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World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024

WE Develop the Future: WTF is Next?

Martin Wezowski

Are you a tactical coder or a strategic architect? Discover how strategic foresight and human-AI symbiosis can help you actively design the future of technology.

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#1 about 2 min

Defining your relevance for future software development

Understanding strategic implications and maintaining a clear vision ensures relevance in evolving development landscapes.

#2 about 4 min

Articulating and prototyping visions for future technologies

Sharing visionary ideas out loud and building conceptual prototypes makes complex innovations tangible.

#3 about 2 min

Grounding technical innovation in human emotion and hope

Fostering discussions around human emotion and hope creates technology that resonates with real needs.

#4 about 2 min

Contextualizing data to navigate technical complexity

Placing content and intelligence within human context transforms abstract data into meaningful experiences.

#5 about 2 min

Adopting nuanced leadership over simplistic crisis management

Mitigating operational drama and embracing decentralized judgment prevents reliance on fear-based management styles.

#6 about 3 min

Embracing diversity and inconvenience for sustained innovation

Stepping away from pure convenience fosters creative friction and uncovers novel solutions.

#7 about 3 min

Resisting algorithmic conformity to preserve individual ingenuity

Challenging exploitable norms prevents engineering teams from becoming single-minded and overly predictable.

#8 about 2 min

Driving technological progress through unreasonable creativity

Pushing against conventional standards enables teams to forge new paths and leave impactful legacies.

#9 about 3 min

Extending business value models into comprehensive systemic ecosystems

Nurturing human relationships ensures sustainable value creation rather than pure resource extraction.

#10 about 3 min

Managing rapid systemic change through proactive foresight

Confronting unknown variables with curiosity uncovers actionable steps instead of causing paralysis.

#11 about 3 min

Transitioning from traditional forecasting to strategic future thinking

Building systemic platforms for lasting innovation requires balancing immediate execution with long-term strategic foresight.

#12 about 2 min

Fostering autonomous networks to expand leadership influence

Empowering collective decision-making creates resilient and self-evolving organizational networks.

#13 about 2 min

Synchronizing human ingenuity with artificial intelligence tools

Collaborating with learning systems unlocks new frontiers of expertise rather than replacing human creativity.

#14 about 3 min

Prioritizing human augmentation over pure process automation

Equipping individuals with advanced capabilities ensures sustainable and resilient progress across communities.

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1:04 min

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3:55 min

Rethinking software engineering processes beyond human constraints

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3:35 min

Choosing human led transformational priorities over pure tech

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