Top Strategic Predictions for 2024 & Beyond: The Year Everything Changed l Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo

Ready to get ahead of future opportunities and threats in the technology space? Leigh McMullen, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst, dives into ten predictions of the future that represent opportunities or threats.

[paperboy]

Feel like I'm at church. Such passion and emotion. Enjoyed the talk. Entertaining and educational. The opportunity is always now.

[pvp]

I find myself saying this often lately: “We are living through a dramatic transformative time.” Our descendants will look back on these years with amazement.

[ppejas]

Indeed, the forecasts were captivating. However, I wonder – did the higher volume during a significant part of your presentation serve as a unique 'charisma filter'? It's worth considering how this approach might be challenging for the neurodivergent audience members you mentioned.

[guitarlots]

If you look at businesses in the LA metro area it consists of restaurants, nail salons, barbers, small markets, liquor stores, independent medical offices, auto repair shops, distributors, and 1000 other types of businesses, not including large retail and chain stores, so what you are saying there will be robots everywhere, no way man, who the heck will want one, nobody. You will see everybody boycott robotics and AI and that will be the end of that.

[douglachman]

Sounds very good and understandable. However migration, remote and mobile work can counter population worker shortages. A balance of human resources.

[gfbardski]

Interesting talk. Let's come back in 2026/7 and check ;)

[markwiegard]

If you really think about it, we don’t need any of this. When you see what happens to unpopular ideas, Bud Lite Disney, we won’t buy it 🤷‍♂️

Sell it all you want, if the masses don’t buy into your hopeful hype it will sit on a lot like EV’s are right now….