The pandemic globally has been a time of hardship and tragedy. It's also been a time of radical change, as people around the world have had to adapt to new ways of working and living. As we begin to emerge on the other side of that acute time, we return to a 'new normal', with many of the accelerating changes from the pandemic here to stay.

Daniel Burrus, a leading futurist and best-selling author on technology disruption, speaks with The Big Tech Ticket about where this period leaves our society vis a vis newer technologies. This episode features a survey of leading technologies to assess where adoption is, as well as Burrus's approach to thinking about adoption and what it means for us all.

• 1:00 minute mark – Soft trends vs. hard trends and the need for opportunity