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A Prayer for the Devil’s Advocate — On the Importance of Skeptics in the Innovation Process innovation Jun 17, 2022
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Are you open to all your futures, or just the comfortable ones? futures May 20, 2022

The future. It’s a strange place. We’re hurtling towards it,...

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The Real Lessons of Disruption contrarians May 06, 2022

What might still be learnt from one of the most misunderstood concepts in management thinking

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The Joy of Analog (Customers) Apr 22, 2022

Originally published at qualityintelligence.net. Also available at The Thinkers 50 Blog.

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Ugly As A Brand Strategy Apr 08, 2022

Last week while shopping for groceries, I came across some Froosh. If you’ve never heard about them, shame. They’re a Nordic brand of fruit smoothies,...

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Donald Trump, Creativity Guru? contrarians Mar 25, 2022

The Donald is easy to hate. He can be a buffoon, a bore, a bellicose and belligerent vulgarian, and many find him massively offensive. This is parti

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Talking about AI and ethics ai/algorithms/data futures Mar 11, 2021

Alf recently took part in the Invincible Innovation podcast and vlog, to talk about the potential and problems with algorithmic logics.

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Podcast on Algorithmic Bias and Subjective Decision Making ai/algorithms/data futures Feb 24, 2021

Alf was interviewed for the "Utilizing AI"-podcast, where he talked about the challenge of dark data, how algorithmic logic can enhance even the small...

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Alf's comments in Pew Research's latest survey futures research Feb 19, 2021

Talking about the world to come, Alf said: 

“The new normal is likely to be one of insecurity – social, economic and existential. A sense of unease r...

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Alf on co-creation between universities and the corporate world research Feb 17, 2021

The company behind the jobs platform Prönö interviewed Alf about how collaboration between universities and the corporate world could be improved, wha...

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