Future Trends

Image: Goggo NetworkWelcome to the first instalment of our mini-series exploring the future of energy. Over the next few weeks, we'll be releasing a number of videos, delving into various aspects of this vital topic. In the not-so-distant future, the current...

In the past few episodes of ThrowForward Thursday, we've looked at a variety of technology tools that allow you to create digital versions of humans. Today, we look at three ways you can use these technologies in your businesses today (or at least, start experimenting...

Neuroscience is grappling with the issue of consciousness: what is it, where is it located, how does it work? When they discover these answers, it may be possible to transfer your consciousness from your body to something else. Or maybe just a machine that has...

Are you keen to see a famous musician from the past live in concert, or to hear new music from them generated by their digital persona? This is now possible - but do we want it?TRANSCRIPT If you could go back in time and see one of the great musicians doing a live...

We already have almost all of the technology we need to create a digital replica of you: voice, visuals, and even your thinking, worldview and way of expressing yourself can all be mimicked. Would you want to create a digital replica of someone else? Would you let a...

This is ThrowForward Thursday's second episode of Season 4 about three ways to experiment at work - or more precisely: three essential categories of experimentation you need to specifically focus on to ensure you maximise innovation, creativity and future focus in...

This is the first full episode of Season 4 of ThrowForward Thursday. This season, we will keep the videos shorter, so they can be used in your "Five Minutes from the Future" sessions. They will be followed (next week) by a discussion guide to help you and your team...

WE ARE BACK! Season 4 of ThrowForward Thursday is here, and it's going to be brilliant. We are going to focus on providing videos that you can use in your "Five Minutes from the Future" meetings, with discussion guides being made available to help you and your team...

This is the final video in our four part mini-series on the disruptive forces shaping our world right now. We call them the "Great Grey Elephants" because they're here - in the room - waiting to be noticed. Instead of reacting with fear and concern, we need to respond...

In our mini-series on the high impact, hugely disruptive but often overlooked forces shaping our world (we call them the "Grey Elephants" in the corner of your office), we look at: Big Squeezes Angry People Multipolarity Intelligent Assistance I hope you're enjoying...

Here is a very short summary of some of the research our team has been doing on the seven most significant disruptive forces shaping the world right now. In this episode, we look at the first three: aging, angry planet and inequality. We will come back to the other...

We are taking a break from our regular weekly format of looking at "news bulletins from the future" and learning to "think like a futurist" (we will be back with Season 4 in September). Here is part 1 of a three-week mini-series sharing the work our team is doing on...

This is the last episode of Season 3, and we look back at my five favourite episodes, including SaaS, CRISPR, Deep Fakes, and an update of me being brought to life by AI tech. (jump to 4:30 to see that). I also give a quick tour of the Futures Club and invite you to...

If you are going to live a LOT longer than you think, it needs to change a lot of your life choices and goals. If you might be married for 100 years, or your career needs to last for 80, how would impact the decisions you make? Living longer doesn't just mean living...

One of the biggest societal implications of people living longer is that the ratio of grandparents to grandchildren is now higher than it's ever been before (including great-grandchildren as well, of course). And since grandparents are more healthy and 'younger' than...

In last week's episode, we highlighted the Japan Airlines experiment of providing rented clothes to tourists. Today, we look at the business models underlying that experiment, and what our businesses should be thinking about in relation to ESG, SaaS and Platform...

Japan Airlines are starting an experiment where holiday makers going to Japan do not take any luggage with them, but instead rent their clothes for the holiday on arrival in Japan. Would you be keen to try this?TRANSCRIPT You're excited, you’ve been planning this...

This is a sample video of the full-length session on the power and importance of data, and the three things you and your team should be doing NOW with data to future-proof your businesses. For the full session, sign up now for Graeme Codrington's Future Club. The TED...

Astronomers gather an astounding amount of data every day (well, mainly at night) in the form of photographs, radio, audio, and spectral analysis from every part of the universe. You've no doubt seen the high-resolution photos (here's the highest res one so far). To...

In last week's ThrowForward Thursday episode we looked at one of the truly BAD days in history, 60 million years ago when a meteor hit Mexico and 75% of life on Earth was wiped out. Bad... that's an understatement. We looked at NASA is doing to make sure that doesn't...