Which insights into our digital (and post-digital) future did the NEXT Conference community find most compelling in 2025?

AI transformed human work in 2025 – and meaning, truth, democracy with it. Here’s what we learned living through multiple ...

The Metaverse may well be the next wave of digital disruption. Act now, and you can avoid a handful of companies becoming its gatekeepers. It’s been a while since we had a major technology trend to ...

Amazon has pioneered a dual strategy of both horizontal and vertical integration. The next Amazon will need a different approach. Let’s have a look at my definition of horizontal and vertical ...

Threaded throught the talks and workshops of NEXT25 was a vision for humanity’s new role in the age of AI. The winners will be the first to grasp it… We have changed. Where once the reaction to new ...

The media industry has been trapped in digital disruption for two decades. AI is only going to accelerate that change. Buckle up. The New York-based company joins several digital media companies in ...

The annual chinwag in Davos needs to translate ideas into action faster than ever before, as global instability grows. It’s tough being Davos Man these days. Making the annual pilgrimage to the Swiss ...

What caught your attention in 2024? The distant future of AI, the increasing pushback against the smartphone — and the global impact of the permacrisis and Amazon. It’s a glimpse into a complex world… ...

AI is seriously energy hungry. Our new technology needs new energy — without making the climate crisis worse. What are the solutions? Everything has a price, and that includes AI. And that cost may ...

With AI now capable of creating full outputs, what’s left for humans to add to the system? John Michael Schert works with clients to help them create and unlock customised leadership development ...