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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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.

Viewpoints

The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

Viewpoints

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.

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.

Podcasts

Podcast: Firmenich's Matteo Magnani on the Future of Fragrance

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to Firmenich’s chief consumer and innova...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

Autonomous Vehicles: Moonshot or Reality?

After more than a decade of moonshots, reality is setting in for the autonomous vehicle market.

Automotive : Mobility : Technology

Viewpoints

How Soil is Inspiring Food Futures

Dish The Dirt, a unique dining experience by designer and lecturer Gabby Morris, suggests soil is the key to an ethically interconnected food indus...

Food : Soil : Sustainability

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The Power of Everyday Awe

How can we use the power of everyday awe to prime innovation or even create heightened levels of wellbeing? LS:N Global speaks to Professsor Dacher...

Health & Wellness : Society : Awe Economy

Webinars

10 Chinese Beauty Consumer Myths in 2023 On-demand Webinar

Catch up with our webinar in partnership with Hot Pot China as we take you on a journey through the myths that are dominating the beauty sector at ...

Reports : Events

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: February

We uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innovating for ch...

Futures 100 Innovators

Viewpoints

Leave No Hate

In a world of fake news and hate-fuelled algorithms, entrepreneur Sue Fennessy imagines a power-for-good platform where members are rewarded for th...

Technology : Media And Technology : Social Media

Webinars

5 Trends to Impact the US Market in 2023 on-demand webinar

Catch up with our 5 Trends to impact the US Market in 2023 webinar where we discussed the trends set to alter the direction of the US market over t...

Society : Events

Viewpoints

Heating up Luxury Fashion for Gen Z

Heat co-founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson explain how their mystery box concept taps into Gen Z mindsets, while offering a new way for brands ...

Luxury : Fashion : Youth

Podcasts

Podcast: Space Architect Melodie Yashar

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to the award-winning technologist and sp...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

Brand-led Immersive Travel

What’s next for rarefied, luxury travel? We speak to brand consultant Joel Bartfeld about his new travel platform, Joel Found, and the potential of...

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Viewpoints

Future-ready Retail

Retail designer, futurist and author of Future Ready Retail, Ibrahim Ibrahim, is on a mission to reboot physical retail in the face of a ‘cost of d...

Retail : Design : Society

Viewpoints

Laundry Tech is Reshaping Circular Fashion

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is accelerating c...

Fashion : Sustainability : Technology

Viewpoints

So Far, So What, Sephora?

PR and brand-building expert Jo Jones on why the long-awaited and anticipated relaunch of Sephora in the UK created a polite hum not a big buzz.

Beauty : Retail : Wellness

Webinars

Future Forecast 2023 Live Q&A on-demand

Catch up with our Future Forecast Live Q&A webinar where we unearthed key trends from our new Future Forecast report, discussed how they might affe...

Society : Events

Viewpoints

CES 2023: AI Futures

From multiple you’s to emotional AI and sensor-ised worlds, we speak to experts from design agencies Seymourpowell and NewTerritory about the AI fu...

Technology : Artifical Intelligence : CES

Viewpoints

Leisurewear’s Circular Future

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.

Leisure : Sustainability : Materials

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innov...

Beauty : Design : Drink

Viewpoints

How to Curb Clothing Consumption?

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.

Fashion : Sustainability : Society

Viewpoints

Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

FutureBrand’s strategy director, Ashleigh Steinhobel, explores evolving health-focused directions in caffeine culture, from humble bean to bio-hack.

Drink : Coffee : Lifestyle