2017 was all about Data-as-a-Service, Connected Living, the AI Personal Assistant Race, Cognitive is the New Smart, and the Industrial IoT Ecosystem play. This year is seeing a shift in trends and new technologies are making way. Let’s see what’s keeping 2018 buzzing technically.
Debunking the Fabricated
Fake news hogged the media limelight in 2017 and fiction got completely tangled. Industry participants, governments, and citizen-focused initiatives are already coming together to identify, reduce and prevent misinformation strategies and fake news in 2018. They are focusing on quelling interference in political processes and social polarization efforts.
Enterprise Behavioural Science
With savvy companies embracing these economic and social science principles to increase worker productivity and nudge consumers towards desirable outcomes, behavioural science is taking hold in the enterprise.
Politics Undergoes a Generational Shift
Among a new generation of political leaders from around the world, Justin Trudeau is perhaps the most recognizable figure. The new leaders are championing political views stereotypical of their generation. The emergence of these young leaders marks a watershed – it will signal a rising tide of millennial leaders.
Global Natural Disaster Strategies
Prepare for consortiums of businesses, municipalities and insurance companies working together in 2018 to take more aggressive steps and employ innovative strategies to minimize the impact of these natural disasters as the social and economic toll due to global natural disasters mounts.
Platform-Only Business Models
Interesting developments at the world’s most notable platforms, Uber and AirBnB, are indicating a move beyond platform-only business models and into acquisition and partnership with asset providers. With the objective of increasing the value of both digital and physical assets, this underlined a need to differentiate and overcome some of the challenges that a platform-only model presents.