Looking back to better look forward…! These past months I have been logging signals of change day after day as the #GenAI revolution was developing in many dimensions – product innovation, human behaviors, business use cases, workplace adaptation, creative endeavors, impact on society, regulatory considerations. Here I present to you the 10-month timeline of this generative AIContinueContinue reading “The 10-month GenAI Revolution and the rise of the Identity Economy”
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12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…
First disclaimer: this article hasn’t been finished, because I want to describe the process, more than the results. And in my opinion, the former is much more enlightening than the latter about the future we are going to live it… for reasons I will soon disclose! Let’s start with the article I was about toContinueContinue reading “12 Amazing Applications of Generative AI for Good — The Unfinished article…”
One year at Accenture
I am excited to celebrate my one-year anniversary at Accenture! I am so pleased and grateful as I reflect on the marvelous experiences I got to live and share with amazing clients, partners, colleagues, and friends, throughout the year! Here is to one year in pictures.
Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens
My name is Sylvia Gallusser, I live in San Francisco, and I am thrilled to join you today. I am global futurist and a tech innovation strategist at Accenture. Before that, I created two companies. I am notably the founder and chief futurist of Silicon Humanism which is a futures research company dedicated to exploringContinueContinue reading “Picturing the Future through the Sci-fi Lens”
Anticipating Risks & Opportunities of Generative AI: Prompt Engineer, Larsen Effect, WestWorld Syndrome, Copyright Infringement…
These past months, I participated in panels, podcasts, and keynotes on #GenerativeAI, focusing on anticipating risks and opportunities for individuals and organizations to start their Gen AI ride with confidence and care. I would love your thoughts on those: 1- Regarding #FutureOfWork, a lot of press announces the end of creative, intellectual, and white-collar jobs, with theContinueContinue reading “Anticipating Risks & Opportunities of Generative AI: Prompt Engineer, Larsen Effect, WestWorld Syndrome, Copyright Infringement…”
The 6-month Revolution of Generative AI
It has been an almost impossible exercise to capture all the trends and signals related to Generative AI these past 6 months, to encapsulate them in an exhaustive consistent narrative as the news is being created, and to relay them to you in a meaningful way. Generative AI has become the pet peeve of theContinueContinue reading “The 6-month Revolution of Generative AI”
Human Progress and the Programmable World
Exciting news! 🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the panel for the upcoming Human Progress and the “Programmable World” #InsightsLive Webinar, hosted by AIXR. As the programmable world continues to revolutionize our lives, let’s dive in virtual worlds, extended reality, web3, generative AI, human/computer interfacing, and the future of the metaverse! I amContinueContinue reading “Human Progress and the Programmable World”
Do we need Chief Metaverse Officers?
Will 2023 see the rise of the Chief Metaverse Officer…? A Chief Metaverse Officer is typically responsible for the development and maintenance of a company’s presence along the metaverse continuum – from virtual worlds and digital twins to AR-powered activations, immersive experiences, and extended reality. As the Metaverse has begun to grow, larger organizations withContinueContinue reading “Do we need Chief Metaverse Officers?”
Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!
This past month, I have been busy giving conferences, presentations, podcasts, pitches, and client demos, with a common goal: educate about the metaverse, open possibilities, raise awareness about risks, and overall prepare for the future. I have to admit, the best part is when you actually give a taste of the metaverse. When you giveContinueContinue reading “Introducing the Metaverse – the need for use cases solving real-life problems!”
An Ethical Metaverse
The ethical implications of the Metaverse are far-reaching and complex. We certainly shouldn’t underestimate them, but also not turn them into showstoppers as we build the next generation of the Internet. Considering risks, potential harms, and unintended consequences is the first step in creating a responsible metaverse! I’m very much looking forward to exploring theContinueContinue reading “An Ethical Metaverse”
The Phygital Vertigo
After 3 years – a global pandemic, life as an entrepreneur, work-from-home – I went back to a corporate workplace last week to discover Accenture’s gorgeous 5-floor office within the Salesforce tower in San Francisco. I had the impression to enter the “workplace of the future”, with transparency, biophilia, community, and sustainability at the core. TheContinueContinue reading “The Phygital Vertigo”
Joining the Metaverse Continuum @Accenture
Dear friends and colleagues, I am elated to share that I’ve (re)joined Accenture as Metaverse Lead Business Strategist within the Metaverse Continuum Business Group (MCBG). I had the exceptional opportunity to kick-off my career at Accenture Paris 18 years ago before starting my North-American journey. I am thrilled to reconnect with my roots and be a part ofContinueContinue reading “Joining the Metaverse Continuum @Accenture”
[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?
If you are curious to explore “How the Metaverse will evolve our Human Experience”, have a look at the presentation Metaverse Futurist Sylvia Gallusser gave at APF’s Global Virtual Conference dedicated to the “Futures of Human Experience.” First we introduced the Metaverse beyond Meta, acknowledging the role Meta has played into galvanizing the ecosystem, butContinueContinue reading “[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] How Will The Metaverse Evolve Our Human Experience?”
[METAVERSE STRATEGY] Go-to-Metaverse Strategies & Metaverse Brand Activation
Listen to Futurist and Metaverse Strategist Sylvia Gallusser’s latest podcast episode in the New Abnormal. The New Abnormal,Sylvia Gallusser ‘Go-to-Metaverse Strategies & Metaverse Brand Activation’ Link to the episode
[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] Why You Need A Go-to-Metaverse Strategy!
What is a go-to-metaverse strategy? Every business needs to define its go-to-market strategy, when it penetrates a new territory, usually characterized by a new market environment – an addressable market, possibly new customer behaviors and needs, local competitors, suppliers, potential partners, specific regulations, and further entry barriers (Porter’s forces). A go-to-market approach will allow theContinueContinue reading “[FUTURE OF METAVERSE] Why You Need A Go-to-Metaverse Strategy!”
[METAVERSE] The Future of Beauty and Virtual Living
What an enthralling conversation we had with Gina Clifford on the first episode of the newly-launched The OmniFuture podcast dedicated to Virtual Living! > We scanned over centuries of beauty representation before projecting ourselves into the future of beauty and fashion. > We wondered what could be the next step of our human relationship to beauty, and how technologyContinueContinue reading “[METAVERSE] The Future of Beauty and Virtual Living”
[Future of Work] Silicon Humanism at the HR Hacking Global Online Conference
THE FUTURE OF WORK IS NOW! Join Silicon Humanism at the #HackingHR 2022 – Global Online Conference, March 7-11. Futurist Sylvia Gallusser will be participating in two panels: – Understanding the ins and outs of how to address #mentalhealth in the #workplace, with Minola Jac – Understanding the principles of #strategicforesight or how to become an #HRfuturist, with Candace Giesbrecht, CPHR, ACC The Hacking HR 2022 Global Online Conference “HR InnovationContinueContinue reading “[Future of Work] Silicon Humanism at the HR Hacking Global Online Conference”
[Metaverse] 8 Strategies to Building the Metaverse
Are we heading towards a betterverse? What role will humanism play in the new technological landscape, now that web3 opens new possibilities? As we dig into this topic, we wished to offer a panorama of the Metaverse(s), underlining the multiple ways to conceptualize it, the different value propositions brought by big tech players, and the diverseContinueContinue reading “[Metaverse] 8 Strategies to Building the Metaverse”
[Metaverse] 10 Reasons to believe in the Betterverse…
We are sharing 10 reasons to believe the metaverse can be built for better… This is an excerpt from the latest issue of the Grey Swan Guild’s news wrap. Read the full article here: The Future of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging (DIEB): in web3 and the Metaverse from lead editors Sylvia Gallusser and Antonia Nicols.ContinueContinue reading “[Metaverse] 10 Reasons to believe in the Betterverse…”
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