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In this inaugural episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Gartner Senior Director Analyst Marko Sillanpaa to discuss the use of science fiction storytelling as a tool to use exciting and intriguing stories to explain technological breakthroughs and imagine how they will affect society and industry in the future. Marko and Marty also discuss the recently launched science fiction series, Brave New Worlds, which tells the story of the fictional 2B Enterprises, the first multiversal organization, operating across the world we live in, the world we are creating (metaverse) and the world we are exploring and expanding into (space).
Marko Sillanpaa is a Senior Director Analyst focused on the content/document space. Marko has more than 20 years of experience in information technology, focusing on content technology across platforms, applications, and components. Marko also covers science-fiction prototyping, or storytelling, using entertaining stories to communicate changes in technologist and share trends. He has authored and coordinated several stories while at Gartner.