Confused by AI? The metaverse? AR? How will it affect your business? Do you even need to take any of this seriously?

This episode's guest is Bernard Marr, a best-selling author, influencer, futurist and strategic business and technology advisor to governments and businesses. His books, which explore data, performance indicators, business management and business trends have been translated into over 20 languages and won multiple awards. One of his most recent books Business Trends In Practice focuses on the future events and circumstances shaping the way businesses operate.

Here's what we discussed:

• Can you tell us a little bit about your experience growing up, your journey and what lead you into business? (01:04)
• A lot of your work focuses on the intersection of business and technology. What made you interested in this merger? (03:43)
• Do all businesses from any sector need to keep up with developments in AI and the utilisation of data? (06:01)
• How will AI impact jobs that are currently done by humans? (15:15)
• One thing you pick up on is the pace at which technology is advancing – you say it’s advancing exponentially at a rate never seen before in history – what are the benefits of this but what are the potential risks? (21:23)
• You talk in your book about the shifts in global power trend very interesting – that countries like China and India will become more powerful than the US. You also speak about the rise in political and cultural polarisation and use things like Brexit and the Trump presidency as examples of this increasing polarisation. How do these factors impact businesses? (25:01)
• Is the metaverse a threat to business or a positive development? (30:52)
• Answer the Internet: Why is Blockchain Technology (and cryptocurrencies) promoted as something "big", "revolutionary", and "never seen before", if it's just a technique to account for transactions? What is so revolutionary about using blockchain to make transactions? (43:13)
• What makes a great business leader? (47:18)

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