Future of Work – People at the center #gsummit

Josh Bersin founded Bersin and Associates (now Bersin by Deloitte) in 2004 to provide research and advisory services focused on corporate learning, leadership, talent management, and HR technology. Today he is responsible for Bersin by Deloitte’s long-term strategy, research direction, and market eminence. Josh is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been quoted …

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Biohacking – converging on you #gsummit

Hannes Sjoblad is a SU Alumn (2010) and co-founder of the Sweden-based biohacker network Bionyfiken. Bionyfiken is a chartered non-profit which unites DIY-biologists, hackers, makers, body modification artists and health and performance devotees. In this role, Hannes is actively exploring the edges of human-machine integration. Hannes work and insights into near- and inbody technology has …

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Maximizing Human Performance -hacking creativity and performance, Using tools and metrics for everyone to become more #gsummit

Dr. Andrew Walshe is a globally recognized leader and expert in the field of elite human performance. For over 20 years the Australian native has been focused on the goal of “de- mystifying talent” by researching individuals and teams across a vast network of world-class programs in sport, culture, military and business settings with the …

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Strong predictors of life outcomes and using AI to optimize child development #gsummit

What are the predictors of successful life outcomes ? Outcomes being defined as healthier and more productive It is not claimed skills like C, C++. Those are actually negative predictors. Mindset and personality (grit and personality) Basic intelligence Internal motivation – becoming a fanatic about what you do. Helping people reach their full potential could …

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Interstellar Starshot Project Update

A few days ago Centauri Dreams Paul Glister was at the Breakthrough Starshot meetings Starshot engineering activities are targeting a 20% of lightspeed mission to Alpha Centauri. Kevin Parkin leads the subcommittee has oversight over a systems team that will conduct system engineering, modeling and integration activities. The team is comfortable with the design choice …

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Battery developers should emulate semiconductor technology roadmap

Lithium ions continue to get improved and has a lot more investment than the beyond lithium ion battery technology Tesla’s investment in its Gigafactory, which will produce lithium-ion batteries, will total around $5 billion. Lux Research found that beyond lithium-ion batteries had $40 million per year in funding over eight years. Batteries are about a …

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China forms $7.5 billion commercial jet engine company

China has formally launched an aero-engine company in Beijing — to design and build engines for commercial aircraft. The China Aviation Engine Group is a state-controlled company with a registered capital of 50 billion yuan or around 7-and-a-half billion US dollars. Until this point, the country did not make large commercial jet engines of its …

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If China has a hard economic landing it would mean a Global recession but successful rebalancing could provide a global economic boost

Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm’s chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs provides the following analysis. China is the swing economy between a global recession or a moderate global boom Continued deceleration of Chinese growth would have a much greater impact …

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Moon Express to mine hydroxyl from the moon and provide it to fuel orbital and other space missions

The amount of hydroxyl on the lunar surface is considerable, roughly 10 million tonnes at any instant, and much more over the Moon’s history. OH/H2O inside the Moon is also huge, estimated as 40 trillion to quadrillions of tonnes; with presumably only a small fraction ever reaching the PSRs (where about one billion tonnes reside). …

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