Future of Innovation - hundreds of Futurist articles / videos and keynote conference presentations on innovation and related issues including impact of AI / Artificial Intelligence on innovation. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best-known Futurist keynote speakers, has worked with more than 400 of the world's largest companies on innovation, and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. He is also Co-Founder / Director of Global Innovation Ltd - accelerating smart companies. Clients include Google, Microsoft, Toshiba, HP, IBM, Phillips, SAP, Siemens, Symantec, Infosys, Ricoh, Nokia, AT&T, Vodafone, O2, STC, Belgacom, BT, BBC, Comverse, European Internet Foundation, Fujitsu Siemens, AIC Carriers World, Mobilcom, MTN, NCR, Toshiba, Unisys, AIC Carriers World, Mobilcom, MTN, Amdocs, Carlton TV, Etisalat Telecom (UAE), Idea Cellular, Loral (satellites), Telenor, Times of India, Qualcomm, SABC (S Africa), TDC. Patrick Dixon is co-founder and Director of Global Innovators Ltd, accelerating smart companies and taking them global.  He and has given Futurist keynotes on innovation and related issues to audiences in North America, Central America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia and Asia Pacific.

As in most nations, economic growth will depend on the success of tens of thousands of small, family owned businesses, rather than on job creation by large multinationals.

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