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.

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...
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Leading Fair AI in Financial Services 

By Luba Orlovsky As I reflect on my journey in the fast-paced world of analytics and AI, I can't help but feel a sense...
Bitcoin

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...

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...
Innovation

An Innovator’s Midsummer Dream Come True

By Ulrich A.K. Betz, VP, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubator, Merck Organisations are eagerly looking for new ways to boost their innovation capabilities and open...
Chanel Chambers

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...
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Predictions for 2025: Defining AI Moments, Personal Assistants and Outside-the-Box Investments

By Tom Sheridan As we move into 2025, the global early-stage technology ecosystem is asking itself where 2024’s dry powder will land and what to...
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Smarter Work, Greater Success: Navigating Digital Blockers in the Modern Workplace

By David Malan The modern workplace is evolving beyond the traditional office due to mobile technology and global changes. Businesses must "work smarter" by creating...

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...
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...

A Magna Carta for Inclusivity and Fairness in the Global AI Economy

By Olaf Groth, Mark Nitzberg and Mark Esposito Machine meritocracy is here. In this article, the authors elaborate on questions of inclusivity, fairness, and governance....
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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....

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...
Sylvain Cortes for Why Mastering the Basics of Vulnerability Management Strengthens Cybersecurity Strategies

Why Mastering the Basics of Vulnerability Management Strengthens Cybersecurity Strategies

By Sylvain Cortes Cybersecurity is often seen as a race against the latest threats, but Sylvain Cortes, VP of Strategy at Hackuity, believes the future...

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...
raw material trading

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...

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...

Exploring the Role of AI in Healthcare Marketing

Interview with Irina Nazarova, Head of Marketing at Zeto  In this interview, Irina Nazarova discusses how AI is transforming healthcare marketing. She explains the way...
Healthcare cybersecurity

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...
Michal Sztanga

Business Software Solutions from the Can-Do Partner Next Door

Interview with Michał Sztanga, Managing Director of Future Processing   Michał Sztanga, managing director of Polish software developer Future Processing, explains how his company takes “getting...
Modern technology in collaborative workspaces

Embracing Change: Building a Resilient Workforce in Uncertain Times 

By James Hodge  The past four years have brought sweeping transformations to the workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic, recession, and the rise of generative AI have...

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...

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...
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...

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...

Knowledge Architects Wanted

By Tammi L. Coles Organisations that embrace cross-domain knowledge can attain sustainable agility. In this article, the author highlights the significant yet often overlooked difference...
Technology and AI in 2024

Top Tech Trends to Watch in 2024

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor In the first month of the new year, we look at the tech trends and innovations that will define...

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...
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...

Future Insight – From a 350th Birthday to the Start of a Global Movement

By Ulrich A.K. Betz Merck, a vibrant science and technology company, celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2018. Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz, VP and Head of...
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...
earth above

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...
Dalius Kazlauskas

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...
Quantum Computing

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...

Will The Robots Save Company Culture?

By Simone Sneed-McGurl Over the past 25 years we have seen a rapid proliferation of workplace technology, automation and artificial intelligence. The evolution of the...

GLOOM vs. BLOOM OF THE FUTURE OF WORK: Can We Chart A Positive Roadmap?

By Mario Raich, Simon Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo As the digital era is continuously in its process to ripen, discussions of destructive unforeseen...
transformation in business processes

Longevity for Sustainability: Adding Value That Lasts

Interview with Geert Van Den Goor, Group Managing Partner at Valcon Geert van den Goor, Group Managing Partner at Valcon, shares his insights from a...
Ed Granger on Nailing the Overlooked Steps of AI Transformation 

Nailing the Overlooked Steps of AI Transformation 

By Ed Granger Enterprise generative AI is moving beyond the hype phase. Businesses across a range of industry verticals are experimenting with the technology in...

The Rise Of The Imagination Economy

By Mark Purdy, Athena Peppes and Suning An The physical constraints of distance and geography shape how we live, work, produce and consume. But advances...
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Cobots, Commoditisation and Generative UI as a Competitive Differentiator: Six Tech Trends to Watch...

By Leon Gauhman   2024 reaffirmed Generative AI’s trajectory of innovation, with groundbreaking announcements that didn’t just push boundaries — they redefined them. The breaking of...
generative-ai

Generative AI Update for 2024

By Ray Schroeder and Katherine Kerpan While the first full year of operation of ChatGPT, 2023, gave a foretaste of the enormous impact that AI...

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,...
Rethinking Future Higher Education

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...

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...

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