This is an interesting piece that was put together as a collaborative effort between a series of industry visionaries, with Boreas Group's Robert Sarfi contributing:
http://www.energycentral.com/o/esri/innovation-air-esri’s-2016-geoconx-show-almost-here
Our very own Robert Sarfi had the pleasure of presenting the keynote address at the EPRI GIS Working Group Conference held in Birmingham, AL on October 4, 2016. The presentation touched on what the future holds for GIS and how we need to be honest with ourselves as an industry, both acknowledging that changes is happening whether we like it or not and how we need to be honest about the quality of the data. The presentation is available for future reference (http://tinyurl.com/zlv82kn)