Q&A with Brian David Johnson, Intel futurist
Using ethnographic field studies, technology research, trend data and even science fiction, Brian David Johnson helps Intel develop an actionable 10- to 15-year vision for the future of technology. We...
View ArticleQ&A with Alex Pang, author, ‘The Distraction Addiction’
Alex Pang, a senior consultant at Strategic Business Insights in Silicon Valley, is a proponent of “contemplative computing,” which he defines as “learning to use information technologies in ways that...
View Article‘Look Up’ and the ‘Heads-Up Movement’
As noted in our new mobile trends report, people are developing a love-hate relationship with our phones. We’ll see a “heads-up movement”—something we forecast in our 100 Things to Watch for 2014—as...
View ArticleDe-teching apps
De-teching—the idea that more people will choose to temporarily log off—was one of our 10 Trends for 2011, and in our 2014 trend Mindful Living, we discussed the idea that digitally immersed consumers...
View ArticleTwo-Week Roundup: End of the impulse buy, data artists and ‘the new age of...
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, this double-edition roundup covers...
View ArticleIntroducing The Future 100
As we race to the finish line of 2014, we’re also starting to look to what’s next. At JWTIntelligence, our 10 Trends and later 100 Things to Watch have traditionally marked this transition. This year,...
View Article10 Years of 10 Trends
Ten years ago, J. Walter Thompson made the pioneering move to set up what we now call JWTIntelligence, with the purpose of identifying global consumer trends and interpreting what they mean for...
View ArticleQ&A, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author, ‘The Distraction Addiction’
We talked to Alex Pang—whose book The Distraction Addiction explores how to balance the role of technology in our lives—about De-teching, one of the macro trends explored in our latest report, 10...
View ArticleAdventurous play
Kids will slide through a “Tunnel of Terror” and get slimy on “Mount Mud” in Tough Mudder’s new obstacle course for the 7-12 set. The endurance-challenge purveyor is partnering with European soft...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Apple Watch musings, Snapchat fashion and the end of Big Food
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. -Everyone weighs in on the Apple Watch, from The Atlantic saying...
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