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Opinions, thought-starters and viewpoints from influencers, changemakers and chief thinkers, understanding how the next big ideas will shape your business.

What’s New on LS:N Global?

From shifting definitions of value to TikTok-fuelled commerce and hormone health retreats, our analysts unpack what’s new and next on LS:N Global.

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Regenerative Olive Oil

LS:N Global sits down with Sarah Vachon, co-founder of Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

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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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China’s New Fitness Boom is More Than a Trend

Fitness in China is no longer just for gym-goers or athletes. Visual anthropologist Enke Huang argues that it has become a lasting cultural shift for a nation that sees movement as a way of life.

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Translating Legacy: The Lana

LS:N Global speaks to creative agency Construct about The Lana, a new epicentre that blends heritage with modern innovation for a fresh Middle Eastern experience.

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Uber update: Driving disruption

The transport start-up’s new services, CSR and content partnerships are proving effective.

Uber : Transportation : App Travel

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Jennifer Tidy: VR Make-up

The vice-president of partnerships at ModiFace explains how virtual experience enables people to sample make-up online.

Virtual Browsing : Digital Beauty : Beauty Futures

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Jessi Baker: About blockchain

Jessi Baker is demystifying the blockchain and helping improve brand trust with her start-up Provenance.

Jessi Baker : Provenance : Blockchain

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#Sologoals: Spend time alone

Enough about #squadgoals. What about #sologoals?

Generation Me : JOMO : Sologoals

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TechCrunch Disrupt : Sirencare

Wearable technology can give diabetics a more holistic wellness service, explains Sirencare’s Ran Ma.

Sirencare : Ran Ma : Healthcare

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Julian Borra: The new deep

Creative comms strategist explains that people need to feel, not think, before they engage with big issues.

Ethical Brands : Faction Marketing : Emotional Engagement

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Ivor Williams: App therapy

Co-founder of Humane Engineering talks about his Cove app that uses music to process emotions.

Awakening Tech : Cove : Wellbeing Apps

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Neil McFarland: VR gaming

Director of games at digital design studio ustwo talks about his VR game for the Samsung Gear system.

Gaming : Ustwo Studio : Samsung Gear VR

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Bill Hampton: Kite Power

CEO of Kite Power Solutions on why wind kites are the most exciting thing in green energy innovation.

Sustainability Futures : Green Energy : The Age Of The Long Near

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Web Summit 2015 : Riley Ennis

The body can be reprogrammed to tackle tumours says Immudicon and Freenome co-founder.

Web Summit 2015 : Immudicon : MedTech

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Mark Sear: Big and fast data

Mark Sear, EMC Corporation’s chief technology officer, talks relevance and healthcare tech.

Big Data : Healthcare Tech : Boomers

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Bio-beauty: next-gen naturals

As supplies of raw ingredients dwindle biotechnology will step in and challenge beauty brands and consumers to forge new definitions of natural.

Biotechnology : Beauty Futures : Natural Beauty

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Web Summit 2015: Maximilian Tayenthal

The Number26 co-founder and CFO on why he's taking on the age-old banking industry.

Maximilian Tayenthal : Mobile-first Banking : Number26

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Dave Cox: AI billboard ads

M&C Saatchi’s chief innovation officer shares the Darwinian logic behind his agency’s artificially intelligent posters.

Artificial Intelligence : Advertising Futures : M&C Saatchi

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David Willans: Brand purpose

It must be rooted in genuine commitment throughout the business, explains the director of OgilvyEarth.

Brandstanding : Corporate Culture : Ogilvy

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Web Summit 2015: Remi El-Ouazzane

Machines are now able to make sense of the world around them and learn from their surroundings, explains Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane.

Movidius : Remi El-Ouazzane : Machine Vision

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Multisensory food packaging

Considering the noise around synaesthesia, food packaging could experiment with stimulating senses other than sight.

Packaging Design : Charles Spence : Synaesthetic Selling

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Benjamin Hubert: Design’s New Priorities

The designer known for his interiors explains why rebranding his studio Layer to focus on human-centric solutions feels right for our time.

Benjamin Hubert : Design : Conscious Commerce

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New Bricolage Living Webinar

New Bricolage Living examines how, as we enter the third stage of globalisation, our identities are becoming things we collect, assemble and arrange.

New Bricolage Living : Webinar : Sixth Continent Consumers

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Web Summit 2015: Ben Alun-Jones

The co-founder of London start-up UnMade explains why printing clothes to order is the logical route to restructuring the garment production industry.

Ethical Fashion : New Industrial Revolution : Millenials

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