Life Trends 2026: Emerging Shifts in Life, Work & Culture | Accenture Accenture Life Trends 2026. Discover five emerging trends exploring the interplay between people, technology and our ever-changing world. Read the report.

Popular #trend #report by @accenturesong.bsky.social What is emerging 2026?
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Human Skills Trending in AI Age AI and machine learning are accelerating the automation of routine and cognitive tasks. The critical question is no longer whether work will change, but which human capabilities will matter most as intelligent systems scale. Some are obvious, like imagination, empathy, and manual skills such as craft. What is emerging? How to plan long-term skills development in future-ready organisations? Image: Superdecision by Matthew Woodham…

Human Skills Trending In AI Age

New impressive #impact #report from @patagonia.com "Nothing
 We Do Is Sustainable" #sustainability #climatecrisis #wastemanagement #circulareconomy #governance #policy #missiondriven #transparency #carbonneutral
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Will quantum be bigger than AI? The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

Great article by @zsk.bsky.social explaining the hot topic of #quantumcomputing #techtrending #foresight #futureofcomputing #AI #riskmanagement
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The positive impact of art on the body | King's College London Viewing art in galleries has an immediate positive impact upon the body according to new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London.

“Our unique and original #study provides compelling evidence that viewing #art in a gallery is ‘good for you’ and helps to further our understanding of its fundamental benefits. In essence, art doesn’t just move us emotionally. It calms the body too." #crossdiciplinary
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National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...

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Impressive #initiative and a #funding #oppotunity The Doing AI Differently initiative challenges traditional approaches to #AI development by positioning #humanities perspectives as integral rather than supplemental to technical #innovation.
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Doughnut 3.0 is here | DEAL The Doughnut, updated, now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century

DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉

Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century.

#DoughnutEconomics
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The Public Value of Arts and Culture Authored by Mariana Mazzucato

"We need to move away from viewing arts and culture as a cost and towards recognising them as an investment". New paper from @mazzucatom.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #innovation #investment #publicgood #arts #cultural #influence
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Rethinking the foundations of #AI via the humanities by @theturing.bsky.social Important work positioning the humanities, arts and qualitative social sciences as integral, rather than supplemental, to technical #innovation.

Why technology needs artists: 40 international perspectives
Artists, the cultural sector and creative industries can catalyse progressive #innovation with #cultural #diversity, human #values, and #community at its core.     #innovationresearch #britishcouncil
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In the mood for the future with Horizon Scanning Cards The Signal Cards come out of the ESPAS Horizon Scanning activity, in which we present and analyse emerging trends, technologies or generally signs of new which we identified through the horizon scanni...

A new #tool to set the mood for the #future great #coversationstarters #foresight #innovation #policydesign #designthinking @ec.europa.eu
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AI for Future Cities: Water As the third in our AI for Future Cities series, this issue explores how AI might transform how we collect, manage and distribute water in our cities.

So what is Digital Water? #foresight #citiesintransition #climatecrisis #futurescenarios #urbanplacemaking
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Themes for Strategy Directions 2025+ What kind of Themes are emerging from signals of change impacting the innovation landscape mid-year 2025?

Thematic Innovation Opportunities 2025+

Fascinating #emerging #techtrends from #WorldEconomicForum #science #foresight
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Environmental #risks top global concerns across all stakeholders and regions, with climate change inaction and large-scale pollution ranking at the top. New #globalrisks #report by @unhq.bsky.social #climatecrisis
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The role of culture-led regeneration in place transformation Culture-led regeneration has been a widely used strategy for place transformation for over five decades. This paper takes stock of what is known about culture-led regeneration, highlighting when and h...

Buy-in from local #communities is a critical success factor for culture-led #regeneration. Culture-led regeneration has been a widely used strategy for place #transformation for over five decades. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social #research #report #cities #urbandevelopment #culture

The Value of Collective and Emotional Intelligence in Planning During the LFA (London Festival of Architecture), I joined a group walking tour exploring the dramatically changing neighbourhood of South London. We used a psychogeography tool to sense spatial bo…

How do places feel and not just function? During a walk at the London Festival of Architecture, we explored neighbourhood through lens of collective & emotional intelligence. Organised by Social Life #UrbanPlanning #LFA2025 #PlaceMaking #FutureCities #CommunityVoices
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Creative Industries Sector Plan This Plan will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.

UK Industrial #Strategy: #Creative Industries Sector #Plan towards 2035 . It will ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for #investment in #creativity and #innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035. #policydesign #innovation www.gov.uk/government/p...

The Skills for Planet Blueprint consists of three elements: Green Design Mindset, Foundational Design Skills, Green Design Skills

What are the Green Design Skills? Use design to actively benefit the planet. Skills for Planet Blueprint maps out the critical green skills. #sustainability #greendesign #planetaryboundaries #designskills #climatecrisis #cocreation @designcouncil.bsky.social
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"Future Design": an innovative approach to decision-making In Japan, citizens "from the future" participate in decision-making. What lessons could this model have for the UN Envoy on Future Generations?

Futurability is our capacity for long-term thinking. It is our innate capacity to find joy and fulfillment in sacrificing immediate benefits for the happiness of future generations. Future Design is more than a tool for shaping the future. #FutureDesign #UN #policydesign
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Understanding the impacts of generative AI use on children

#genAI #childrensrights #AIethics #TheAlanTuringInstitute
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The FutureMuseum Project: Add Your Voice to the Future of Museums - Museum-iD Discover the ideas shaping the future of museums around the world with short essays from museum workers in 18 countries

Join the #FutureMuseum Project and add your thoughts on the future of museums. Email approx 500 words to info@museum-id.com #culture #platforms #community #futuresthinking #envisioning #learning #immersive #experiencedesign
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The Cybernetic Teammate Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience

Can #AItools increase productivity?
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Amazing news for London culture✨

Wonderful #IKEA Life at Home annual #global #reseach #report #lifestyle #trends #futureofhome #consumerbehaviour
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#Nordic #wellfare #society #democracy

Cultural Shifts 2025+ Social behaviour changes can first be detected in culture. To stay relevant brands, companies and organisations must understand the cultural context to make their communications resonate with audie…

#Cultural Shifts 2025+ and More-than-human Intelligence
beyond humans. Biological, Collective, Emotional, and Artificial Intelligence are driving this shift. What does it mean for brands, organisations and society?
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#Innovation #TrendAnalysis #Foresight #BrandStrategy

A prompt generator for imagining the minutiae of the everyday in 2050 🔮 An experiment in making it easier to imagine the future.

How to #future everyday life? A prompt generator for #imagining the minutiae of the everyday in #2050 #play #design #speculative #artefact open.substack.com/pub/loreoxfo...