Insights

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  Three shifts for the next ten years

  By David Mattin

  We all know that we’re at a moment of great complexity. Much is uncertain, and no one has a crystal ball. Unwarranted certainty is the first enemy of any attempt to think about the future.

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  Sohail Inayatullah on envisaging the post-pandemic future

  By Adam Tinworth

  You don't predict the post-pandemic future - you create it. That was Sohail Inayatullah's thesis as our latest guest on What's NEXT, gave us the tools we need to build the narrative of a better future.

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  #BlackLivesMatter, beautiful distancing and niche entertainment

  By NEXT Conference

  Every week we take a closer look at the new normal and talk about changing behaviours that are forming in these strange times around the globe, and which of them might last.

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  Welcome to globalisation’s two-speed future

  By Adam Tinworth

  Unwinding globalisation would be hard, slow and financially ruinous. It won't happen. But it can — and will — change in unexpected ways.

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  Globalisation is dead, long live digital globalisation

  By Martin Recke

  Let's face the inevitable: The old model of globalisation is dead. But digital globalisation is poised to thrive.

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  Pamela Pavliscak on emotional technology in the age of coronanxiety

  By Adam Tinworth

  Lockdown and social distancing are playing havoc with our emotions. Can emotional technology help us navigate stormy pandemic seas, and lay the course to a new normal? Here's what Pamela Pavliscak told the 'What's NEXT' audience.

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  Working from home helpers, social distancing detector and the force

  By NEXT Conference

  New picks - things we thought were fascinating this week, curated by Monique van Dusseldorp and David Mattin.

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  Revisiting The Great Reset

  By Martin Recke

  Did we waste a whole decade? This sobering thought comes to mind after revisiting Richard Florida's 2010 book “The Great Reset”.

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  Harper Reed on community and systems to combat a global crisis

  By Adam Tinworth

  What does a technologist with a history of public service do in the face of a global crisis? Gather a community, and figure out how you can help — at least, that was the approach taken by Harper Reed. Here's a summary of his interview on What's NEXT?

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  Digital is becoming photo realistic plus the creation of new job profiles and leisure time activities

  By NEXT Conference

  Five glimpses into our digital near future, curated by Monique van Dusseldorp and David Mattin.

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  How work from home is changing everything

  By Martin Recke

  With the office no longer the default place of work, everything changes. The effects of work from home on commuting, living, real estate, work itself and the office can be tremendous.

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  The Real Estate reset: how we’ll live and work in 2030

  By Adam Tinworth

  Most of us haven't commuted for two months. What if that sticks? What if working from home becomes the norm? Simple: it'll be the biggest transformation in urban living in nearly two centuries.

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  Benedict Evans on paths to the New Normal

  By Adam Tinworth

  After the lockdown ends, we'll be in a new normal. Benedict Evans joined us on new digital show 'What's NEXT' to explore the path towards that new life.

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  Social distancing robots, adversarial t-shirts and more…

  By NEXT Conference

  Seven glimpses into our digital near future, curated by Monique van Dusseldorp and David Mattin.

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  A new round of surveillance

  By Martin Recke

  Surveillance capitalism could lead the way to the surveillance state. Digital contact tracing, once introduced, won't go away any time soon.

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  The Great Reset

  By David Mattin

  'New World Same Humans' is a weekly newsletter on trends, technology, and society by our favourite keynote speaker David Mattin. Read his take on the Great Reset.

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  New models of global cooperation are needed: what we learnt from David Mattin

  By Adam Tinworth

  How do we turn a moment of crisis into a moment of opportunity? Our new weekly show explored new models of global co-operation as we rebuild our economies.

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  Is Capitalism having a mid-life crisis?

  By Martin Recke

  The future of capitalism depends on what's scarce and what's abundant, and who owns the means of production. Let's talk about the new scarcities: attention and experience.

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  The end of business as usual

  By Martin Recke

  Roughly every decade, someone announces the end of business as usual. But somehow, business always continues, and with some changes, finds a new normal.

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  Escaping innovation’s go-slow is our next challenge

  By Adam Tinworth

  True, genuine, world-shaping innovation has slowed to a snail's pace. Understanding the reasons why – and correcting for them – may be humanity's next great work.

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  Did innovation (and productivity growth) really slow down?

  By Martin Recke

  We live in a time of accelerating innovation, don't we? So why is it that economists can't measure it? Quite the opposite – productivity growth has been slow for decades.

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  Are you ready for the big reboot?

  By Adam Tinworth

  When you instruct a computer to Halt and Catch Fire, you lock it into an accelerated state where it needs to be rebooted to be useful again. Our societies are heading for a reboot – are you ready to make the changes you need?

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  Halt and Catch Fire

  By Martin Recke

  The end of business as usual. Let’s hard reset and spark the new.

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  Embrace the Pause: time to plan and prepare for what comes next

  By Adam Tinworth

  The world as we knew it is on pause. When we unpause, the story will not play out how we once thought it would. There’s no escaping this pause, or that future, so all we can do is embrace and, perhaps, steer it.