Technology Futures 101

An introduction to the new and emerging technologies of an Industry 4.0 world

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Description

In a world where technology and digital innovations are increasing at a rapid pace. This course will provide you with an easy to grasp introduction to our technological future. You will gain a grounding in the range of relevant technologies involved. Giving you the skills to describe the landscape of future technologies. In turn, helping you navigate, your path or your businesses path, through these transformational times.

My short introductory course will help you grasp which technologies will affect our immediate future and which will arrive over a longer term. I will provide you with a viewpoint across a landscape of thirteen different categories of technology from cloud and edge computing to quantum computation. I’ll reveal how sixty different types of technologies cluster within the thirteen main categories. You'll know which technologies are established yet evolving and which fall towards experimental. At the end of course you’ll exit with a firm understanding of how these technologies are relevant to our world, from now to the next twenty years.

This knowledge will aid you in your own or your company's digital transformation journey. As, it is now clear, that to have relevance, we need to take account of an Industry 4.0 driven world, in the design of our careers and business practices.

Course Content:

Section 1 - Introducing the Technology Canvas

Section 2 - Categories of Technology

  1. Group 1 - Cloud, Big Data & Analytics and Encryption

  2. Group 2 - IoT and Spatial Computing

  3. Group 3 - AI Tools and Applications

  4. Group 4 - Robotics, Production Tech and Autonomous Agents

  5. Group 5 - Human Machine Symbiosis and Bio-tech

  6. Group 6 - Quantum Computing

  7. Review and next steps

Section 3 - Types of Technologies per Category

  1. Group 1 - Cloud, Big Data & Analytics and Encryption

  2. Group 2 - IoT and Spatial Computing

  3. Group 3 - AI Tools and Applications

  4. Group 4 - Robotics, Production Tech and Autonomous Agents

  5. Group 5 - Human Machine Symbiosis and Bio-tech

  6. Group 6 - Quantum Computing

What You Will Learn!

  • The thirteen different categories of emerging technology
  • The ability to differentiate between technologies
  • The types of technologies that sit within a category
  • The knowledge to describe the different technologies

Who Should Attend!

  • Those who wish to learn more about new technology to enhance their career path
  • Those who seek an entry level understanding of the complexity of technology futures
  • Those in technology adjacent roles, such as business consultants, marketers and creatives who wish to gain a technology futures perspective