Is any country ready for an automated world?

First of its kind Economist study ranks countries’ vulnerability to automation

Is greed good for the planet?

How can greed be good for the planet? Perhaps because there’s a growing consensus that there’s money to be made from a sustainable global economy.

Back to the future (of work)

Societal disruption is fast approaching, it’s time to talk about it

Per ardua ad astra

There has arguably never been a better time to explore space, thanks to technological breakthroughs.

Uncertainty: a certainty in 2017

The tone of the 2017 WEF annual meeting reflects a generalized fear of instability and uncertainty. In Europe and the US, the two places I spent most of this year, 2016 will not be remembered fondly for reasons that probably don’t need to be spelled out. However, from a personal point of view, this has […]

Solar Impulse: a comms conundrum

Weighing up the opportunities and challenges, where a highly experimental project has a big comms potential but no guarantee of success.

My video about ABB’s activities in Silicon Valley

My video about ABB’s activities in Silicon Valley, featuring #bertrandpiccard and pizza-making robots! https://youtu.be/dwtmUZWcAMc

Outsourcing Our Humanity

You may not have noticed, but we are in the midst of a robot revolution. Robots have been around for a long time in an industrial setting and now they’re ready to join us in our homes. Should we welcome them in or do they pose an existential threat? These were some of the questions […]

My Furniture Is Talking About Me. Should I Care?

Get used to a world in which virtually everything in the physical world is tagged and identifiable on the internet. Not just white goods like fridges or dishwashers, but tables, chairs and other everday objects…all talking to each other and creating more efficiency in business and daily life. This is the vision of a planet […]

Warning: Driving Kills

So let’s imagine branding for cars is outlawed. Flashy logos or bright colours are banned. Go-faster stripes (which might encourage young would-be drivers) are, of course, out of the question. “Extra Strength” diesel models are sold only in unattractive mould green packaging. Bumper stickers with official warnings (“Air pollution kills more Americans than breast and […]

Conor Lennon

Communications Consultant