Disinformation Wars, Enhanced Reality, Babysitting Robots: Welcome to 2025
By Yemi Olagbaiye
Sci-fi visionary Isaac Asimov predicted humanity would have solar power beaming in from space stations by now. Arthur C Clarke, meanwhile, believed...
AI in the City: The Right Tools in the Right Place
Interview with Dalius Kazlauskas of WAICF
The World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival takes place in that city from 13 to 15 February. Keynote speaker Dalius...
How New Age Entrepreneurs are Changing the Way We Think About Business
By Jessica Wong
Entrepreneurs have always been at the forefront of innovation. Often starting out with limited resources, they made their mark by building businesses...
The Future of Digital Identity Verification
Interview with Andreas Bodczek, CEO of IDnow
The digital revolution is making a significant impact on every industry, and IDnow, being the leading provider of...
The Art of Future Design — Part I: Framing, Assessing, and Identifying Relevant Contexts
By Kristine M. Kawamura, Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo
Our desire to design a better future for those coming behind...
Breaking the Mould! A New Business Model for the 21st Century
By Karl-Heinz Streibich
The pace of change in the digital era is too fast, and survival is the main objective. Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich...
Transpitality: How Autonomous Driving Technology Will Reshape the Industry Landscape
By Steve Lee, Won-Yong Oh, Irene Yi
There has been increasing attention to self-driving cars, but business is still missing some key insights into how...
A Logical Solution for Quantum Computing: Interview with Yuval Boger, Chief Marketing Officer at...
The entry of the "logical qubits" concept into the arena of quantum computing represents an enormous advance, not least in solving the noise problem...
Patching the Security Holes in the NHS’s Ageing IT System
By Trevor Dearing
The NHS’s outdated IT infrastructure leaves it highly vulnerable to cyberattacks, with legacy systems introducing a substantial risk of data breaches and...
The Travel Industry Should Get Itself a Smartphone
By Paul Sies
Connectivity is a fact of the modern world. Yet fundamentally the travel industry operates as it did fifty years ago. An attachment...
Leading the Gen AI Revolution: Building Workers’ Trust to Reinvent Work in Europe
By Tim Good, Andrew Young and Mamta Kapur
Europe is currently undergoing a generative AI-driven transformation in the world of work. While leaders are confident...
Imagining a Shared Journey into the Future of Work
By Simon L. Dolan, Kristine Marin Kawamura, Mario Raich, and Dave Ulrich
Work enables us to create value for ourselves and others. In our forthcoming...
Supply Chain Digitalisation Management Challenge
By Richard Markoff and Ralf seifert
As part of the broader Industry 4.0 trend, the digitalisation of supply chains is happening quickly. Much of the...
Veins and Wires: Reflections on UrbanTech Transformation
By Dr Mike Cooray, Dr Rikke Duus and Marius Sylvestersen
What kind of urban environment would you like to live in? In this article, we...
AIM for the New Frontiers of Work
By Chris Nichols, Philippa Hardman and Michael Chaskalson
Earlier articles in this series have introduced Team Mindfulness using the AIM model and explored how the...
Cultivating Executive Trust in the Age of AI Governance
By Luca Collina & Ben Warnes
AI has still to earn its spurs as a reliable tool in the locker of business. So what guidelines...
Fintech: a Force for Disrupting and Democratising Financial Services
Fintech is like a snowball on a hill that is getting bigger and bigger and changing finance tremendously. London-based entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya is well...
Science for a Better Tomorrow
By Ulrich A.K. Betz
The future holds daunting challenges for the human race, and some good news wouldn’t come amiss. Here, Ulrich Betz gives us...
AI in Hospitality: Can increased AI usage enhance human interaction?
By Dr. Reza Etemad-Sajadi and Dr. Meng-Mei Chen
In the hospitality industry, there are several opportunities for AI integration (concierge robots, chatbots/virtual assistants, voice recognition,...
Enhancing Digital Workflows: The Strategic Role of Everyday AI and DEX
By Chanel Chambers
This article examines the integration of Everyday AI with Digital Employee Experience (DEX) frameworks to enhance operational efficiencies and workforce satisfaction. It...
Robot Travel Agency: A Warm and Technological Welcome
The time is ripe for technology to bridge the information gap between newly arrived travelers, their holiday accommodation, and their chosen tourist destination. Enter...
How Some Companies Beat the Competition…for Decades and Even Centuries
By: Howard Yu and Jialu Shan
The average lifespan of companies is becoming shorter. For them to survive the competition it is important to learn...
Digital Trust is on the Horizon: Interview with Warren Dumanski, Executive VP and General...
In an ideal world, businesses would be able to carry out their digital business transactions safely, securely, ethically and reliably. In short, they need...
Are We in Good Shape for a Digital Transformation?
By Anand Swaminathan & Jürgen Meffert
Innovation cycles run ever faster – with each of us experiencing ever more discontinuity. Anand Swaminathan and Jürgen Meffert,...
The Wacky Races of Cybersecurity
By Raj Samani
The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches survey shows we’re dealing more critical cyberattacks than ever before and struggling to defend against them....
Riversoft Makes the Connection: From Travel Services to Medical Data Via NLP
Since its foundation, Riversoft has been active in many areas of growth, from tourism to technology and the marriage of both. Following our initial...
Cloud-native Banking: Empowering Delivery of Great Financial Experiences
Interview with Mr. Eugene Danilkis, CEO of SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu
Digitalisation and the cloud have transformed the way in which financial services are offered....
The Art of Future Design — Part II: Deployment, Wholeness, and Impact on...
By Kristine M. Kawamura, Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo
In this article, we extend the logic that was previously published...
All Change – but which Platform? Confronting Shift in the Telecom Sector
Interview with Kevin Peters, President and CEO at NetNumber
All technology-based companies operate in an arena of constant change. However, perhaps no sector is subject...
Building the Future on a Century of Heritage: A family business on the move–for...
Interview with Max Viessmann, CEO of Viessmann Group
If knowledge is power, then shared knowledge must surely be the way for a company to maximise...
Rethinking Future Higher Education
By Mario Raich, Simon Dolan, Paweł Rowinski, Claudio Cisullo, Courtney Abraham and Jan Klimek
“Education is a sustainable way for cultural change and transformation.”
The world around...
Reshoring and New Globalization: The Future of Supply Chains
By Luigi Gentili
Reshoring is an economic phenomenon that has increased during the pandemic crisis. Many governments and businesses decide to repatriate their production lines...
Sustainability is A Mindset, A Never Ending Journey
Interview with Franziska Gsell, Chief Marketing Officer of IWC Schaffhausen, chairwoman of the company’s Sustainability Committee
Franziska Gsell has been the Chief Marketing Officer of...
Better Products, Better Development with AI
By John Sullivan
Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking up everything. So, why not product development as well? From augmenting software development processes to shaping the...
Abstract Submissions are Now Accepted for Presentation at Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference
Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference – science for a better tomorrow.
Abstracts are now accepted for presentation at one of the world’s most renowned conferences...
Future Ready Transformations Pay Off But Often Stall
By Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner, and Ina Sebastian
Given the ubiquity of the expression “digital transformation”, we might assume that we all know what...
Innovation – now and for generations to come
By Ulrich A.K. Betz
Merck is well known as a vibrant science and technology company. But the company's drive to improve the well-being of humanity...
Bitcoin is 15: Towards Adulthood or Speculative Bubble?
By Jacques Bughin
Globally, more than 15,000 businesses accept Bitcoin. To date, high flyers such as Microsoft, AT&T, Starbucks, Gucci, and Shopify accept Bitcoin in...
Embracing AI: The Next Frontier in Elderly Housing
By Dr Ulla Broms and Dr Anna Lahtinen
This article explores the notion of using AI to improve service delivery, safety, and staff well-being in...
Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference – Amazing Agenda is Online
Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference
An absolutely amazing speaker line-up has been announced for the upcoming Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference near Frankfurt, Germany in...
Three Trends Driving the Geospatial AI Revolution
Geospatial AI, the intersection of geospatial data and artificial intelligence, is the new frontier of technological innovation that promises to transform entire business industries....
Beyond AI Adoption: Why Workforce Upskilling is the Real Competitive Advantage
By Michael Wade and Amit Joshi
A large insurance company planned to roll out AI tools for their employees, including models for churn reduction, customer...
Atradius and Kemiex Shake up the Raw Material Trading Landing in Pharma, Veterinary, Food,...
An online trade platform designed and introduced by Kemiex and Atradius is revolutionising the B2B global trade landscape for APIs, vitamins, and other food...
Don’t Fear the Black Swan, Take it as an Opportunity to Soar
By Kevin Peters, President and CEO, NetNumber
When a black swan event, an unexpected occurrence that has a substantial impact on society and business, happens, businesses...
Future Work: Changes, Choices & Consequences
By Jonathan Trevor
Despite enabling widespread automation of routine tasks, mechanical technologies have created many more job opportunities than they have replaced in our Industrial...
Moving Forward with ERM Advanced Telematics and The Future of Transportation
An Interview with Mr. Eitan Kirshenboim, CMO, ERM Advanced Telematics
Innovations in telematics and autonomous technology are continuously shaping the world for the better. We...
The Dawn of the Value Economy Era
By Tifenn Dano Kwan
We have entered a new era of business, where digital is at the heart of everything. Many companies founded today are...
Under Cyberattack: Learning For Leaders Through Play
By Nora Grasselli and Bethan Williams
How are team dynamics affected by our evermore global and virtualized business context? An innovative game created at ESMT...
Sustainable Solutions for Businesses: Enhancing Efficiency with Facilities Management Software
Interview with Philip Meyers of mpro5
Facilities management software is at the forefront of transforming how businesses operate and maintain their environments. As technology advances,...
Why Fixing the Planet is also about Seizing Business Opportunities
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan, Dr Jacques Bughin and Yuhui Xiong
Companies’ efforts to become more sustainable can often be driven by regulation or government...
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Psychologists have long battled to formulate frameworks that allow us to understand and interpret the human psyche. Predictably, their findings have often been complex and difficult to apply in an everyday context....
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