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  <title>EP048: Bill Halal &amp;amp; Technology's Promise</title>
  <description>Author of six books, with a seventh&amp;amp;nbsp;in the works, Bill Halal is a Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology and Innovation at George Washington University. As the President of TechCast, Bill Halal&amp;amp;nbsp;and his team study the impact of artificial intelligence, the age of knowledge as compared to the age of consciousness, and future forecasting with a goal of simplifying change at the meso-economic level. &amp;amp;nbsp; Key Takeaways: [1:09] TechCast is a collective intelligence system that&amp;amp;nbsp;collects background data on emerging technologies, social trends, and wildcards. [2:56] TechCast has forecasted that 30% of routine knowledge work will be automated by 2025. [9:08] Bill Halal explains the&amp;amp;nbsp;Age of Consciousness, a great frontier to be explored. [11:59] In the future, the corporation will be redefined as the focus of making money becomes&amp;amp;nbsp;obsolete. [15:39] The future of organizations is one of small, self-contained enterprises. [19:39] A&amp;amp;nbsp;stable economic system less prone to booms and bust is a possibility of the future. [21:00] Universally guaranteed income may allow people's innate goals and interests to emerge.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; [24:56] How can managers use forecasts to navigate a meso-economy? [27:34] Traditional corporate accounting systems do not include social impacts. [29:00] A successful corporation needs a committed labor force. [30:36] US corporate leaders need a transformation from their single-minded focus on money. [34:40] Find out more about Dr. Bill Halal.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Mentioned in This Episode: Bill Halal Bill Halal Books TechCast Global Conscious Capitalism Praxent @PraxentSoftware on Twitter </description>
  <author_name>Commanding Business</author_name>
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