Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Today's The Buzz comes from vintage classic movies. Buzz 1: "Fasten your seatbelt. It's going to be a bumpy night." [Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film] Buzz 2: "Do, or do not. There is no try." [Yoda, voiced by Frank Oz, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 sci-fi adventure film] Buzz 3: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." [Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, Back To The Future, 1985 sci-fi film] Could you have predicted that today, 22 years into a new millennium, we'd STILL be quoting Margo 70+ years later … Yoda 40+ years later … and Marty 30+ years later? Hmmmm… If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. On our 7-week 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special, we're bringing you insights from 60 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Live today, January 12, 2022, we'll hear 10 visionaries' savvy predictions for the year ahead – and perhaps beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Jack, Bailey, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now – 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 5 live. Working together, let's all make 2022 a so-much-better year!

Today's Buzz is from Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown in Back to the Future, 1985– 1990 sci-fi movie trilogy. ** Buzz 1: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." ** Buzz 2: "Whoa, this is heavy!" ** Buzz 3: "1.21 gigawatts!?! 1.21 gigawatts?!?" ** Buzz 4: "Your future is whatever you make it." ** Buzz 5: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." Could YOU have predicted that we'd still be quoting Marty and Doc Brown today – 30+ years later? Hmmm… If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. On our 7-week 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special, we're bringing you insights from 60 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Live today, January 5, 2022, we'll hear savvy predictions from 9 visionaries who were featured on Deloitte's The Kinetic Enterprise Radio in 2021. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Jack, Bailey, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now – 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 4 live.

The Buzz 1: "Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living." ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: "Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, there's nothing to it." ('Pure Imagination' lyrics, 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) The Buzz 3: "You can't start a fire without a spark." (Dancing in the Dark, 1984 lyrics by Bruce Springsteen) Would you have predicted in 1957 that we'd be quoting West Side Story [or re-adapting the play] today, 65 years later – or Willy Wonka 50 years later – or Dancing in the Dark 35+ years later? Hmmmm… If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. On our 7-week 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special, we're bringing you insights from 50 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Live on December 8, 2021, we'll hear nine visionaries' savvy predictions for the Future of Mobility and Manufacturing. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Bailey, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 2 live. Working together, let's make 2022 a so-much-better year!

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * "Nobody calls me chicken." * "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." * "1.21 Gigawatts!?!" * "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." * "This Is heavy!" Would you have predicted in 1990 that we'd still be quoting the characters in Back to the Future today, 30+ years later? If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. Live today, December 1, 2021, we'll hear eight visionaries' savvy predictions for the Future of Digital Engagement on Part 1 of our 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special. The Special continues on December 8 and 15, then takes a holiday break and resumes on January 5, 2022, continuing through the end of January. In total, we're bringing you insights from more than 50 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now – 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 1 live. Working together, let's make 2022 a so-much-better year!

Buzz 1: "Fasten your seatbelt. It's going to be a bumpy night." (Margo Channing, played by Bette Davis, All About Eve, 1950 drama film) Buzz 2: "What are we gonna do?"…"The question isn't 'What are we going to do?' The question is 'What aren't we going to do?'" (Sloane, played by Mia Sara, and Ferris, played by Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986 teen comedy film) Buzz 4: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…"(Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, Finding Nemo, 2003 computer-animated adventure film) Could you have predicted in 1950 that we'd still be quoting Bette Davis in All About Eve, today, 71 years later – or quoting Ferris Bueller 35 years later – or quoting Dory 18 years later? Hmmmm… If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. On our 7-week 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special, we're bringing you insights from 50 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Live today, December 15, 2021, we'll hear 9 visionaries' savvy predictions for the Future of Financial Excellence. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Bailey, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now – 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Part 3 live.

The Buzz 1: "Someday, somewhere we'll find a new way of living." ('Somewhere' lyrics, West Side Story, 1957 Broadway play) The Buzz 2: "Anything you want to do, do it, want to change the world, there's nothing to it." ('Pure Imagination' lyrics, 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) The Buzz 3: "You can't start a fire without a spark." (Dancing in the Dark, 1984 lyrics by Bruce Springsteen) Would you have predicted in 1957 that we'd be quoting West Side Story [or re-adapting the play] today, 65 years later – or Willy Wonka 50 years later – or Dancing in the Dark 35+ years later? Hmmmm… If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. On our 7-week 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special, we're bringing you insights from 50 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Live on December 8, 2021, we'll hear nine visionaries' savvy predictions for the Future of Mobility and Manufacturing. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, Bailey, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 2 live. Working together, let's make 2022 a so-much-better year!

The Buzz: Top five quotes from Back to the Future, 1985–1990 sci-movie trilogy: * "Nobody calls me chicken." * "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." * "1.21 Gigawatts!?!" * "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it." * "This Is heavy!" Would you have predicted in 1990 that we'd still be quoting the characters in Back to the Future today, 30+ years later? If you're hoping to gaze into a crystal ball to see what 2022 holds for your company, your industry and the world, we've got the next best thing. Live today, December 1, 2021, we'll hear eight visionaries' savvy predictions for the Future of Digital Engagement on Part 1 of our 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions Special. The Special continues on December 8 and 15, then takes a holiday break and resumes on January 5, 2022, continuing through the end of January. In total, we're bringing you insights from more than 50 thought leaders covering the exciting technologies, strategies, and trends that can help you grow and compete better in 2022 and beyond. Pour a cup of Joe, Earl, or Dom, and join us for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now – 2022 Crystal Ball Predictions – Part 1 live. Working together, let's make 2022 a so-much-better year!

The Buzz 1: "Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the troublemaking individual." (Natalie Clifford Barney) The Buzz 2: "You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone." (Tina Fey) The Buzz 3: "The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it." (Roseanne Barr) The Buzz 4: "Being a successful female entrepreneur is hard work and comes with a unique set of challenges." (Female Entrepreneur's Playbook: Secret Strategies from 20+ Women for Building a Business You Love and Getting Paid for It) We'll ask Cindy Zuelsdorf at Kokoro Marketing, Patricia Wooster at WoosterMedia, Tamra Andress at F.I.T. in Faith Media and Patty Rogers at B2B Digital Assistance, for their take on The Future for Female Entrepreneurs: A New Playing Field? – Part 2.

The Buzz 1: "Smart cities are the intelligent cities of positivity and happy-energy, not the junkyards of technologies but cities of diversity, love, life, beauty, dignity, freedom, tolerance, and equality." (Amit Ray, author: Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity) The Buzz 2: "The banning of bullfighting in Catalonia was controversial and hard won and has now been replaced by the vacuous global consumption of the mall. I'm sure that is an advance for the bulls but I'm not sure how well it bodes for the serious business of being a city. (Edwin Heathcote, The Financial Times architecture and design critic) The Buzz 3: "The second mode [to deal with unsafe cities] is to take refuge in vehicles. This is the technique practiced in the big wild-animal reservations of Africa, where tourists are warned to leave their cars under no circumstances until they reach a lodge. It is also the technique practiced in Los Angeles." (Jane Jacobs, author: The Death and Life of Great American Cities) The Buzz 4: "Urbanization has lured more people to bustling metropolises, but precious little thought has been given to what happens when these cities fail…For all the famed cities with thousands of years of continuity – Paris, London, Cairo, Athens, Rome, Istanbul – most cities just stop." (Ben Paynter, Fast Company senior writer) We'll ask Don DeLoach at Rocket Wagon Venture Studios, Brenna Berman at City Tech, John Robbins at Turner & Townsend, and Peter Torrellas at Parsons for their take on The Future of Smarter Cities: People + How Much Technology?

The Buzz 1: "Even without the modern neurological research that proves storytelling is the best way to capture people's attention, bake information into their memories, and forge close, personal bonds, humanity has always inherently known that people crave and seek out great stories almost as much as food and water." (blog.hubspot.com) The Buzz 2: "From fireside folk tales to Netflix dramas, narratives are essential to every society…Scholars specialising in 'literary Darwinism' are asking what exactly makes a good story, and the evolutionary reasons that certain narratives – from Homer's Odyssey to Harry Potter – have such popular appeal." (bbc.com) The Buzz 3: "No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home." (J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter fantasy books) The Buzz 4: "You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built in the human plan. We come with it." '(Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale) The Buzz 5: "The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences, but through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time." (Steven Spielberg, filmmaker) We'll ask Dr. George Viney, Tish Hicks, Rebecca Armstrong and Megan Wells for their take on The Future of Storytelling and Technology: Get Real!