| Shipping and the 800-lb Gorilla Contributor(s): Adamson, K. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0957432550 ISBN-13: 9780957432550 Publisher: Futurenautics Ltd OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Transportation |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5" W x 8" (0.72 lbs) 298 pages |
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| Publisher Description: For three years futurist K D Adamson has been dispensing regular doses of the tough love the shipping and maritime industry needs to reimagine itself for the digital age. Now Shipping and the 800-lb Gorilla brings together some of the best of her articles, covering everything from autonomous ships, cyber security and artificial intelligence, to the image of shipping, and the challenges and opportunities the industry faces as it seeks to reshape itself in the exponential age. Fearless and unflinching, Adamson offers cutting-edge insight about where the industry is going and why, and hands out both criticism and credit where it's due. Astute, occasionally savage, but always delivered with her unique blend of humour and clear affection for shipping and the people in it, if you're working in the industry and would like to stay that way in the future, this book should be both compass and bible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adamson, K. D.: - Futurist K D Adamson is expert in the impact of new digital paradigms, the exponential growth of technologies, global megatrends and new generational mindsets on business and society. Her mission is to identify and contextualise how the technology-enabled future will impact the lives and expectations of human beings, whilst equipping them with the information, insight and appetite to fully participate in its creation. From the future of work, healthcare, education and regulation to resource scarcity, privacy, prediction, cyber security, connectivity and transparency she identifies how the combinatorial effects of a range of technologies will transform our lives radically in the coming decades, and offers a visionary perspective on the threats and the opportunities we face. The CEO of Futurenautics Group, member of The Futures Agency, author, presenter and keynote speaker, she has advised a diverse range of major companies and organisations from FMCG, pharma, and high-tech manufacturing, to consumer electronics, feature film, publishing, advertising, big brands, TV and media companies and the EU and is the world's foremost 'blue' futurist in shipping & maritime. She has an extraordinary breadth of understanding of the strategic global economic, business and emerging technology context for the rapid changes every industry is experiencing, and consults and inspires leaders towards new digital visions and transformations, in addition to working with start-ups, institutional investors and private equity, shaping the exponential organisations of the future. K D Adamson has appeared worldwide on stages and in print, online, on radio and television on major networks including ABC, Al Jazeera, BBC, Fox News, ITN, and NBC. |