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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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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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.

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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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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

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Futures 100 Innovators: September

In the final longlist of our 2023 Futures 100 Innovators, we reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers who are set to disr...

Futures 100 Innovators

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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

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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

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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

Webinars

Luxury Futures 2023 On-demand Webinar

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

Reports : Events

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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

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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

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: August

In the ninth longlist of our 2023 Futures 100 Innovators, we reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers who are set to disr...

Futures100 Innovators

Webinars

3 Critical Strategies for Supercharging Growth in China On-Demand Webinar

Watch our on-demand event for practical insights on three key strategies crucial for accelerating business growth and innovation in the Chinese mar...

China : China Market Research : Webinar

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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

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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

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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

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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

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: July

This month, we uncover the next 10 names to watch as part of our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, highlighting the brands, businesses and people inno...

Design : Retail : Food And Drink

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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

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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

Webinars

Innovation Debrief 2023-2024 On-demand Webinar

Our Innovation Debrief 2023 webinar explored the 50 definitive mid-year brand campaigns, case studies and global innovators that are disrupting con...

Society : Culture : Innovation

Podcasts

Podcast: Adam Scott and Dave Waddell’s Age of Transformation

Design and experience strategy isn’t a top-down process for the privileged few, but a collaborative engagement along a narrative arc of surprise an...

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Experience

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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