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Welcome to a deep dive into
Source: Adapted from Singularity University
Armin Philipps
Debbie Craig

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Video: Elon Musk Tesla in Space

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Elon Musk’s moonshots
SpaceX, Tesla, Solar City
Imagine you
achieving your
moonshot or vision
quest ….

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Imagination Realization

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1960 Today
Driverless
Cars

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Remember Dr. McCoy from Star Trek?
Here is the modern answer…

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Shopping in 1960’s

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Shopping is changing…

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Video: Amazon Go??

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Ambulance Services 1950’s

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Smart Ambulances

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Smart
Ambulances

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Video: Drone ambulance

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Holo
Rooms

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Video: Holo room

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“The world is not
limited by IQ. We are
all limited by
creativity and
bravery”- Astro Teller
“The world is not
limited by IQ. We are
all limited by
creativity and
bravery”- Astro Teller

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Now reflect on your
vision quest ….
What could success look
like for you?
Your moment of truth …
knowing

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Design Thinking

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Design Thinking, a different way of thinking

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Video: Google Assist

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Examples

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How do we get here?
Not here?We are
here
Exponential
Thinking

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SCHOOL ON MARS

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Video: Mars 100

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Mars One initiative
South African researcher Adriana Marais.
She is one of the 100 candidates
To prepare for this settlement the first
unmanned mission is scheduled to depart
in 2020, Crews will depart for their one-
way journey to Mars starting in 2026;
subsequent crews will depart every 26
months after the initial crew has left for
Mars.
“Mars One is a global initiative aiming to
make this everyone’s mission to Mars,
including yours.”

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SCHOOL ON MARS ACTIVITY
In your groups, design a school for children on Mars in 2030. They
are the future population of Mars, so need to know everything
required for life on Mars.
Imagine you need to be self-contained and only have contact with
Earth 20 minutes
Limited # of people can be transported and accommodated on Mars
Put your design ideas on a flipchart
Present your school ideas to the large group

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Source: Adapted from Singularity University
Now > Age: 10
DOB: 2020
Occupation: RobotProgrammer
Lifestyle:Middleclasskid living in suburbs
Pursuits:ExpensiveTech& Toys;geneticallyenhancing
bodyto gain“superpowers”;controllingvideogames with
brain;virtual realitysports
Frustrations:Lovesvirtualworldmore than reallife
programsrobots todo mischief,wishesbecouldbuy more
tech toys;wants to outsmarthis AI-basedteacher.
Age: 22
DOB: 2008
Occupation: BiomeScientist
Lifestyle:Spendinga yearin orbit
Pursuits:Documentingandstudyingbiomesaroundthe
galaxy
Frustrations:concerned abouthow colonisationofother
planetsdisruptsindigenousbiome environments
Age: 105
DOB: 1925
Occupation: Retired;FormerLawyer(Jobtakenawayby AI)
Lifestyle:Middle-class,105-year-old manliving in a planned
community
Pursuits:Living in Tertiaratio,a 3D printedplanned
community. Wantsto be firstpersonto live to 200;watching
archivalfootageofbygonesports(football,boxing,autoracing)
Frustrations:stopped receivingbasicincomeatage 100;
robotsassistgivento him through1:1 elder-robotprogram
Age: 55
DOB: 1975
Occupation: MiddleClassnew mom living in a city
Lifestyle:Earth Hostorian
Pursuits:Keepinghumanwriting/storytellingalive;removing
anypotentialgeneticdefects fromchild,developing“actsof
kindness”currencywith blockchain
Frustrations:recovering frominvestingin unsuccessful
technologycompanies;deliverydroneswontcome to her
neighbourhood;parentsrefuseto use technologyto
communicatewith her
Age: 29
DOB: 2001
Occupation: MaterialsEngineer
Lifestyle:Middleclass29-year-oldman,biohacking ina
metropolis
Pursuits:Biohacking;installingnanorobots intobrainto
connectdirectlyto the cloud; seekingcompanionshipwith
robots
Frustrations:Wantsmoreaccess toopensource
technologies;worriedaboutgovernmentreadinghis
thoughts;wantsto harvestmore energyfromthe sun
Age: 30
DOB: 2000
Occupation: EnvironmentalActivist
Lifestyle:Livesoffthe gridin the countryside
Pursuits:Sustainability;buildingfinancialsecuritythrough
traditionalfarming;bringingawarenessto deforestation
Frustrations:Seeksmoreface-timewith family; technology
hasn’tcuredcognitiveissues;wantsto be more artistic
Age: 35
DOB: 1995
Occupation: DroneOperator
Lifestyle:Upper-middleclass,35-yearoldmand living in a
nomadiccommunity
Pursuits:Seasteading;designing AR artsculptures,flying in
autonomousplanes
Frustrations:Trouble gettingusedto 3D printedpartswhich
makesup 80% of his bodydue to horrifichousefire
Age: 85
DOB: 1945
Occupation: ProjectMarsParticipant
Lifestyle:Upper-middleclass,85-yearoldmand living in a
village
Pursuits:IntegratingMars;promotingshare-basedeconomy,
asteroidmining
Frustrations:Allergicto spacefood;convincingfamilyto join
heron projectMars;worried abouthow she will findmeaning
on Mars
Grigor
Tsai
Elite
Gustavo Nia
Tulsi
Jonas
Alexina
• Privacy obsolete; all interactionsrecorded and available to public
• Populations is nomadic
• Billions of refugeesdue to climate change
• People have moved south of urban centres
• Majority of population in urban centres
• Mars colonization
• Free air travel
• Free education for all
• Decentralisedhealth care
• Decentralisededucation
SOCIAL
STEEP2030FRAMEWORKS
What are your hopes and dreams?
NAME SPECIFICATION PURPOSE
TECHNOLOGIES & ENHANCEMENTS WHAT WILL YOU DO? PLAY
WHERE WILL YOU LIVE? NETWORK CUSTOMERS
HOPES AND DREAMS FEARS AND PAIN POINTS
What are you afraid of? What are your challenges? What do you wish you could change?
Future location (urban/rural, physical / digital, etc.) Friends, Family, Partners, Connective Tissue Who will your customers or students be? How will they be different?
What technologies will you use?
What have they added, subtracted, multiplied on the body?
Occupational role – what will you do for work? What will you do for play?
Who will you be and what is your role? Age and Identity What will your goals be in this future world?
PERSONAS 2030
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Partners, Collaborators, Technologies, Infrastructure, Support, Buy-in
CONCEPT NAME OPPORTUNITY AREA DESCRIPTION
HOW DOES IT ADDRESS / SOLVE FUTURE CHALLENGES? KEY USE CASES
SKETCHES
WHAT IS NEEDED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD?
KEY CONCEPTS WORKSHEET
RETROCAST
Work backward from 2030 to today noting key activities & milestones
Beginning now, I’ll work on these key
activities:
Now
Beginning now, I’ll find these partners,
resources, skills and training:
By 2020, I’ll work on the following activities:
2020
By 2020, I have taken the following steps to
achieve my goal:
By 2025, I’ll be ready to work on these
activities:
2025
By 2025 I’ll have made great progress in
achieving my goal:
By 2030, I’ll have achieved my goal. These
are the activities required once the goal is
achieved:
2030
By 2030, I’ll have achieved the following
goal:
CHOOSE A CONCEPT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TRUE IN 2030.
WHAT WILL YOUR ROLE BE IN CREATING THIS FUTURE?
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2
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6
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WORLD BUILDING
IN THE YEAR 2030, THE WORLD WILL BE MARKED BY ______________________ , ______________________ , AND ______________________ ,
MY ROLE WILL BE ______________________ , AND MY CUSTOMERS (OR STUDENTS) WILL BE ______________________ , MY CUSTOMERS WILL NEED
______________________ , ______________________ , AND ______________________ . I/MY ORGANISATION WILL NEED ______________________ ,
______________________ , AND ______________________ , IN ORDER TO ______________________ .
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN I WILL NEED TO ______________________ , ______________________ , AND ______________________ .
What do you need in order to be successful?
What would you start, stop or invest in right now?
How ready are you for the future? What will you track more closely?
SOCIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS REFLECTIONS
Summary of the steep variables you imagine for 2030
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POSITION
STEEP variable STEEP variable STEEP variable
GROUP
NEED REQUIREMENT NEED REQUIREMENT NEED REQUIREMENT NEED REQUIREMENT
NEED REQUIREMENT NEED REQUIREMENT BENEFIT
ACTION ACTION ACTION
• Ubiquitous AR/VR
• Ubiquitous autonomousvehicles
• Ubiquitous AI & Robots wide-spread
• Renewable energy is common
• Commercial space travel
• Telemedicine is common
• Most people have personal gene sequence
• Blockchain in commonuse for supply chain legal documentsetc.
• Decentralizedgovernanceprevails
TECHNOLOGICAL
• Drinkable water is abundant
• Drinkable water is scarce
• Minor climate change
• Major climate change
• Major climate change was reversed
• Formerlydesert areas are now fertile
• Macrobiomeschange farming
• Renewable energy is common
• Big agriculturedisrupted;small local farmingprevails
ENVIRONMENTAL
• One universal global currency
• Cryptocurrencyis norm
• Favour economy prevails
• Affordablehealthcarefor all
• Free education for all
• Increaseddisparity between rich and poor
• Financial industry implodes
• Gold standardreturns
• Decentralisedinvestmentfunds prevail
• Universal insurance
ECONOMIC
• Nations are mostly the same as today
• Mostly peaceful
• Small civil wars
• War due to climate change
• Universal digital currency
• Ideologies,rather than countries
• Developing world is now the centre of business and innovation
• Patents are obsolete
• Decentralisedgovernmentprevails
POLITICAL
Who will you be in this future world
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STEEP FRAMEWORKS1

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Economic
• One global currency
• Universal basic income
• Cryptocurrency
• Favour economy
• Affordable health care
• Free education
• Rich vs poor gap
• Financial industry?
• Gold standard?
• Investment funds –
central vs decentral
• Universal insurance

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Political
• Peace vs civil wars
• Climate change =
wars
• Universal digital
currency
• Ideologies vs
countries
• Developing vs
developed world?
• Patents obsolete
• Central vs
decentral
governments

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Social
• Privacy vs transparency
• City vs urban
• Climate change = refugees
• Off-planet colonization
• Free Air travel
• Free Education
• Free Health care
• How will we be governed?

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Technological
• AR/VR
• Autonomous vehicles
• AI/robots
• Renewable energy
• Space travel
• Tele-medicine
• Physical body enhancements
• Gene sequencing
• Blockchain
• Governance
• Ethics

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Environmental
• Water
• Air quality
• Climate change
• Deserts vs fertile land
• Macrobiome farming
• Rooftop gardens
• Renewable energy
• Smart cities
• Big vs small agriculture

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Visualisation
and
mindfulness
activity

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STEEP ACTIVITY1
In your groups, spend 5 mins at each
flipchart exploring what the future might
look like
Then choose your own STEEP factors that
will your scenarios

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PERSONAS2

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Who are we in 2030?
NOW 2030 NOW 2030
?? ??

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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT3

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ACTIVITY
Go to the dress-up box and find items of clothing or accessories that
can represent some of your future persona
Be creative, use your imagination, sharing is caring
Then present your persona to your group using the full embodiment
of your persona – courage, passion, confidence, etc
Someone in group to take a video of each person for future evidence

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WORLD BUILDING4

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Examples

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Video: A day made of glass

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Black mirror examples

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Atlas Example A cool tool
http://atlas100.ru/en/

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KEY CONCEPT5

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Re(Solve) Learning Circle

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RETROCAST5

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How do we get from the
future vision to what we
need to start doing NOW?
RETROCAST

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NLP future pacing activity

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Walking the timeline activity

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Moonshots alone are not the answer…
CULTURE

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One Options: conduct a ‘pre mortem’
How can we learn fast?

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Inside traditional structures?
Rather create a free thinking and
independent environment,
outside current structures
How do we enable (Learning) innovation in
organizations?

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In groups, share things that you
can do right now to start your
journey towards your vision
quest?
Identify any opportunities for
collaboration post LIA

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Debrief, summarise and
so what

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If we would just
remember this more
often…

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Welcome to a deep dive into
Source: Adapted from Singularity University
Contact us for partnering you in your journey into the future
Debbie Craig
Catalyst Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Phone +27 82 872 5429
Email debbie@catalystconsulting.co.za
Web www.catalystconsulting.co.za
Armin Philipps
AFP Business Advisory
Phone +27 82 578 4620
Email arminph@icloud.com
Web www.catalystconsulting.co.za

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Extra slides

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Video: 4th industrial revolution

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Future world of work
The African context
transformation, skills shortage,
education & unemployment crisis
Aging workforce, ethics,
governance,
Disruption &
Continuous
change
Economic uncertainty,
digitization, political instability,
rapid change, lean, agile
Digitising vs
humanising
Need for engagement, talent
retention, focus, stress mgt,
wellness, personalising
“These changes have altered the talent equation,
forcing us to rethink it”
Leadership crisis
ability to engage, strategic
agility, decision making, trust,
ethics

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Video: 3D printing examples

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Video: Garbage Gobbler