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.

RSVP: Culture-coded Retail Online Event

Join us on 19 June 2025 for an online event introducing our new retail macro trend report.

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.

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

Compostable Cosmetics

Wildsmith is setting a new standard for sustainable luxury with Vivomer, a compostable, microbe-made packaging material designed to disappear into the earth without a trace.

Viewpoints

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.

Viewpoints

The Case for AI as Augmented Intelligence

Inspired by the excitement seen at SXSW 2023, Brazilian agency Box1824’s CEO Paula Englert and vice-president Laura Kroeff argue that artificial in...

AI : Artificial Intelligence : SXSW

Viewpoints

In our Body Hostility Era

After a decade of dieting rebranded as wellness and a Western awakening to inclusivity and representation of marginalised groups in the public eye,...

Youth : Body Positive : Dieting

Webinars

Retail Futures 2023 On-demand Webinar

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

Retail

Viewpoints

Transforming Brand Loyalty

Ross Basri, co-founder of Uptop, explains how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) could transcend fluctuating popularity to create value-driven loyalty netw...

Retail : Technology : Society

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: April

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

Technology : Retail : Beauty

Viewpoints

Scents and Scent-ability

Scent is set to change the nature of health, wellbeing and self-care, according to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innovation officer, Matteo Magnani.

Beauty : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

Viewpoints

Women Without Kids

Author, feminist and founder of the sober-curious movement Ruby Warrington chats to Martin Raymond about why women without children aren’t represen...

Society : Health & Wellness : Youth

Podcasts

Podcast: Ruby Warrington on Women Without Kids

Author, feminist and founder of the sober-curious movement Ruby Warrington chats to Back to the F**kture’s Martin Raymond about why women without c...

Podcast : Back To The F**kture : Society

Viewpoints

Human Sustainability Workplaces

Christina Disler, founder of human data analytics platform Aster, is paving the way for a workplace culture that supports human sustainability.

Workplace : Technology : Society

Viewpoints

Black Art Matters in Web3

British artist Nubianizm explains how a new generation of Black visual artists find solace, community and compensation on the blockchain.

NFT : NFTs : Web3

Viewpoints

Demystifying Luxury with La Patiala

From caviar bumps to après-ski etiquette, Kristen Shirley’s open-source luxury encyclopaedia La Patiala unpacks the elite’s unspoken codes, rules a...

Luxury : Food & Drink : Society

Viewpoints

Yassified Marketing

Appropriated by all corners of the internet, African American Vernacular English could simultaneously sell authenticity and empower Black women.

Advertising & Branding : Media And Entertainment : Society

Webinars

Work States Futures On-demand Webinar

Here, we investigate the emergence of a new state-focused future of work, explore the spaces – both physical and virtual – being built in response,...

Reports : Events : Workplace

Podcasts

Podcast: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross on NeuroArts

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross to discus...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

The Neuroaesthetic Age

Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross argue in Your Brain on Art that the science behind art can help us to reinvigorate the spaces around us with new kinds ...

Design : Health & Wellness : Art

Viewpoints

The Dorchester: Reframing Future Heritage

London’s The Dorchester has undergone a significant rebranding, rooted in its 1930s inception. We speak exclusively to creative agency Construct ab...

Luxury : Hospitality : Design

Viewpoints

Right to Repair Laws Take on Big Tech

New repairability laws are encouraging eco-aware business models. But will corporate power comply?

Media : Technology : Sustainability

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: March

We look at 10 more innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards highlighting the brands, businesses and individuals innovating for a bett...

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Beauty

Viewpoints

Wearables: The At-home Doctor

Wearables may have been a novelty 10 years ago, but today they have the ability to elevate human potential, particularly in the realm of healthcare.

Technology : Wearable Tech : Healthcare

Viewpoints

Future Airport Commerce

A new report by Kinetic Consultancy explores how digital enhancements and new concept developments can improve the airport customer journey.

Airports : Commerce : Retail