Our Own Content

Having worked extensively with other organizations to help them solve their own big challenges, Next Agenda has put together a suite of tools and skills that allow us to produce content in-house. The videos we produce are forward-thinking and pull insights from a wide variety of fields and disciplines. On this page you'll find videos we have produced based on Next Agenda CEO Peter Leyden's range of speaking engagements. See below for samples of how we can collect, condense, and combine video from a variety of different events, editing it together to create new insights.

 

 

Highlights

This trailer-style video touches on a range of ideas that CEO Pete Leyden discusses in his speaking engagements. The topics include the effects of shifting demographics, new technologies, and how a new paradigm for politics is currently emerging. This overview video includes segments of talks that Leyden has given in a variety of settings, including Apple's headquarters in Silicon Valley, a chateau in Paris, and Google's offices.

For more on any of these talks, please see below.

 

Our Age of Transformation (Condensed)

One of Pete Leyden's most popular talks is about how new technologies and other trends are merging to push the the world into an era of unprecedented transitions and changes. Leyden posits that this era is so unique that people will look back in 200 years and see our time as a historical shift. This video includes a peek at some of the best parts of a version of this talk given in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include the digital revolution, the shift in media, demographics, and the coming shift in problem solving.

To see the full hour-long talk, please go here.

 

The Next Tech Paradigm Shifts (Condensed)

This video gives a quick overview of the Next Tech Paradigm Shifts, another popular talk that Pete Leyden gives. This talk explores how developments in technology, media, and demographics are leading to breakthroughs in diverse fields such as clean energy, politics, and even solving problems. Watch this condensed video to get a quick overview of some of the best ideas of this talk Leyden gave in Washington state, for a luncheon put on by Lockheed Martin.

You can also see the full hour-long talk here.

 

The Video Future

This segment, from Pete Leyden's keynote talk "The Next Tech Paradigm Shifts," delves into the explosive increase in the production and implementation of high-quality video. Leyden says that increasing internet speeds enabled by the spread of broadband will make video an indespensible part of online communications. This is significant because it represents a step toward more nuanced and robust communication between people that text and photos do not provide.

 

An Introduction to "Our Age of Transformation"

This video is the opening section of a keynote talk given by Pete Leyden. In it, Leyden gives an overview of the hour-long talk, and discusses how trends in technology and innovaton are spurring paradigm shifts in a variety of fields, including politics, economics, and problem solving. These shifts, Leyden says, will help America and the world solve some of our most pressing 21st challenges, including climate change. 

 

 

The Mobile Future

Mobile technology will be increasingly important, as more people get powerful tools like smartphones in the palms of their hands. In this section of "The Next Tech Paradigm Shifts," Pete Leyden focuses on Apple Inc., and how the technology company is paving the way for high-quality, robust communicaton and media consumption. Leyden also discusses the importance of mobile video calling.

 

The Paradigm Shift in Solving Problems

There's currently a paradigm shift underway in the field of problem solving, Leyden says. A collection of collaboration technologies are allowing people to collaborate in more efficient ways, and is effectively allowing people to parallel process on complicated problems, such as climate change. Video, mobile, and internet technologies are paving the way to allow virtual communication to be as robust as face-to-face interaction. As evidence, Leyden points to a new "virtual choir" that allowed a conductor to put together a whole musical collaboration through the web.