Innovation Filter Filter by All AI Automation Blog Commerce Creativity Data Future Innovation Leadership Management Media Metaverse Purpose Sustainability Trends close Wanted: New Energy for everything By Adam Tinworth The productivity crisis. The climate crisis. The permacrisis. We face many challenges as a society — and we badly need to find new energy to find solutions. NEXT24 theme: New Energy – Recharging our Systems By NEXT Conference We proudly present this year's motto for NEXT24: "New Energy - Recharging our Systems". Re-energising your company with true hybrid work By Adam Tinworth Office work or home working is a false dichotomy. Smart companies need to make hybrid work deliver — and that means new skills are needed. WEF 2024: why the world’s corporations need to learn to dance By Adam Tinworth The annual chinwag in Davos needs to translate ideas into action faster than ever before, as global instability grows. Paula Zuccotti: how design ethnography illuminates the future by understanding the present By Adam Tinworth How does design ethnography change the sorts of products and service we deliver? By rooting them in the lived reality of people’s lives, we make them more compelling, suggests Paula Zuccotti. Paula Zuccotti: Unlock the World of Ethnography Immerse yourself in design ethnography with Paula Zuccotti and Ina Feistritzer. Learn how Paula adapted to the challenges of the pandemic and transitioned from in-person to virtual design ethnography. COP28: the need for innovation By Martin Recke COP28 showed that we know what to do. We have the technology we need, but upscaling still requires innovation. Escaping the Meh-diocracy trap By Adam Tinworth The tech and movie innovation of the 2010s seems to have lapsed into a dull morass of “me too” products. A downturn is the perfect time to re-ignite creativity. “Second Self”: The Art of AI and Augmented Relationships Second Self is an ongoing art and science project directed by world-renowned beatboxer Harry Yeff aka Reeps100. Harry Yeff: building the digital Second Self By Adam Tinworth Can AI be a creative assistant, mentor and even opponent? Harry Yeff thinks so, and he wants us to embrace a narrative of hope. Inclusive Innovation, the Journey towards Building Inclusively Learn five key themes to inclusive innovation, using Google’s supporting people with disabilities to tell the story. Christopher Patnoe: the four secrets of inclusive innovation By Adam Tinworth Making your products accessible to people with disabilities shouldn't be an afterthought, it should be built into your design process, says Google's Christopher Patnoe Bits and Atoms: The Unified Digital-Physical Field Prepare yourself for an exciting tech-driven future where artificial intelligence emerges as a powerful force in the energy sector, seamlessly integrating with the physical world. David Mattin: the merger of the physical and digital will fuel innovation for decades By Adam Tinworth A confluence of technologies is blurring the line between the physical and the digital, between the real and the representational. David Mattin introduces the next epoch of humanity… Will AI eat software? By Martin Recke Software used to be expensive, but thanks to AI, it may soon be cheap. Will software developers lose their jobs? What we can see now is the first percent of what is coming By Oskar Trautmann, Wilhelm Rinke An interview with Merantix Founder and AI Expert Adrian Locher. Doing Female Health By Christopher Böhnke You know what’s wrong, unequal, distorted: Here are four design challenges to actually do something about it. Kübra Gümüşay: Language & Future Kübra Gümüsay explored the power of language, how it shapes the way we think and perceive the world – and its implication on our culture and political discourse. No future, or the permacrisis By Martin Recke Is there a future in times of permacrisis? Future progress depends on what we do today. People have always found ways to adapt. How long and how deep will tech winter be? By Martin Recke Tech winter is here. It could be a minor blip or a deep shock, taking years to recover. Where is the fuel for the next tech boom? Quantum computing: what CMOs need to know By Adam Tinworth Quantum computing excels at simulating complex systems. It’s exactly the technology we need to handle the complex systemic problems our companies are facing. Here’s why. The NEXT Level CMO is a multi-skilled team player By Adam Tinworth If you want to get your marketing career to the next level, you need to master conflicting skill sets — and build a team that can support you. Six ways we can improve the future By Adam Tinworth Despite the bleak undercurrents of NEXT22, there were plenty of clear signposts towards a better life for all of us. Time to act on them. prev 1 2 3 4 5 next