Mind candy 12 January 2022

These are my highlights of 12 January 2022. It is designed to make you think and wonder. This feed is random. It can be tailored to your own organisation and help you develop a completely different perspective. Making you a?perception pioneer, which is good for your career (that rhymes) and for your company. It assists you with your scenario planning, strategy development and?build the change-muscle?that every company needs.

Global Risks Report 2022: What you need to know

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/global-risks-report-climate-change-covid19/

The pandemic pales compared to the long-term risks the world faces from climate change.

Going net-zero: mind the data?gap

https://www.eco-business.com/news/going-net-zero-mind-the-data-gap/

As companies aim for net-zero emissions, they may be stymied by data gaps such as a lack of emissions data from their suppliers. Expect supplier guidelines to tighten.

The Waste Age

https://aeon.co/essays/ours-is-the-waste-age-thats-the-key-to-tranforming-the-future?

Recognising that waste is central, not peripheral, to everything we design, make and do is key to transforming the future.

Predictions for Business & Society in 2022

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/predictions-for-business-society-in-2022/

Transparency, from outrage to impact, diversity, equity, inclusion, the end of private equity, the planet becomes a key stakeholder, a deeper collaboration between the “techies” and the “fuzzies, cross-industry collaboration and purpose, corporate social intrapreneurs. Reminds me of “The new capitalist manifesto” https://ronimmink.com/loose-maverick-funky-and-disruptive/

Ten Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4478935-10-things-will-define-the-digital-transformation-in-2022

Proximity, distribution, reCommerce, BNPL, crypto, big tech, fintech, cloud, integration of physical into the digital experience, and connected ecosystems.

Artificial intelligence to influence top tech trends in major way in next five years

https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2022/01/11/artificial-intelligence-to-influence-top-technology-trends-in-major-way-in-next-five-years/?

Cloud, science, photonics, renewables, high precision medicine, privacy, extended reality, soft robotics, satellites and the co-evolution of large and small-scale AI models.

Fashion brand lets gamers open their own virtual stores

https://www.springwise.com/innovation/fashion-beauty/virtual-fashion-stores?

Forever 21 has developed a virtual retail experience that allows Roblox players to create and run their own virtual stores selling real merchandise.?

Global spread of autoimmune disease blamed on western diet

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/08/global-spread-of-autoimmune-disease-blamed-on-western-diet?

Study Ayurveda.?https://ronimmink.com/ayurveda-will-make-you-a-better-c-e-o-leader-or-entrepreneur/

How health care is turning into a consumer product

https://www.economist.com/business/how-health-care-is-turning-into-a-consumer-product/21807114

A new tech boom is changing the business of medicine. The app-etisation (if that is a word) of health.

Breakthrough Shot of Engineered Immune Cells Helps Heal Heart Damage

https://singularityhub.com/2022/01/11/car-t-cells-boosted-by-mrna-repaired-heart-damage-in-mice/?

It’s now possible to transform immune cells directly into “super soldiers” inside the body. Programmable cells…

Unity and Hyundai partner to build virtual twin of automotive manufacturing facility

https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2022/01/11/unity-and-hyundai-partner-to-build-virtual-twin-of-automotive-manufacturing-facility/48214/

Digital twinning is a trend.?

The Best Managers Don’t Fix, They Coach — Four Tools to Add to Your Toolkit

https://review.firstround.com/the-best-managers-dont-fix,-they-coach-four-tools-to-add-to-your-toolkit

Many managers get overwhelmed with responsibilities and burnout. They create a team culture in which they’re expected to have the answers.

Interdisciplinary Innovation: Being Innovative is a Way of Imagining, Perceiving, Expressing, Inventing & Inspiring

https://innovationmanagement.se/2022/01/03/interdisciplinary-innovation-being-innovative-is-a-way-of-imagining-perceiving-expressing-inventing-inspiring/?

How do psychology, anthropology, biology, technology, and other disciplines help to shape great ideas and continually spur innovation?

When Mind Melds With Machine, Who’s in Control?

https://www.wired.com/story/when-mind-melds-machine-whos-in-control-brain-computer-interface/?

Brain-computer interfaces are getting better all the time—and they’re about to land us in a philosophical quagmire. Also, think cybersecurity (hacking your brain).

Surprised?

If these trends are relevant to your business and if they come as a surprise,?schedule a call. I will explain?perception pioneering?and how it will benefit you and your company.