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Graeme Codrington's Future of Work

Mar 31, 2022

My final Throwforward Thursday podcast about Dubai Expo looks at my first and last moments at the Expo, where I realised it wasn't just about a fantastical vision of the future for my imagination, but was more an invitation to engage with heart and hands in what we can - and should - do to build a better world right...


Mar 26, 2022

The Dubai Expo featured many different visions of robotics, from robot security guards patrolling the Expo area to self-flying drones and robotic coffee baristas. But probably most powerful was a dance display in the Kazakstan Pavilion that was meant to inspire a vision of humans and robots dancing and working...


Mar 20, 2022

I have spent the past week in Dubai, visiting the Expo 2020. Here is my first review and reflection on the experience. I was initially disappointed to not be overwhelmed with inspiring innovations, until I realised that the purpose of Expo was to show us what's possible NOW and invite us to build and live it NOW....


Mar 11, 2022

Plumbers (and all the tradespeople) of the future will be high tech. Drones, robots, and more will be integrated into what they do.

(PS. Tradespeople are always busy, never out of work, and will be able to charge top dollar for their high tech work. Maybe think about this before you default to choosing university as...


Mar 3, 2022

This week we jump to a future when sports are no longer categorised simply into "men" and "women". I refer to this as "gender" as that's the common label, but more technically it is sexual biology that is important, and we know that this expresses itself on a spectrum rather than just in two big categories. We need to...