Jamie Susskind: the power and politics of digital

By Adam Tinworth

We can't afford to just pay attention to the consumer impact of digital. It's creating rules that will define how we live, suggests Jamie Susskind at NEXT19.

James Beacham: what’s outside our universe?

By Adam Tinworth

We may not know what is outside the universe - but asking the big questions matters.

Fragmentation and the cycles of hysteria

By Martin Recke

Tech amplifies both globalisation and fragmentation, thus putting politics and the nation state under pressure. We need a better understanding of politics.

Digital Divide: can we innovate without excluding?

By Anna Allen

If we're not more mindful in our innovation, the pace of digital change is going to leave the poorest unable to catch up. Do you want to be responsible for greater marginalisation?

Embrace complexity as your guide through the digital darkness

By Adam Tinworth

Digital has not — and cannot — lead us to an utopia. So, how do we navigate the darkness of the interconnected world?

How generations live in their own digital worlds

By Martin Recke

Each new generation will change something, see the world differently, and bring new opportunities.

Big Questions

By Martin Recke

We shouldn't be afraid to ask big questions and work on answers. So what's beyond our universe?

The digital revolution that’s coming from Africa

By Adam Tinworth

Different cultures, different demographics - and a different infrastructure base mean that Afirca could be the next great powerhouse of digital innovation.

The Digital Parallel Worlds of different generations

By Adam Tinworth

The world can be divided in two, right? Those of us who had to learn digital, and those who have known it their whole lives? Wrong. The truth is much more complex…

Light and Darkness

By Martin Recke

Is a New Dark Age upon us, as James Bridle insists? There is a certain dialectic of enlightenment at work that persists into the digital age.

An Interview with Claudia Pelzer, Ströer, on data and innovation

By NEXT Conference

How do you keep innovating in an industry that feels like it's changing at the speed of light? For Ströer's Dr Claudia Pelzer, the answer lies in data, systems, an enquiring mind — and the use of a board game.

The next Africa

By Martin Recke

Africa comes with its own share of Parallelwelten. The African start-up revolution can have a global impact.

Will spatial computing define the fourth cycle of personal computing?

By Martin Recke

Spatial computing, possibly the fourth paradigm of personal computing, is today where mobile was before the iPhone.

Reality mining with machine learning for maps and profit

By Adam Tinworth

Reality mining was an idea from nearly a decade ago, but its time may have finally come. Machine learning is opening up avenues of analysis and modelling that we could barely have imagined only eight years ago.

Reality Mining: How Big Tech extracts value from reality

By Martin Recke

Big Tech is mining our reality to extract value, generating enormous wealth for their shareholders. Losses and waste are socialised.

The paperless office isn’t an ideal: it’s a nightmare

By Adam Tinworth

The paperless office hasn't arrived yet, despite decades promising that it's just round the corner. We should be glad of that. It would be terrible.

Why the Paperless Office still hasn’t arrived

By Martin Recke

While we look at screens for most of our waking hours, paper is still around and doesn't show any signs of disappearance. Why?

Why innovation fails

By Adam Tinworth

It sometimes feels like business dances to the drumbeat of innovation — but the vast majority of innovation projects fail. Why is that?

Time to get moving on mobility — for the planet’s sake

By Adam Tinworth

We need to solve our mobility problems, both for our quality of life, and to combat the climate crisis. But achieving frugal mobility involves some serious complexity…

Can smart mobility solve the commuting problem?

By Martin Recke

Why is innovation in the mobility space pretty much limited to city centres? We need a more systematic approach.

Why scientism will destroy your company’s ability to innovate

By Adam Tinworth

Our ability to quantify and measure nearly everything has grown exponentially. But that doesn't mean that the scientific methods is the best way to run product teams.