Future of insurance companies and hedge funds following credit crunch and stock market crash.

Many articles, videos and keynote presentations on the future of the insurance industry.

Future of banking after 2008 credit crunch, and global collapse of financial markets. Nationalisation, capital injection, debt swaps.

What banking look like after crisis and global economic chaos. Future of retail banking, corporate banking, wholesale banking and investment banking. Expect further consolidation, staff losses, more transparency and cautious lending - for a while. Highly complex global finance will offer new opportunities for talented bankers. Regulators and risk managers will struggle to catch up.

Irrational markets and strange investment decisions. How markets are driven by emotion rather than logic. Implications for collapse of confidence in banking and government The trouble is that it is easy to make intelligent people seem ridiculous with hindsight - question is what decisions are being made today which will seem as absurd in a few years time. 

Post by Patrick Dixon / video made by BBC- both in 2008 - very perceptive.

Passion to connect with other people. Harness new technology in education sullabus.

Video on future of education, high schools, colleges, universities, curriculum, trends, syllabus, exams, assessments, business schools, MBAs, degree courses - by Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist conference keynote speaker for NAIS.