
Creating the World’s First Cognitive City
If you could use AI, data, and predictive technology to build a city from the ground up, how would you want it to serve you better? Today’s smart cities are no longer efficient enough for our modern-day needs: mankind and technology have evolved at a faster rate...
Cognitive City vs Smart City

How Diversity and Inclusion Can Channel Creativity and Innovation

Is Trust the Most Valued Currency in the New Data Economy?
Cognitive Cities Will Power Human Interaction – Fast Company Middle East Interview
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Fast Company Middle East to talk about how TONOMUS is building a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem to power our cognitive city and why I am a digital humanist. Transcript I’m a digital humanist. That means I believe...Are Humans Crucial to the Future of Tech?
No matter how advanced technology becomes, it will never replace humans. Humans will always be key to steering our future-forward societies. I sat down to talk to Fast Company Middle East about the future of tech and business and how we are creating an environment...TONOMUS at Bloomberg Summit 2022
Joseph Bradley, CEO of TONOMUS explains the vision and direction of the company and how they aim to be a leader in cognitive technology. Transcript Recently, Bloomberg Media’s Nicholas Porter caught up with Joseph Bradley, the CEO of TONOMUS, one of the sponsors...How AI Will Power Cognitive Cities of the Future, Today
In his keynote address at the World Summit AI, Joseph Bradley discusses the importance of AI innovations to develop predictive, cognitive technologies for the future and shared the TONOMUS cognitive blueprint to build the infrastructure layer to achieve digital air....Shaping the Metaverse for Humanity – GITEX 2022
In his GITEX Global keynote, Joseph Bradley discusses his vision for the metaverse and how it represents our ability to keep moving, to connect, to live, to love, to be human, and create value. Transcript How are you today? I’m super excited to talk to you about...
Working in the Metaverse: What Virtual Office Life Could Look Like

Fast Company ME – What Will a Cognitive City Look Like?

A cognitive city will be proactive, powering human interaction. But there’s more

NEOM – World’s first cognitive region | Deloitte Fast 50 Spotlight
The world’s first cognitive region. An accelerator of human progress. A new vision of what the future could be. All of these embody the spirit of NEOM where transformation is driven by world-class, applied technology and data-derived insights, in harmony with the environment and the needs of its population.

Deloitte Fast 50 Spotlight Technology Award
Since its historic announcement by His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Chairman of the NEOM Company Board of Directors, in October 2017, NEOM is being built from the ground up as an accelerator of human progress. A new vision of what the future could be. The world’s first cognitive region, where transformation is driven by world-class, applied technology and data-derived insights, in harmony with the environment and the needs of its population.

Fast Company ME Award

A Saudi tech university program sounds the call to entrepreneurial action

How ready is the Middle East for its metaverse take-off?
Technology and Sustainability (Earth Day Video)
Technology plays a key role in sustainability and involves all points in the value chain from infrastructure to partners to employees. Sustainability is a differentiator to customers and shareholders and creates new business models and opportunities.
Smart vs Cognitive Cities (LEAP2022)
The evolution of smart cities has been gradual. What started with innovations like the synchronization of traffic lights now uses IoT, artificial intelligence, and the cloud to collect electronic data from and about people and infrastructure to improve...Find Your Passion
What is your legacy? What gets you up in the morning? What motivates you to have an impact on people around you? In this video series about leadership, Joseph shares what motivates him. “As you get older, you start thinking about when you leave this earth and what...Leadership Video Series: How Do You Develop Great Communication Skills?
What does it mean to “practice how you play”? In sports, coaches and players do this all the time. But in business, most leaders spend more time on their content than practicing the delivery of it. In this video, Joseph describes how to “practice how you play”, from...Important Aspects of Your Leadership Style
Want to build more agility into your leadership style? Joseph shares his insights in this segment of his leadership series. His biggest tips: Learn to adjust your communication style to different modes of communication and listen to understand context. “Today’s...
How NEOM will allow people to manage and trade their personal data

ZeroPoint DC hyperscale data center to support ecosystem of cognitive technologies
Half-billion-dollar venture offers global tech giants end-to-end gateway to KSA and GCC
LEAP conference 2022 – Enabling the First Cognitive City
I believe the purpose of technology is to unlock the hidden potential of the human spirit. This is why I define myself as a Digital Humanist, and why I am so excited to share my vision for TONOMUS. At TONOMUS, we are accelerating the next quantum leap in tech...
M3LD – a groundbreaking platform enabling users to control and earn from personal data
Designed to restore trust in data economy by placing ownership back in hands of users
Part of US$1bn investment in AI-driven products and hyperconnected, autonomous solutions

Saudi Arabia’s new metaverse will help design $500bn city IRL

NEOM Tech & Digital Co. unveils XVRS – a first-of-a-kind, cognitive digital twin metaverse platform
Designed with human needs at its core, XVERS will unlock the potential of next-generation cognitive cities
Dynamic ‘mixed-reality’ urban living model features immersive entertainment and social experiences, and a built-in digital marketplace

NEOM’s tech arm moves from spending to luring investors as it plans “world’s first truly metaverse platform”

Powering the World’s First Cognitive Region
I believe the purpose of technology is to unlock the hidden potential of the human spirit. This is why I define myself as a Digital Humanist, and why I am so excited to share my vision for @NEOM. At NEOM Tech & Digital, we are accelerating the next quantum leap in...Bringing the Power of Cognitive Technology to the World (Changemakers – Episode 2)
How can we shift from a reactive to a proactive world that will make our lives easier, healthier, safer, and more productive? Joseph, together with Saudi electrical and computer engineer Nazek El-Atab, talk about their inspirations, dreams, and hopes for the future in...
NEOM to invest in Saudi, foreign startups to develop talent

NEOM Tech & Digital Holding Company and OneWeb sign $200m JV for satellite network
OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to service NEOM, the Kingdom and MEA, transforming connectivity to businesses and rural communities.
High-speed connectivity will be a vital enabler of groundbreaking ecosystem of cognitive technologies
The Future of Technology and Digital | Discuss the Future with Joseph Bradley.
#NEOM will create the world’s first cognitive cities. Joseph Bradley, the Future of Technology and Digital Sector Head, explains how NEOM will accomplish this goal by first establishing cognitive foundations. NEOM will not create smart cities – that on average uses...
Cisco report delves into the new data-driven wave of IT management

Cisco Study Finds Enterprises Racing Toward ‘Preemptive’ IT

Cisco Measures the State of IT Operations Readiness

Questioneering a Solution to Gun Violence in America’s Schools
The hashtag #IfIDieInASchoolShooting on Twitter has teens across the US expressing their deepest fears of what could happen to them in their once ‘safe’ schools. As a father, it saddens me that our youth has to even imagine this pain and what could potentially...Joseph Discussing New Book “Questioneering”
In a digital world constantly throwing information at us, we are in such a hurry to find the answers that we don’t ask the right questions. This leaves us aiming at the wrong target, never able to hit the right one. How do we get to the breakthrough levels of...The Convergence Edge – Using Data, Emotion, and the Power of Momentum
How many people or sources do you consult before making a big decision? Most people listen only to one or two – themselves and a close friend or colleague. In Joseph’s book “Questioneering,” he teaches leaders to listen to three significant sources in the digital age:...Is Security Enough to Drive Trust?
The Internet of Things is nothing if it’s not also an internet of trust. The significance of data integrity, in addition to data security, is an important component of Joseph’s book “Questioneering.” Is security enough to drive trust? The assumption is that if data is...Joseph Introduces “Questioneering”
Technologically advanced solution development must have the human perspective at its core. Joseph’s ability to galvanize this approach across employees, customers, and shareholders is a cornerstone of his success. In this short video, Joseph introduces the anchors of...
Moving IT from a cost center to a profit center
IT operations can be complex, and determining how mature and ready those operations are for change and innovation has long been a challenge for many organizations. For its 2018 IT Operations Readiness Index, Cisco surveyed 1,522 respondents from seven countries...Cisco Live – Barcelona 2018
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Embracing the Decision Economy How can you ensure your organization is a disruptor and not the one disrupted in today’s decision economy? Joseph shares 10 tips about how to avoid a revenue stall in a rapidly changing digital world where...Is Your Company Experiencing Brain Drain?
Do you know the deflated, panicked feeling when the best player leaves a team, leaving a vacuum of knowledge and expertise to be filled? It happens in sports, and it happens in business. Joseph calls this “brain drain.” Your ability to retain knowledge in business is...
The Digital Age Takes Over: Top 5 Predictions for Reshaping Value in 2018 and Beyond
1. The Internet of Trust Takes Center Stage By 2020, up to 50 billion devices will connect to the Internet of Things (IoT), generating data and analytics in support of automated and policy-based decisions. These business decisions will become immensely...
Five to Thrive in a Disruptive Environment
At last count, Gartner tracks more than 450 IoT platforms in the market. And that’s just today. It’s astounding the number of tools and the amount of technology continuously being invented and reinvented. The impacts and the stakes are extremely high. Nine...
Five to Thrive in a Disruptive Environment: Part 1
At last count, Gartner tracks more than 450 IoT platforms in the market. And that’s just today. It’s astounding the number of tools and the amount of technology continuously being invented and reinvented. The impacts and the stakes are extremely high. Nine...
Get Closer to Your Customers and Get Closer to Profits
Your customers mean everything to your company. But are the decisions you make based on those close relationships? Times have changed. And they continue to change, rapidly. The beauty of technology is that on one side it helps us stay more connected than ever with our...
Lost Your Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, or LeBron James? This is How You Prevent What Inevitably Happens Next
When you’re leading an organization, you set off to nurture the very best. But what happens when they leave? Let me tell you, losing your key players could completely ruin everything you’ve worked so hard to build, unless you do this. When I hear business leaders talk...
Organizations Understand They Need Diversity – But Are They Doing it The Right Way?
As a leader, you know the importance of diversity. But if you don’t include this one thing, you’re leaving profits on the table. Several years ago, a company hired me to lead their inclusion and diversity initiative and asked me to join their leadership team to...
This is Why Failing Fast is a Joke (And The 3 Things You Need to Do Instead)
I’ve spent the majority of my career in VP or C-suite roles and let me tell you… you don’t want to fail fast. In fact… YOU DO NOT WANT TO FAIL. PERIOD. We hear it all the time, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere: let’s fail fast. It’s all about failing fast. And it’s one...
A New Model For Enterprise Resource Planning (It’s About Time!)
Today, if you are not creating value through digital business, you are falling behind. But capturing that value demands three core capabilities. Your business must be hyper relevant (with a customized and contextual customer experience); frictionless (that is, fast...
5 Trends That Will Change The Way We Work In 2017
One of the exciting things about living in these times is the lighting-fast pace of change. Digital disruption can make some people uneasy, but for me, the overwhelming sense of possibilities and opportunities transcends all else. Every year those opportunities — and...
Hortau Appoints Joseph Bradley as Chairman of the Board

IoT Industry Expert Joseph Bradley Appointed Chairman of Board for Hortau
PRNewswire/ — Hortau, a provider of precision irrigation management systems and services for agriculture since 2002, has announced the appointment of Internet of Things industry expert Joseph Bradley as Chairman of its Board of Directors. ...
A Futurist Perspective

“Internet of Everything” Chief Talks Digital Disruption Implications at IWNY

“Internet of Everything” Chief Talks Digital Disruption Implications at IWNY
I didn’t know what to expect from Internet Week New York, the annual celebration of technology’s impact on business and culture held last week. It was cool to hear from the well-known — like Chelsea Clinton and New York City’s Police Commissioner William Bratton...
School Days 2.0: Connected, Borderless, and Highly Inclusive
Chuck Berry’s old hit “School Days” sums up an educational model that has persisted since the 1800s — if not since Aristotle. Students and their classmates sit within the same walls and absorb rote knowledge from one teacher at a time. And woe...
There’s No Place Like (a Connected) Home
It doesn’t take long to realize it’s going to be one of those days. You drag yourself out of bed, bleary-eyed after a bad night’s sleep in a stuffy, overheated room. Desperately in need of a caffeine jolt, you then discover that...
School Days 2.0: Connected, Borderless, and Highly Inclusive

There’s No Place Like (a Connected) Home

A Pill That Tracks Your Health?The Reality Of The ‘Quantified Self’ Movement
Microsensors in your shoes compile data on where you go and what you do. Your workout clothes track your daily progress at the gym and tell you when to slow down or speed up. The pill you swallow reports back on the state of your digestion, vital signs, and overall...
A Pill That Tracks Your Health? The Reality Of The ‘Quantified Self’ Movement
