The 2020 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle with Brian Burke

In this episode, I'm excited to be speaking with my former colleague Brian Burke, VP Research Analyst for Gartner about the latest Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle that he is a co-author on. Technology is evolving faster than ever and having reliable tools to understand these changes are vital to organizations on their digital journeys. This is where the Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle comes in, it is the most popular hype cycle by far and we get to chat with the expert to understand how Gartner identifies technologies, selects them for the ET Hype Cycle, and the key points you need to understand. Remember to check out “Gartner Hype Cycles Explained” and “Demystifying the Gartner 2020 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle” to go deep on the Gartner Hype Cycles! 

Chapters

• 1:30 About Brian Burke
• 3:30 How has non-technical trends influenced the Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle
• 5:35 What is the Emerging Technologies (ET) Hype Cycle
• 6:53 How is the ET Hype Cycle used in the industry?
• 9:40 How the ET Hype Cycle can be used as an input into the innovation programs
• 11:40 Misconceptions reading the ET Hype Cycle
• 14:35 What are the top factors or tipping points that drove the ET HC this year?
• 18:10 Where can people find the technologies that don’t make the “cut”
• 19:28 Remove the Hype from the Hype Cycle
• 20:30 Criteria for the selection of the technologies that appear on the Hype Cycle
• 23:35 How has the many (economic crisis in many nations, global pandemic, social unrest, etc.) non-technical factors influence the 2020 ET Hype Cycle?
• 28:00 GE Healthpass
• 29:35 Why near term technologies are on the ET Hype Cycle
• 32:35 What are the technologies that you are most excited about?
• 34:10 The role of privacy and ethics in the ET Hype Cycle
• 35:28 Additional ET Hype Cycle trends that were defined and why they are important for people to understand?
• 39:25 The difference between the Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle and the top 10 Strategic Trends report
• 41:35 What are the top aspects of this conversation that you want people to take away from this conversation?
• 44:45 If listeners have questions how do they get ahold of you or someone at Gartner?