Trends Filter Filter by All AI Automation Blog Commerce Creativity Data Future Innovation Leadership Management Media Metaverse Purpose Sustainability Trends close Payal Arora: Positive provocations on designing inclusive AI By Adam Tinworth The Global South is young, excited and innovative. The West is gloomy, but rich and free. We need to work together to build a better future, says Payal Arora. The internet of energy By Martin Recke With renewable energy on the rise, the energy networks have to change profoundly. The internet can be a model here. Physical AI might be the truly transformative technology By Adam Tinworth Applying AI to human creativity is one thing, applying it to the physical world something quite different. Are you ready for Physical AI? The Tech Boom Doom cycle By Adam Tinworth From hype to fear, digital innovation is trapped in a Boom Doom Cycle. It’s time to escape by taking a nuanced approach to risk and reward. Apple Intelligence: when AI becomes personal assistive intelligence By Adam Tinworth Apple’s AI play is here — and it looks very different, and a lot more personal, than what others are doing. The demographic collapse By Martin Recke Around the middle of the century, the world’s demographics will shift from growth to decline – with dire consequences for our way of living. The car of the future is emerging — in XR By Adam Tinworth Despite bad car news from Apple and Tesla, and the lack of true autonomous cars on the roads, innovation is still happening — just not where you expect. AI needs new energy — and lots of it By Adam Tinworth AI is seriously energy hungry. Our new technology needs new energy — without making the climate crisis worse. What are the 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". SXSW Insights 2024: the potential and peril of AI By Adam Tinworth The SXSW hype machine was in full flow this year, with AI — quite justifiably — at its centre. But we need to focus on the wider picture and the potential downsides, too. Apple Vision Pro: a tentative first step into a phygital world By Adam Tinworth The launch of the Vision Pro is the end of a decade of development — but only the very beginning of figuring out what spatial computing is. A new interface paradigm By Martin Recke Computing is expanding in two dimensions. Will conversational AI lead to a new interface paradigm? And what does that mean? 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. CES 2024: AI Inside By Adam Tinworth Beyond the normal raft of product announcements, there’s a clear trend this year: AI is coming for your hardware, from cars to pillows… Deconstruction is the seed of opportunity By Adam Tinworth Our lifepaths, plans and societal assumptions are all under deconstruction. The next decade is going to be a period of adapt or die for businesses — and societies. Digital overload By Martin Recke People no longer welcome every new technology with open arms. Their sense of digital overload has consequences for businesses. 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. The next interface By Martin Recke Generative AI has triggered the great interface shift, changing the way we interact with digital systems. The implications for brands are huge. Love and money: marketing through a downturn By Adam Tinworth The relationship between brands a consumer has been pitched as one of care and passion. But when an economic downturn bites, consumers find themselves asking “where’s the love?” David Mattin: the trends that will define our future By Adam Tinworth Trends are tricky things: they rarely turn out how you expect. But David Mattin makes them work for businesses by focusing on the human tab the heart of them. Here's how. David Mattin: Exploring the Intersection of Trends, Emerging Technologies, and Social Change Trends are ever-evolving and understanding them can be a game-changer for your business. Join David Mattin and Isabelle Schnellbügel, as they discuss the profound impacts of societal and business transformations. Augmented realities for lizard brains By Adam Tinworth NEXT23 gave us a roadmap to a blended physical and digital world but warned that our brains might not be ready for these new realities. prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next
