People in emerging markets use social networking in very different ways, according to Michael Walsh, a Hong Kong social-media strategist who runs a consumer research lab called Tomorrow. "Koprol is conceptually different from Western platforms because it is mapped to an East Asian style of socializing. It's no surprise it might exert a great deal of influence all over the developing world, and soon."
CATEGORY: Indonesia
In the interview with Aphan Manas and Ufuk Tarhan we have a surprise and we meet with Mike Walsh who is considered as world's one of the most important futurists. Walsh is an expert regarded all around the world. The work he is doing is defined as 'digital anthropology'. He lives in Hong Kong. He examines consumer behavior and the digital world. Travelling all around the world, he gives speeches about digital future.
Walsh gives consultancy to companies such as BBC Worldwide, Televisa, Star TV, ABC, Fujifilm, Foxtel and MSN and he says that social media will have an explosion in the next 10 years. Besides, he foresees that shopping will be done with the groups that are created in social media and the social media will take a shape that will meet all the requirements.
CATEGORY: Turkey
After having a shower and eating breakfast, you cuddle the kids, kiss your partner goodbye for the day and choose a virtual suit (you’re really just wearing shorts and a T-shirt) and then wander into your office. It’s right there in your home, but it could be anywhere in the world. It’s simply a white walled room, but once you flick a switch and fire up the sensors, cameras and projectors, you see your colleagues all around you, sitting at their own desks, getting on with the day’s projects.
CATEGORY: Australia
What is the future of retail and consumer innovation? How will major brands respond to disruptive shifts in customer behaviour? Carte Blanche, a South African TV current affairs program ran this video special featuring futurist and author Mike Walsh during his visit to Capetown for the South African Shopping Centres Congress.
CATEGORY: South Africa
Mike Walsh, author, CEO of research agency Tomorrow and a specialist on the digital future, is a keynote speaker at the 2010 national conference Eyes Wide Open in September. He spoke to Research News about what the world's digital future might look like - and it may be coming fromn a different direction than the one you'd expect. Brazil, Russia, India and China, will the interesting countries to watch in the next few years for digital innovations, according to futurist Mike Walsh. But first, he says, we need to go baxk to the past...
CATEGORY: Australia
Management Today, part of the HSM group produced this profile on futurist Mike Walsh on his views on the future of consumers, marketing and business. With insights from his best selling book Futuretainment, Mike discusses the unique opportunities for digital focused companies and entrepreneurs with a special focus on the Latin American region. This popular episode, subtitled in Spanish has been on high rotation on broadcast networks in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and in other markets across Latin America.
CATEGORY: Latin America
