Experts & Opinion

Discover the opinions that matter and the ideas shaping our future, including on-demand webinars, videos and podcast discussions with innovative thinkers on how we can collectively shape a more positive future.

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The Wellness Reset

Energy fields, somatic sensing and spiritual technologies are resetting elite approaches to wellness, according to Carlos Urrutigoity, general manager of London club Grey Wolfe.

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The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

Webinars

Anticipating Tomorrow On-demand Webinar

If uncertainty is a virus, then strategic foresight is the best way to inoculate your organisation against it, as we find out in this much-anticipated webinar.

Viewpoints

Regenerative Olive Oil

Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand, is championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

Viewpoints

How Medicine can Learn from Gaming

Clinical learning experiences through simulation have gained momentum and virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a new, powerful training tool for sur...

Viewpoints

Travel-proofing Beauty and Wellness Rituals

Kate Cervini, CEO and founder of 100mL, discusses how the beauty and wellness sectors can better serve the modern traveller.

Beauty : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury

Podcasts

Podcast: Ibrahim Ibrahim on Future Ready Retail

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks with futurist, retail strategist and designer, Ibrahim Ibrahim, to discuss the future of ble...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Webinars

Thought-leading Foresight in 2023 On-demand

Watch our LinkedIn Live, where we explored how some of the industry-leading brands and businesses are using bespoke foresight to overcome current u...

Society : Events

Viewpoints

Is this the Future of Fragrance?

Genderless, carbon-neutral, synthetic: luxury veterans Enrico Pietra and Rodrigo Caula are building the future of fragrance – with a little help fr...

Luxury : Beauty : Technology

Viewpoints

Can Organisational Structures act like Water?

Too often, hierarchies within businesses stifle innovation and restrict the flow of ideas. There is much to learn from taking a more fluid approach.

Society : Scenario : Technology

Podcasts

Podcast: Dr. Christian Busch on the Serendipity Mindset

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks with innovation-seeker and author of The Serendipity Mindset, Dr. Christian Busch, about the...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

De:Store brings Web3 Retail closer

Former Japanese fashion influencer Datz Itsuki Daito hopes to create a decentralised retail model for a Web3 world.

Retail : Media & Entertainment : Technology

Viewpoints

Plantcare inspired by Self-care

Jack Lewis, CEO and founder of Sowvital, on how the beauty-inspired fertiliser brand is cultivating a new form of self-care.

Health : Wellness : Beauty

Viewpoints

Designing Beyond Earth

Can human beings not only live, but thrive, in environments beyond Earth? Melodie Yashar discusses designing for privacy, ethics and wellbeing in s...

Design

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Shortlist

We present the shortlist for our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, featuring the 10 leading innovators, disruptors and change-makers across 10 industr...

Futures100 Innovators

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: October

In our final instalment of this year’s Futures 100 Innovators, we spotlight food access advocates, post-natural perfumers and the next generation o...

Futures 100 Innovators

Webinars

Chinese Male Luxury Consumer On-demand Webinar

Watch our Chinese Male Luxury Consumer 2023 webinar to unpack the consumer typologies set to define the Chinese Male luxury market, from luxury nov...

Events : Metaverse : Entertainment

Viewpoints

Healthy Eco-systems depend on Deep Relationships

Reon Brand, the design principal of foresight at Philips Design, talks about how technology has the potential to save or destroy the planet – the c...

Dutch Design Week 2022 : Design : Sustainability

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Gen Z are waking up the Energy Category

New York-based entrepreneur Jonah Reider is taking on the energy drinks market with an innovative on-the-go energy mist targeting the Gen Z consumer.

Youth : Wellness : Drinks

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: September

The penultimate instalment of the Futures 100 Innovators spotlights a new generation of beauty scientists, value-driven luxury marketers and indepe...

Futures100 Innovators : F100 : Health & Wellness

Webinars

Luxury & Hospitality Futures 2022 On-demand Event

Watch our on-demand event for practical insights, exclusive debates, discussions, and an executive summary of sector directions.

Luxury : Hospitality : Fashion

Viewpoints

How Infrastructure will unlock Digital Nomadism

As remote working and nomadic visas become reality, the development of rural and suburban infrastructures will support a digital nomadic lifestyle.

Design : Architecture : Transportation

Viewpoints

How Plant-based Meat is taking hold in LATAM

Mariana Tunis, marketing director at Fazenda Futuro, discusses changing attitudes to plant-based ‘meat’ in Latin America.

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Society

Viewpoints

A New Definition of Beauty lies in Sustainable Materials

Mario Cucinella, curator of the Design With Nature exhibition at Milan Design Week, on why sustainable materials are key to the future of our cities.

Design : Architecture : Sustainability