“Never make forecasts, especially about the future.”  - Samuel Goldwyn

IBM have bravely made some predictions about the next five years.  Although none of their ideas are wildly controversial, they are worth reading (and watching).  The five key themes are: Read more »

The Economist Intelligence Unit have published a fascinating report on China’s fastest growing cities (called CHAMPS), which predict some important trends in the urbanisation of China, and the increasing importance of a big population inland from China’s currently booming East Coast cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou.  You can download the report by registering here. Read more »

Insight or foresight?

We have written previously about the important role of seeing the future in evaluating the value of insights, and about Prometheus as a role model for foresight with a name and values who embodies the best characteristics of market researchers.  So should we replace the word insight with foresight?  And apart from insight, what more is needed to inspire truly breakthrough ideas and innovations? Read more »

We have written at DoctorDisruption.com about the trend for innovation to be increasingly driven by emerging markets and recent articles at trendwatching.com and blogs.hbr.org provide some great examples of Asian innovation.  Here are some of the most inspiring examples from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Read more »