6PR Big Weekend – FutureTech Segment – Calling Jesus – 26 December 2010
Jesus has just knocked out Angry Birds in the fight for the most downloaded app. It is available across 8 mobile platforms and has had over 12 million downloads in 2 years.
This free interactive Bible app from Life Church has taken the virtual world by storm with 4 billion minutes clocked up already by its users reading the new testament and in Dec 2010 through Jan 2011 there on track to achieve 1 billion minutes of bible reading – now there’s a business apportunity, just waiting to happen!
We also went on to chat about supermarkets self checkouts, NFC (near field communications) coming to a credit card and store near you and Skype app’s imminent arrival onto iPhone 4.
This plus some post Christmas merriment and great conversation make up this week’s on air radio chat between 6PR’s Ted Bull and Morris Miselowski.
Listen now:
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What did Morris Misel’s Christmas 2010 FutureTech segment cover on 6PR?
The 26 December 2010 special on 6PR was a year-in-review FutureTech segment that took stock of the biggest signals from the year: the rise of the app economy, the maturation of social media, the first serious discussions of cloud computing in organisations, and the early signs of what 2011 would bring.
Q: Why does Morris Misel do year-end foresight reviews?
Year-end reviews are a calibration exercise. By revisiting the signals identified at the start of the year and checking which arrived, which accelerated, and which faded, Morris Misel refines his signal-reading practice and gives audiences an honest assessment of how foresight performs against reality.
Q: Who is Morris Misel and what is his approach to honesty in foresight work?
Morris Misel is a foresight strategist with 30+ years of experience who is explicit that foresight is not prediction. His year-end reviews on radio were notable for acknowledging where signals had not developed as expected, treating this as a learning input rather than a failure. This intellectual honesty is central to his practice.
Q: How can I book Morris Misel for a keynote or workshop?
Morris Misel is available for keynotes, workshops, and advisory engagements across Australia and internationally. Visit morrismisel.com/event-organisers to submit an enquiry.
Jesus has just knocked out Angry Birds in the fight for the most downloaded app. It is available across 8 mobile platforms and has had over 12 million downloads in 2 years. This free interactive Bible app from Life Church has taken the virtual world by storm with 4 billion minute.
The window between a signal arriving and it demanding a response is shortening. 6PR Big Weekend FutureTech Segment Calling Jesus 26 is already shaping strategy conversations in forward-looking organisations. Treating it as a future concern rather than a present one builds a preparedness gap that will have to be closed under pressure.
The most important question is not whether 6PR Big Weekend FutureTech Segment Calling Jesus 26 will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.
