Observations by Jonar Nader » Lectures

Stupidity versus foolishness

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:57:04 +0000

What is the definition of stupidity? What does it mean to be foolish? Jonar Nader explains that corporations today are stupid because they do not act on what they already know. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

A useless invention that runs the world

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:48:36 +0000

Which useless simple invention now runs the world? It keeps the world’s biggest event alive. Jonar Nader calls this ‘the technologist’s revenge’. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

Information needs to be informotion

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:38:38 +0000

Information is dead data unless it has form and structure. This is why Jonar invented the term ‘informotion’. In this recording, Jonar is speaking to university graduates about what future professionals need to know about the fast-paced world. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

What is the scarcest resource?

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:21:08 +0000

Time is replenishable. Money is plentiful. In our society, the scarcest resource is an intangible one. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

Short term versus long term investments

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:03:58 +0000

In the past, futurists who spoke up, were sent to prison. People did not believe their predictions. The same is happening today. People simply do not know how to believe the unbelievable. Jonar speaks about the quadrant for investment, looking at the high-risk versus low-risk, and the long-term versus the short-term. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

Undetectable and untraceable fraud

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:50:24 +0000

The term ‘undetectable and untraceable fraud’ (abbreviated to U2F) was coined by Jonar Nader. Here, he describes how it works, and why it is dangerous for our society. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

The new management skill called Risk

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:27:22 +0000

These days, they have courses to produce Chief Risk Officers. This was something Jonar had predicted in the year 2000. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

Blooper with Microsoft Windows

Jonar Nader — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:17:17 +0000

When Jonar Nader was on stage, presenting to a large audience, his computer crashed. Here is what happened. The audience seemed to sympathise. They understood that Microsoft Windows crashes all too often. To listen to an excerpt from the lecture, click on the green arrow below.

Jonar’s predictions that came true

Jonar Nader — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:55:24 +0000

Jonar speaks to a large audience about how he goes about predicting the future. The lecture was 70 minutes long. Here, in under five minutes, we hear excepts of some of Jonar’s predictions that have come true. To listen to an excerpt from the radio broadcast, please click on the green play button below.