Julian Bleecker is a researcher, designer and entrepreneur who authored the book, “The Manual of Design Fiction.” He is the originator of the concept of design fiction and has made significant contributions to the fields of design, technology and innovation. He is best known as the founder of Near Future Laboratory, a creative design and innovation research outfit that explores the intersection of emerging technologies, design, entrepreneurship and evolutionary innovation. Bleecker is also the founder of OMATA, a product design company that created the revolutionary OMATA One cycling computer. In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, Bleecker is also a researcher and academic, and he has published numerous articles and papers on design, technology and innovation.

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Today, legacy media outlets and traditional authoritative sources are no longer the exclusive gatekeepers and curators of information narratives, a reality that stems from a trend Gartner refers to as the “Decline of the Authoritative Narrative.” Furthermore, the rise of digital technologies and new media platforms has enabled everyone to create, editorialize, and instantaneously distribute “news” along with often contradicting or misleading reports from states, organizations, and businesses. This information warfare contributes to the decline of authoritative narratives and public trust in traditional information sources.

In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Bill Hart-Davidson and Jim Ridolfo, both of whom edited the book “Rhet Ops,” and Gartner Senior Principal of Research Benjamin Arnberg to discuss the current and future states of information warfare and what it could mean to enterprises, industries and the world overall.

Benjamin Arnberg is a senior principal of research for enterprise architecture and technology innovation and joined Gartner after spending three years as faculty in Auburn University’s College of Education. There he taught graduate-level courses in higher education administration, educational research methods and social foundations of education. His publications focused on inclusion policy and practice, qualitative research methodology and critical theory. Prior to serving as faculty, Benjamin worked in Auburn’s Division of Student Affairs as an advisor to media and communications.

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