What if the game changes? What is the future of business? This is the presentation delivered by Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research, at London Business School's 2015 Global Leadership Summit.

1. Rohit Talwar
CEO - Fast Future Research
London Business School - Global Leadership Summit
June 23rd 2015
rohit@fastfuture.com
www.fastfuture.com
www.fastfuturepublishing.com
The Future of Business
What if the game changes - Shifts, disruptions and strategies

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3. When Worlds Collide

4. Can we Change our DNA?
Play by the
Rules of the
Game
Create a
New Game

5. ‘Future Proofed’ Organisations
Work on 3 Horizons in Parallel
4-10+ Years
Creating
the Future
1-3 Years
Search for
Growth
1-12 Months
Operational
Excellence

6. A Digitized Species With a Global Brain
Bostrom’s Digital Simulation?

7. Strategy Design Tensions

8. Human vs.
Machine
Intelligence

9. Feminine vs. Masculine

10. Star Wars vs. Star Trek

11. Nanotechnology /
Atomically Precise
Manufacturing
3D / 4D
Printing
New
Computing
Architectures
Hyperconnected
Internet of
Humanity
Immersivity /
Mixed Reality
Living
Food Chain
Transformation
Energy
Innovation
Robotics /
Drones
Brain
Uploading
A Possibility Explosion
from Exponential
Science and Technology
Developments
Blockchain
Technology
Healthcare
Transformation
Artificial
Intelligence /
Conscious
Technology
Synthetic
Biology
Human
Augmentation

12. A Continuous Technology Evolution
from the Mainframe ...

13. …to Desktop…

14. ...to Portable and Mobile ...

15. ...Wearable...

16. ...Embedded...

17. ... Connected to an Augmented, Immersive Multi-
Sensory ‘Internet of Everything’…

18. … and Artificially Intelligent
Intelligent Assistants and Digital Twins

19. S&T Innovation and New Ideas are
Enabling Tomorrow’s Core Sectors

20. Information and Communications Technology
 Mobile Internet - Devices, Services,
Infrastructure, Commerce
 Next Generation Intelligent,
Personalised Internet
 Cloud Based Applications,
Infrastructure, Services
 Internet of Things / Internet of
Everything / Internet of Humanity
 Big Data, Data Mining and the
Automation of Knowledge
 AI and Deep Learning
 Blockchain Systems and Distributed
Autonomous Organisations

21. Production and Construction Systems & Technologies
 Advanced Robotics / Drones
 3D/4D Printing and Advanced Materials
 Genomics and Synthetic Biology
 Biomimcry Applied to Product Design
and Engineered Systems
 Rapid/Green/Sustainable Construction

22. Industry Transformation
 Global Infrastructure - Roads, Transport, Energy, Water
 Automation of Professional Services - E.g. Accounting,
Legal, Consultancy, and Architecture
 Financial Services Technologies

23. Energy and Environment
 Alternative/Renewable Energy / Storage
 Advanced Oil & Gas Exploration & Recovery - Including Fracking,
Methane Hydrates
 Geo-Engineering, Climate / Environment Protection, Disaster
Recovery / Remediation

24. Citizen Services and Domestic Infrastructure
 Healthcare Innovation - Wellness, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
 Elder Care
 Human Modification / Augmentation / Body Shops
 Clean Domestic Water and Sanitation Services
 Smart Homes – Smart Devices, Air Con, Waste to Power
 Green / Electric / Autonomous / Near-Autonomous Vehicles
 Education Systems Transformation

25. New Societal Infrastructure and Services
 New Food and Agriculture
Solutions
 Sharing / Circular Economy –
Repurpose, Recycle, Reuse,
Repair
 Smart City Infrastructures and
Services
 Intelligent Transport Systems
 E-Government

26. Magic and Mayhem -
Business Strategies,
Models and Behaviours

27. Alternative Revenue Models E.g. Auctions
£3088
($5190)
£8791.50
($14,770)
£81
($136)

28. Rapid Execution e.g. Superfast Construction
Ark Hotel - Dongting Lake - China

29. Pursuit of Exponential Growth
AirBnB Hotels 90x more listings per employee
GitHub Software 109x more repositories per employee
Local Motors
Automotive
1000x cheaper to develop a new car model
5-22x faster to manufacture a car
Quirky Consumer Goods 10x faster product development (29 vs 300 days)
Google Ventures
Investments
2.5x more investments in early stage start-ups
10x faster through design process
Valve Gaming 30x more market cap per employee
Tesla Automotive 30x more market cap per employee
Tangerine (formerly ING Direct
Canada) Banking
7x more customers per employee
4x more deposits per customer

30. Strati – First 3D Printed Car (Local Motors)

31. Exponential Market Cap Improvement
Age (years) 2011 valuation 2014 valuation Increase
Haier 30 $19 billion $60 billion 3x
Valve 18 $1.5 billion $4.5 billion 3x
Google 17 $150 billion $400 billion 2.5x
Uber 7 $2 billion $40 billion 20x
AirBnB 6 $2 billion $10 billion 5x
Github 6 $ 500 million
(est.)
$7 billion 14x
Waze 6 $ 25 million $1 billion (2013) 50x
Qirky 5 $ 50 million $2 billion 40x
Snapchat 3 0 $10 billion 10,000x +

32. Bitcoin, Blockchain, Smart Contracts
and Distributed Accounting Ledgers
“I’m an asset, and I belong to XYC Company,
here’s a digital signature to prove it”.

33. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations /
Software Defined Companies / Corporations as a Technology
Automation Junkies and
Non-Owned Entities

34. A World of Multiple Actors
Robots, Androids, Holograms, Display-based AI Manifestations

35. Virtual Collaboration
Novel and Adaptive Thinking Social Intelligence
Trans Disciplinarity
New Media Literacy
Computational Thinking
Design MindsetCross Cultural Competency Sense Making
Cognitive Load Management

36. Uploading – External Faster Brains?

37. The Internet of Brains

38. Conclusion – Critical Choices
• Being
• Behavior
• Financial
Orientation
• Talent
• Delivery

39. The Book
Copies of the book
will be available
after our Q&A
session