Blog The Great Pause By Martin Recke We live in strange times. A lot of things we took for granted suddenly but slowly disappeared. We find ourselves in a time of unexpected pause. Digital doesn’t suck: how responsibility makes all the difference By Adam Tinworth All of a sudden, digital has gone from a curse to a boon, as the world rediscovers the immense value of online connections. Can we carry that new-found sense of responsibility into the post-viral world? With great power comes great responsibility By Martin Recke The Peter Parker principle has never been more relevant than today. Power is redistributed, and thus responsibility must adapt. Behaviour change is hard, but if we don’t evolve, we die By Adam Tinworth We like things to stay they way they are. But a crisis can trigger behaviour change that we wouldn't contemplate at other times. Welcome to today. A global experiment of behaviour change By Martin Recke Given the right impetus, behaviour change can be fast. With the coronavirus crisis, we are witnessing a massive reshuffle of behaviour. An Update on – Nils Wollny By Martin Ivanovs What are the many exciting NEXT personalities doing today? Here's some news about Nils Wollny, formerly Audi, who was a speaker at NEXT16. The road to decarbonised energy is paved with… stories? By Adam Tinworth Too much of the climate change discussion is taken up with doom and gloom. We need to start telling more inspiring stories of our green energy future. International Women’s Day 2020: Our favourite female NEXT speakers By NEXT Conference To celebrate International Women's Day 2020, we've pulled together a YouTube playlist of some of our favourite female speakers from the past NEXT years. The Energy Revolution By Martin Recke Digital technology can play an important role in the energy revolution. The basic ideas and concepts have been around for decades. Coronavirus: a globalisation inflection point? By Adam Tinworth COVID-19 and the climate crisis have put a sudden brake on the rush towards globalisation. Can we create a new vision of global business amongst these crises? Globalisation and the coronavirus crisis By Martin Recke How a virus might change globalisation profoundly. Remote work will get a huge boost from the current crisis. The systems thinking secret in “think global, act local” By Adam Tinworth The challenges facing us in business and in life feel overwhelming. How can we change anything? The answer lies in remembering that we are, ourselves, part of systems — and we can influence them. Systems and systemic challenges By Martin Recke Systems theory allows us to view digital products, or climate change, from a higher altitude. The difference of system and environment is crucial. Embrace ambiguity and forge our quantum future By Adam Tinworth Ambiguity can incite anxiety. Outcomes are unpredictable, and the path ahead is unclear. But it also means possibility — and possibility brings opportunity… Why ambiguity is constantly high By Martin Recke Digital technology – which has no inherent ambiguity – has driven overall ambiguity levels to new heights. How could that happen? You need to learn to live — and manage — in an age of chaos By Adam Tinworth Times of chaos challenge traditional management thinking. But you can survive — and thrive — by changing your thinking, and adapting your business. Complexity and exponential change By Martin Recke Complexity breeds uncertainty and exponential change. To deal with it, we need the interplay of individuals and collectives. Planning in an age of uncertainty By Adam Tinworth Uncertainty is uncomfortable — there's no escaping it. But we need to learn to manage it, even if that management looks very different to what you're familiar with. Business Volatility: three steps to surviving global change By Adam Tinworth Rapid and unpredictable changes in technology are turning business management into a rollercoaster - here's how to cling on, and enjoy the ride… Uncertainty and the end of business as usual By Martin Recke Uncertainty has become the norm. That's the end of business as usual. Systems, not products. Global, not American. Empathy, not disruption. The digital trends you cared about in 2019. By Adam Tinworth The NEXT blog posts from 2019 that caught your attention show a clear roadmap of where digital business is going and paint a fascinating picture of a digital world seeking to learn from its mistakes and reinvent itself. Volatility and the carbon bubble By Martin Recke Our world is volatile, but is this a good thing or not? It depends. The next wave of volatility may well come from the burst of the carbon bubble. Rehumanising digital and escaping dark design patterns: the NEXT blog posts that caught your attention in 2019 By Adam Tinworth Only one of 2019's most read posts was written in that year. But the older posts that you were still finding valuable show a clear interest in reclaiming the humanity of the digital era. Join us in September in Hamburg! NEXT is an invitation only event with a carefully curated audience. But don’t worry, getting your application in is not that hard. Get your ticket prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 50 next
