Super Babies and What it Means for Our Kids
So, I had the honor of teaching a workshop at Central Iowa Community College this week and had I got a lot of great questions during our Q&A. We covered everything from AI, to Fake news, Robotics to CRISPR and real-time gene editing. One question that came up (and is VERY timely I might add) was this one – “In an age when people can use tools like CRISPR to edit genes for the price of flushing the toilet, will we start seeing people editing their babies before their born to be super athletes, super smart, super-everything and if so, …
The future is here and it’s time for Central PA to get ready! York Plan 2.0 anyone?
I recently had the honor of being the Keynote Speaker for MANTEC’s Business Innovation Conference (see video below this post) and I’m not going to lie…. for the first time in a loooong time, I was nervous. I get the chance to speak to groups all over the United States about the Exponential advancement of Tech and the impact it’s going to have on our communities, so this is kind of my thing. In a past life I was the lead singer of my band (see awesome throw back band picture), so getting on stage has always been in my wheelhouse. …
Iowa SMART Conference
York Exponential CEO, John McElligott will be in Des Moines, Iowa at the CCCU Convention Center on April 28th, 2016 for the Iowa SMART Conference. The world is amazing! Everyday there are more and more remarkable discoveries, inventions and technologies being developed. It can seem overwhelming trying to plan for every possible scenario; trying to decipher the impact each new innovation will have on our businesses, communities and our joint future. Industries that have seemed steady and unchanged are being rocked to their core. But for those of us willing to look deeper we will not only begin …
Embracing Disruption
Taxi drivers never could have imagined that the cell phones they held to their ear would one day put them out of work. The world’s largest taxi service Uber owns no cars; the world’s largest retailer Alibaba has no stock; and the world’s largest accommodations service owns no property. The world is changing at an exponential rate. Innovation, Disruption, and advancements in technology around Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and The Internet of Things are all drastically changing how we think about everything from Community and Economic Development to Workforce and Education. Being innovative is no longer a luxury, but a necessity if …