{Podcast} Innovation Safari June
A month is a long time in tech and innovation land, which is why on the last Friday of each month, we stop and get together online for a 1/2 hour, to replay the highlights and ponder what it means for the road ahead.
Some of the stories I covered in this months webinar included:
// artificially intelligent everything including movies, assistants and calendars // Apple’s “Future ” announcement // future housing // Warren Buffett’s next big investment / Robot Chefs // Alphabet and Google’s internet first housing development dreams // Chrysler and Mercedes Benz see a new future for themselves // How “rich will you need to be in the future? // What skills will future Managers need? // Flying Cars // Scooters // Why Amazon doesn’t believe AI exists // Smellaphones //
Here’s what we chatted about:
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the most common mistake leaders make when thinking about innovation?
Confusing innovation with technology. Innovation is a change in value delivery — it may involve technology or it may not. The leaders who manage disruption best are those who focus on the value being delivered to customers and why it is changing, rather than the specific technology doing the disrupting.
Q: What were the most significant observations from the June 2018 Safari?
The maturation of voice interfaces, the early deployment of computer vision in retail and logistics, and the acceleration of synthetic biology as a commercial platform were all visible signals in mid-2018 that have since proven consequential. None of them were surprises — they were in the pipeline.
Q: How should organisations think about when to act on an emerging signal?
The test is whether the signal has crossed from theoretical to operational — from ‘this could work’ to ‘this is working somewhere.’ That is the moment to stop watching and start preparing. The Safari methodology tracks this transition systematically.
Q: Can Morris Misel deliver foresight keynotes and innovation briefings for your organisation?
Yes. For keynotes and foresight workshops, visit morrismisel.com/event-organisers.
A month is a long time in tech and innovation land, which is why on the last Friday of each month, we stop and get together online for a 1/2 hour, to replay the highlights and ponder what it means for the road ahead. Some of the stories I covered in this months webinar included: .
When signals like Innovation Safari June emerge, organisations that engage early have the advantage of choosing their response rather than reacting to events. That gap between those who prepared and those who did not is where competitive positioning is actually made or lost.
The most important question is not whether Innovation Safari June 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.
