Future Trends

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...

In September 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft deliberately collided with a small moonlet, Dimorphos more than 7 million miles away from Earth. It successfully changed its trajectory, and proved that we can use this approach to deal with...

We know that AI is coming. This year has shown us a vision of what's possible with Generative AI - but these technologies are not going to deliver on this vision. I say that confidently - they are not really AI. In fact, they might tempt some businesses into really...

Let's jump just a few years into the future, where architects are incorporating real time data analytics to dramatically improve their human-centric designs and are incorporating AI assistants into their professional offices. I think that AI taking over from human...

This is part 2 of our look at CRISPR gene editing technology. See Part 1 here. Today, we take a look behind the scenes at how CRISPR-Cas9 was developed, and the lessons we can learn for innovation in our own companies. This is a SAMPLE of the full episode, which is...

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier for their work on the gene editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9. This gives us the ability to change the DNA of any living thing, from plants and animals to humans....

Last week, I shared "21 Predictions for the year 2123" (Watch here). Today, we go behind the scenes and discover the two tools I used to select these scenarios, as we learn to think like a futurist. I'll show you the importance of a framework for horizon scanning, and...

For our special 100th episode of ThrowForward Thursday, we jump forward a century and imagine 21 scenarios of what life might be like. These are not fanciful science fiction scenarios of flying cars or robot assistants (those will be old news in a century anyway), but...

What we can learn from the Ocean Cleanup Project about innovation through ridiculous ideas, experimentation and being a force for good. Members of my Futures Club will get access to the full video, but for everyone else, here is an extended 'teaser' which I am sure...

Our waterways and oceans are being polluted at unprecedented rates. But there are some glimmers of hope - one of those is The Ocean CleanUp Project, started by a young man, Boyan Slat. They've just announced that they've removed more than 200 tons of plastic from the...

The mindset, skills and toolkit of a futurist are essential in every business these days. These will help you not merely to anticipate change, but to develop the strategic imagination and foresight that are necessary building blocks of adaptability, responsiveness to...

This is the application session following last week's video on how AI is being used to create fake pictures, audio and video. See Episode 94 here. This week, we look at the business opportunity of verifying the authenticity of media, and the importance of protecting...

Can you believe what you see and hear these days? Literally - can you believe it... when we know how good generative AI is at producing fake photos, audio and even video. This goes well beyond Deep Fakes (something we looked at in Episode 4) which is about mimicking...

Drones are developing at a remarkable pace, moving well beyond the small flying cameras we use to take great holiday videos. They are now being used in a multitude of industries, and I am sure can be used in your business somewhere. In order to be able to imagine how...

We might think of drones as toys, and maybe as a way to take great videos or entertain the kids. But today's drones are being used in a multitude of industries for more applications than most people can imagine. Have a look not just at what might happen in the future,...

How should we think about and respond to new technologies and societal changes as they arrive in our world? They never arrive perfectly formed. They disrupt the world we know. But some of them will stick around and change that world, and we need to get better at...

A common theme as people react to many technology advances is fear. Our instinct as humans is to be afraid of what we don’t know, and our brains are programmed to see something unexpected as a threat before it can process the opportunity. This is how many people see a...

In Season 3 of Throw Forward Thursday, we will be helping you to apply our mini future scenarios. Every second week, we'll introduce a new idea from the future, as we usually do. The week after, we will revisit the scenario, extracting the principles and helping you...

Technologies that not only track our sleep patterns but can also proactively manage our sleep environments could revolutionise the way we sleep and help us to improve this vital aspect of our health and wellbeing. From smart pillows that adjust to stop us snoring to...

Because of a delay in Graeme's travel, he needed to combine his daily short Tour Guide to the Future video (usually only available on Instagram and TikTok) with his weekly ThrowForward Thursday videos. Stuck in Heathrow Terminal 5 for a few hours, he was reminded of...