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Ballroom’s Renaissance

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Ballroom’s Renaissance

Once an anti-capitalist LGBTQ+ space, ballroom culture has thrived commercially – but, says The Future Laboratory’s deputy foresight editor Dan Ha...
LGBTQ+ : Pop Culture : Identities
The Future of Live Shopping

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The Future of Live Shopping

Plug-and-play live shopping solution LiSA is shifting the dial for retailers to view social commerce through an entertainment lens. LS:N Global tal...
Retail : Pop Culture & Media : Technology
Climate Change and Women’s Rights: A Dual Battle for a Sustainable Future

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Climate Change and Women’s Rights: A Dual Battle for a Sustainable Future

As the environmental crisis disproportionately impacts women, their empowerment and collective involvement in climate solutions are crucial for a s...
Climate Change : Sustainability : Women’s Futures
The Power of Resilient Leaders

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The Power of Resilient Leaders

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks to Australian author, broadcaster and entrepreneur Sarah Wilson about the importance of fost...
Tomorrow's Leadership
The New Meaning of Home

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The New Meaning of Home

Dr Alex Gordon, founder of cultural insights and semiotics consultancy Sign Salad, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss the new language, symbols ...
Home : Brand Semiotics : Retail
The Great Concert Comeback

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The Great Concert Comeback

Between silver chrome cowboy hats and a supercharged local economy, foresight analyst Simar Deol unveils how live concerts are serving much more th...
Entertainment : Music : Media
Belmond: Luxury Travel’s Responsible Future

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Belmond: Luxury Travel’s Responsible Future

Belmond is setting high standards for responsible luxury hospitality. Celia Geyer, the group’s senior vice-president of design and project developm...
Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Society
The Foresight Manifesto

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The Foresight Manifesto

It’s becoming essential to embed strategic foresight as a core discipline of credible and successful government, says The Future Laboratory co-foun...
Foresight : Society : Australia
The Future of Travel Publishing

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The Future of Travel Publishing

New magazine Sablos aims to build an anti-TripAdvisor so travellers can truly eat, drink and live like a local. LS:N Global speaks to its founder S...
Travel : Hospitality : Media
In-transit Retail Innovations

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In-transit Retail Innovations

How do the three Ts – technology, targets and trends – help turn travel time into valuable retail time? LS:N Global talks to Lennard Niemann, manag...
Travel Retail : Airport Futures : Travel & Hospitality
The New Normal: Gun Violence in America

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The New Normal: Gun Violence in America

As gun violence reaches an epic scale, our US foresight analyst Carly Ettinger explores the rise of the gun safety tech market – and what this reve...
Gun Safety : US : Security
AOI’s Ocean of Ideas Crafted to be Collected

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AOI’s Ocean of Ideas Crafted to be Collected

Farah Marafie discusses how her luxury label AOI is not catering for clients or consumers but for collectors of wearable artworks.
Luxury : Fashion : Art And Design
The Future of Ethical Banking

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The Future of Ethical Banking

Algbra’s ESG manager Marten Möller discusses the responsibility banks must take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world.
Technology : Finance : Sustainability
The Future of Responsible AI

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The Future of Responsible AI

The question is not whether AI can replace us but what role we play in ensuring that AI does not irreversibly harm humanity.
AI : Ethics : Artificial Intelligence
Dining Deluxe

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Dining Deluxe

LS:N Global speaks exclusively to creative agency Construct about crafting experience design for a new era of luxury dining.
Luxury : Dining Experience : Hotel Experience
Weaving Omani Heritage into Haute Parfumerie

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Weaving Omani Heritage into Haute Parfumerie

Amouage's chief creative officer Renaud Salmon talks to LS:N Global about embarking on a global retail expansion that creates a multisensory and a...
Luxury : Perfume : Middle East
Can AI Generate Emotionally Driven Brands?

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Can AI Generate Emotionally Driven Brands?

Artificial intelligence is learning to read and copy human emotions, but while AI can mimic, it can't experience emotions firsthand.
AI : Advertising : Society
Augmenting Beauty with Generation Z

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Augmenting Beauty with Generation Z

Alternating between unapologetic body acceptance and inherited oppressive ideals, Gen Z consumers have grown desensitised to surgical alterations w...
Beauty : Ageing : Generation Z
Branding’s Transformation Age

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Branding’s Transformation Age

Design and experience strategy is evolving to become a form of collaborative engagement along a narrative arc of surprise and transformation that c...
Design : Experience : Tomorrow's Leadership
Is Essentialism the Future of Branding?

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Is Essentialism the Future of Branding?

Tim Jones, head of strategy at global branding agency venturethree, believes brands should embrace the philosophy of essentialism and tap into thei...
Civic Branding : Branding : Democratised Branding
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