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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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Rehumanising 3D Design

Fashion designer Karina Bond talks to LS:N Global about redefining couture with a printing pen and bringing the human touch to 3D design.

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.

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Connected Healing

Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and CEO of Remedy Place, tells LS:N Global how the intersection of social wellness and technology is creating a new era of connected healing.

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Rachel Armstrong: Why we should make 100-year plans

Forget blue-sky thinking. Senior TED fellow Rachel Armstrong says we need to become Black Sky Thinkers.

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Viv Craske: Rating Regent Street’s beacon experiment

Should retailers use beacon or wi-fi to improve their footfall tracking?

Beacon Retail : Regent Street : Wi-fi

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Daily digest: Do we need print to feel more human?

PaperLater lets consumers curate their own web stories into a printed newspaper. Is this what we need to be individuals in the digital age?

PaperLater : Newspaper : The Curator Generation

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Paul Gulati: Merging retail, hospitality and leisure

Universal Design Studio’s senior associate talks about design in The Convergence Economy.

Ace Hotel : Seek No Further : Universal Design Studio

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LeBron lesson: Should we go back to move forward?

We are continually urged to innovate and move forward, but can going back be a more productive strategy?

LeBron James : Swiss Watches : Waste Redux

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Cindy Joseph: How to be pro-age not anti-age

The 60something stylist and model describes the thinking behind her pro-age skincare line.

Cosmetics : BOOM! : Baby Boomer Beauty

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Muriel Zingraff-Shariff: Luxury airport retail

The luxury consultant, formerly retail director of Heathrow, on the new wave of airport retail.

Heathrow Airport : Terminal 2 : Hermès

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Dave Coplin: The Amazing Big Data Revolution

Microsoft UK's chief envisioning officer on the brave new world of big data.

Big Data : Machine Learning : Healthcare

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David Walker-Smith: Selling to fifty-plus women

Fenwick's managing director on a luxury retail strategy for selling to FABs.

Fenwick Of Bond Street : FABs : David Walker-Smith

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Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

A new social network shows the power of combining visual and audio content to create emotion.

Tunepics : Justin Cooke : App

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Dave Patten: The store of the future

The head of new media at the London Science Museum discusses content and curation in the store of the future.

Beacon : 3D Printing : Science Museum

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Rick Schultz: How To Get The Most From Your Data

What can data do for you? Rick Schultz of analytics software company Alteryx reveals all

Big Data : Software : Omnichannel Retail

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Daniel Hirschmann: Wearable technology for fun

The founder of creative technology consultancy Hirsch&Mann creates a Cadbury dream coat.

Wearable Technology : Daniel Hirschmann : Cadbury

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Kate Unsworth: Wearable wearables

The founder and CEO of Kovert Designs, on the obstacles facing wearable technology.

Kovert Designs : Wearables : Kate Unsworth

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Yelena Baturina: Preserving crafts

The founder of global think tank BE OPEN on preserving crafts in a globalised world.

Craft : Glocal : Glocalisation

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The Polarity Paradox Webinar

The Polarity Paradox webinar explored LS:N Global’s latest macrotrends.

The Polarity Paradox : The Convergence Economy : The Flat Age Society

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Blake Mycoskie: One for One retail

The founder and chief shoe giver of Toms on selling with soul.

One-For-One Commerce : TOMS : SXSW

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Linda Rodin: Ageless authenticity

The 65-year-old model and skincare entrepreneur on the secret of Flat Age beauty.

Flat Agers : Boomer Beauty : The Athena Woman

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Troubled Technologists: Has Technology Failed?

Technologists are telling us that technology is not working.

Wearable Tech

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Chris Sanderson: The era of total retail

The Future Laboratory CEO describes the future for brands in an era of total retail

Selfridges : Fragrance Lab : The Future Laboratory

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