By Tracey Follows, partner at Supertrends Institute Ever since western countries decided to lockdown their citizens, we have digital lives – most of us now spend more at time home making zoom calls; we shop by search – based on the recommendations of others; we put on our make up in the mirror of Instagram…
By Bronwyn Williams, Partner at Supertrends Institute Over the last few years, Minecraft users have been painstakingly building a 1:1 replica of Earth to preserve a record of our planet and our current civilization in the event of its destruction. (Goodness knows there are enough options – from climate change and pandemics to nuclear and biowarfare –…
By Alexandra Whittington, Partner at Supertrends Institute Introduction A dramatic game of Go, the match between Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) AlphaGo and the human world champion Lee Sedol in early 2016, captivated the public. Like Kasparov playing chess against Big Blue in 1997, this was a literal game-changer. Why do humans compete against computers at…
Written by Liselotte Lyngsø, Partner at Supertrends Institute If you had the opportunity to work anywhere you’d like. Where would it be? Would you stay in bed, go to a café, pick a co-working space together with like-minded neighbors – stay in your regular office? What kind of atmosphere works best for YOU? Maybe its…
Written by Alexandra Whittington, Partner at Supertrends Institute As a futurist, I rely heavily on a skill called Scanning. Scanning is how we start to know the future and begin to expand our time horizon. It gives us a feel for the patterns that influence the future. Scanning is one of the most universal futurist…
Written by Liselotte Lyngsø, Partner at Supertrends Institute What if your work could be as fun as a game? Wouldn’t it be much more motivation and exciting to go to work, if you knew you would be rewarded as you would in a game? If for every client you gained or product you sold, you…
Written by Bronwyn Williams, Partner at Supertrends Institute International politics looks very different in the post-pandemic world. No longer a simple contest of military and economic might, it’s becoming a four-dimensional free-for-all. And China is winning. Global geopolitical allegiances and agendas are rapidly evolving because of Covid. In the past, military and economic considerations provided…
Written by Tracey Follows, Partner at Supertrends Institute When thinking about the future we particularly think about the technologies that might shape the way we work. From biometrics to blockchain, futurist Tracey Follows shares her predictions for the future of work. 1. Biometrics Perhaps the most obvious and short-term technology that will transform our working…
Written by Yoga Nesadurai, Partner at Supertrends Institute I wanted to be a geologist! Yes, I LOVED geography in school. I aced the subject all through school. And I was lucky to live in different countries growing up. My geologist mind was so intrigued by the different lands and how they were formed. Why were…
Written by Liselotte Lyngsø, Partner at Supertrends Institute Are you ready to become a Body Language Coach for online meetings? Or a Bubble Buster? Jobs that no one saw coming when they graduated will shortly be knocking on our door. Baseline: We have to prepare to be rookies over and over again during our lives.…