news from the future
When convenience trumps trust
Is trust in a legacy brand worth more to customers than the service and convenience of a more agile market entrant? Rarely.
Friction starts fires, but ambition changes worlds
Inoculate yourself against fraud
Currency, Currents & Erosion: Future Money 2015
The future of money sees complexity fall away, eroded by the friction inherent in the system, washed away by waves of innovation.
Death by a thousand cuts: How innovation can bring the banks into line
The banks hold positions of power in our society and our economies. They're too big to fail in one go, but they are susceptible to many smaller losses.
Contactless Payments - The End of Cash?
I've been trialling a watch that allows you to make contactless payments. Will this be the end of cash? Or will we cling to our coins?
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 8
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 10
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 6
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 18
- Future of Food 4
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 8
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
Archive Note
The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.
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