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Forecasting | Trends

COVID’s Lasting Impact on the Workplace is… Good.

June 8, 2022 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

We were all there. It was one of the most abrupt paradigm shifts in human history. For almost a century, most people worked in an office building. Then a couple days later, no human on earth worked in an office building.

Filed Under: Forecasting | Trends, Technology and Culture, Worky Worky

Will A.I. Steal Your Job?

September 22, 2021 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

The hype around technology moves faster than the technology itself. Perhaps your job is doomed, at least the job you have today, but you have time to move along to something new. Maybe something even better?

Filed Under: Forecasting | Trends, Technology and Culture, Worky Worky

Electrification and the New Golden Age of Automobile Design

September 8, 2021 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Designers of electric vehicles aren’t obligated to round off every corner to reduce drag. Designers can carve vehicles with confidence and audacity. Proof? The ridiculous Cybertruck from Tesla.

Filed Under: Design, Forecasting | Trends, Technology and Culture

Color Trends: “Battleship”

October 17, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Later in the blog, I want to illustrate a completely unexpected color trend of today, but first let’s dispose of this idea that 1) color trends are constant and that 2) color trends are predictable. They are not. It was easy to point to color trends in previous decades of American culture: turquoise in the […]

Filed Under: Design, Forecasting | Trends

Models for Predicting the Future: Geoffrey Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm”

February 21, 2018 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Models for Predicting the Future: Geoffrey Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm”

Ok, so I’m writing this blog series about models for predicting the future. Now that I’m here in Part III, I’m fully aware that the series theme of predicting the future is a bit sensational. But it’s hard to dial down my excitement on this subject. I’ve always been attentive to talk of trends and technology since I […]

Filed Under: Forecasting | Trends

Models for Predicting the Future: Gartner’s Hype Cycle

February 15, 2018 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Gartner's Hype Cycle - All of the Emojis

Last week in the blog, I talked about how echo chambers can create wrong-headed predictions about the future. This week, I want to talk about my favorite model for understanding the hype that surrounds a new technology: Gartner’s Hype Cycle. I’ve added emojis to their famous chart because–well–I think that it deserves it! What it is: Gartner’s […]

Filed Under: Forecasting | Trends

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