The Future of Business

Alexandra Whittington and Amir Bar
-The Impact of Wearable Lifestyle Technologies and Gamification on Business and Society
David Wortley
-Body-Machine Convergence
Ian Pearson
-The Rise of Neurosocial Networks – The Prospects for Networking our Brains in the Next 20 Years
Martin Dinov and Andrew Vladimirov
-Life in 2035: Future Consciousness, Cyborgs and Wisdom
Victor Vahidi Motti
-The Potential for Technological Singularity and its Future Impacts on Society
Anish Mohammed

SECTION 5
-Disruptive Developments – How might new technologies enable business innovation?
Global Drivers of Change, April Koury, Iva Lazarova and Rohit Talwar
-The Decentralization of Everything? Exploring the Business of the
Blockchain
Rohit Talwar and Alexandra Whittington
-The Future of the Phone Call
Dean Bubley
-Will Artificial Intelligence Eat the World?
Calum Chace
-From Clouds to Networks Without Infrastructure
Peter Cochrane
-Future Developments and Opportunities for Deep Learning Artificial Neural Networks
Elias Rut and Martin Dinov
-How Massive Simulation Models could Transform Decision Making in Business Government and Society
Vinay Gupta
-The Future of Events and Networking,
Tiana Sinclair
-Revolutionizing Interactive Entertainment and Marketing in Public Places through Ambient Interactivity,
Michael Mascioni

SECTION 6
-Surviving and Thriving – How can business adapt to a rapidly changing reality? What are the critical success factors for business in a constantly evolving world?
Global Drivers of Change, April Koury, Iva Lazarova and Rohit Talwar
-Experience Rules: How Stakeholder Experiences will Drive Profit into the Future
Joyce Gioia
-Acceleration of the Slow Movement
Dana Klisanin
-Business Agility: The Future of Work
Laura Goodrich
-The Future of Work, Talent and Recruitment
Matt Alder
-The Future of Talent Management: Recruiting, Workforce Planning Leadership Development and Performance Management
Kevin Wheeler
-Making the Shift from Disruptive to Hyper Scalable
Omar Mohout

SECTION 7
-Industry Futures – How might old industries change and what new ones could emerge?
Global Drivers of Change, April Koury, Iva Lazarova and Rohit Talwar
-The Future of Aviation
Andrew Charlton
-Futures Journalism: a Manifesto
Anna Simpson
-Shaping the Future of Journalism
Puruesh Chaudhary
-Constructing the Future,
Julian Snape
-The Future Business of Body Shops
B.J. Murphy
-The Rise of the Cosmeceutical Sector
David Saintloth
-The Great Energy Controversy of 2030
James H. Lee
-Space-Based Solar Power and Wireless Power Transmission,
Devin Daniels

SECTION 8
-Embracing the Future – What are the futures and foresight tools, methods and processes that we can use to explore, understand and create the future? Foresight Infused Strategy Development
Maree Conway
-Automated, Experiential, Open: How to Overcome “Futures Fatigue” with Emerging Foresight Practices
-Cornelia Daheim
-Storifying Foresight: Scenario Planning as a Tool for Improved Change Management Processes
Claire A. Nelson
-Is the Future of Design Thinking in the Future of Business Foresight?
Jim Burke

SECTION 9
-Framing the Future – How should organizations look at the future? What Works in Transforming Organizations and Institutions?
Sohail Inayatullah
-Futures Thinking – A Critical Organizational Skill,
Hardin Tibbs
-Critical Foresight Skills,
Peter Bishop
-Business Management in a Time of Change: The Importance of Futures Studies
Francisco Jose Martinez Lopez and Mercedes García Ordaz
-Is The Pace of Change Accelerating?
Stephen Aguilar-Millan
-The Outside Context Problem, A Concerned Observers Guide,
Benjamin Mottram
-Be There Now,
Paul Brooks

SECTION 10
-Conclusions – Navigating Uncertainty and a Rapidly Changing Reality
Rohit Talwar

THE EDITORIAL TEAM