Future Series

This category is Future Series, exploring groundbreaking trends, emerging technologies, and visionary ideas shaping the future of business and society. It features expert insights on innovation, digital transformation, and strategies for long-term success in a rapidly evolving world.

5 AI-Based Business Ideas to Impress Investors and Get Funds for Your Startup

By Anastasiia Molodoria One of the critical components of running a startup is cornering the market with a unique and innovative value proposition. If you...
Digital Trust is on the Horizon

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...
Big Tech Platforms

The Power of Big Tech Platforms Has Gone Too Far

By Andreas Kornelakis The shift in the regulatory context globally compels tech giants to become more responsible There is a global shift in policies to curb...
Sustainability

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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2023, A Space Opportunity: Pioneering Space Technologies, Protecting the Earth, and Preserving the Space...

By Shruti Shalini, Shalabh Kumar Singh, and Shubhashis Sengupta Space-to-Earth observation technologies are helping businesses and governments make progress towards realizing sustainable development goals on...

ChangeNOW: Where Sustainability Solutions are Found – and Accelerated

Interview with Santiago Lefebvre, Founder and CEO of ChangeNOW If change for sustainability is to be made a reality, there needs to be a place...
Future of Work

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...
Bitwarden CEO Michael Crandell

Cybersecurity: The Future of Passwords and Passwordless – Interview with Michael Crandell, the Chief...

Digital security remains a core concern for businesses, as the scary headlines continue to shriek of stolen and encrypted data, phishing, breaches, and intrusions....
ChatGPT

Chatpocalypse Now: with ChatGPT the Question is Not, “Is this Technology Ready for Us?”...

By Christopher Surdak, JD The rise of AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants is transforming the way we communicate with businesses and each other, with ChatGPT...
Entrepreneurs

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...
Online

The Role Of Mobile Learning In The Future Of Remote Work

In recent years, mLearning has grown exponentially. This is not because cell phones and other gadgets are becoming more commonplace but because people have...
Automotive Industry

Connecting the Unconnected in the Automotive Industry Four Ecosystems that are Reshaping Automotive Industry...

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio Connectivity is a defining feature of digitalisation. As companies increase their use of digital technologies in their products and...
Robot Travel Agency

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...
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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...
Riversoft

What’s Next for TravelTech? Insights from Riversoft CEO, Alex Kuo

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented, and continues to present, enormous challenges across the spectrum of industry, not least for the travel and tourism sector....

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...
Digital Transformation Could Stall During a Recession

Future, Delayed: The #1 Reason Digital Transformation Could Stall During a Recession (And How...

By Andre Schindler, General manager of EMEA for NinjaOne The past two-and-a-half years have ushered in an accelerated era of digital transformation, but now economic...
Data Economy

The Future of the Data Economy: Four Building Blocks to Maximize Value From Data...

By Svenja Falk, Surya Mukherjee and Laura Wright Data has massive potential to create both social and business value. Yet, most companies are yet to...

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...
Kevin Peters

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...
Eugene

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....
Daversa

Refining the Search for Executive Talent in Europe

Interview with Daversa Partners’ Wendy Colvano - Director & Head of Europe With investors looking towards Europe as a hotspot for business acceleration, the need...
Reshoring and New Globalization

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...

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...
UrbanTech Transformation

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...
Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines

Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines

By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo Every generation wants to improve on the previous generation; however, this generation risks...
merck

United by Science for a Better Tomorrow

By Ulrich A.K. Betz In an age of uncertainty, there is inarguably a need for a cool and, above all, rational approach to addressing the...
FLP-IT

FLP-IT Forward: A New Framework for Growth in the Post-Pandemic Era

By Dr. Olaf Groth, Dr. Mark Esposito and Dr. Terence Tse Asian companies and economies rebounded comparatively quickly from the Covid-19 downturn, employing lessons they...
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Lenzing sets a milestone towards climate neutrality with the first CO2 neutral VEOCEL™ branded...

Almost two years ago Lenzing CEO Stefan Doboczky announced the company’s goal to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50 percent till 2030 and be...
2021 Future Insight Days

2021 Future Insight Days – United by science for a better tomorrow: 12-14 July,...

Online Registration is open and free of charge. This online event will feature the awarding of the 1 million euro Future Insight Prize, the Nature...
David-De-Cremer

Artificial Intelligence: Just Who Is In Charge Around Here?

An Exclusive Interview with Professor David De Cremer, Founder and Director, Centre on AI Technology for Humankind, NUS The employment of artificial intelligence is proceeding...
synergy or conflict

Synergy or Conflict? Lessons for managers on how to successfully adopt AI to augment...

By Jakob Stollberger and David De Cremer Artificial intelligence undeniably offers the potential to improve decision-making, at least in certain contexts. In this article, AI experts Jakob Stollberger...

The New Responsibilities Of Companies In A Time Of Increasing Inequality and Climate Change

By Enrico Sassoon Time was, when it was generally accepted that companies were only there to generate wealth for their shareholders. Now, in a more...

Managing By Traction (MbT) Reinventing Management in the Cyber-Age

By Mario Raich, Tomasz Krzemiński, Claudio Cisullo, Simon L. Dolan and Bonnie A. Richley Abstract “We are at a critical turning point in human history!  We...

Corporate Foresight In An Ever-Turbulent Era

By Alex Fergnani, Andy Hines, Alessandro Lanteri and Mark Esposito Nobody knows what the future holds in store. How, then, should businesses prepare for the...

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...

3 Trends that Are Shaping the Future of Laboratories

Laboratories are crucial to the scientific development of conceptual and theoretical knowledge to help learn through scientific experiments and methods. When it comes to...

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...

The Office Of The Future Is Virtual

By Elena Corchero The office of the future is a key topic of debate during the COVID-19 shutdown. The situation is changing our idea of...

Key Changes In Management: Implications From The Corona Crisis, Particularly On Family Businesses And...

By Dr. Peter Lorange   Introduction In this paper I shall discuss what I see as some major implications for management practices when it comes to several...

Future Insight Virtual Event 2020

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We cordially invite you to join the Future Insight™ Virtual Event July 13th, 2020 | 14:00 CES Participation is free of charge. Please Register...

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...

Vertical Farming is the Future

Everyone knows that the population of the world is the largest it has ever been. As more and more people are born and grow...

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...

The Cyber-Organisation and the New World of Work: Advocating a twin governance...

By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo This paper explores the concept of the cyber-organisation and, in particular, the so-called cyber-enterprise...

An Open Letter to Researchers Studying the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

I am not a medical doctor, nor specialist in epidemiology, but I consider myself very experienced and conversant with methodologies of scientific research. While...

Tickets for the Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference are Available Now

Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference – science for a better tomorrow Ticket sales are open now. Secure your chance to be part of one of...

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...

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...
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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...

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Feel to Deal: The Power of Emotions in Negotiations

By Prof. Guido Stein, Salva Badillo, and Lucía Zelaya The key to a successful negotiation is not embedded in knowledge or reasoning ability but in applying emotional intelligence. This essay explains the role of emotions...

We Need to Talk About Women Bullying Other Women at Work & 6 Key Things We Can do to Change it

By Vanessa Vershaw The truth is out: women are not supporting each other enough in the workplace. Despite efforts to advance gender equality, the latest global gender gap report reveals only a 1% increase annually...

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Navigating the New Frontier: Embracing Talent 5.0 While Paving the Way for Talent 6.0

By Iolanda Triviño, Simon L. Dolan, and Pedro Cesar Martinez In the changing world of employment, it's more important than ever to understand the shifts in talent dynamics that are defining our future as organizational...

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