Foresight Notes

It’s 2024. A finance executive in Hong Kong joins a routine video call with her CEO, based in London, who requests an urgent wire transfer of $25 million ...

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A high share of business operations take place in transit, where
traditional networks provide only intermittent visibility ...

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The chemicals industry is often described as essential to modern life—and with good reason.
Its materials sit inside packaging, construction materials, vehicles, electronics, fertilizers and
pharmaceuticals...

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Mining companies face increasing pressure to demonstrate where their materials come from and how they’re handled as they move through global supply chains...

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Brain–computer interfaces are moving from clinical trials into commercial markets. As the United States and China advance competing models of innovation in this transformative technology, the rules around standards, regulation and governance are still being written...

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Every era of business reinvention has followed a familiar arc: a disruptive new technology appears, executives rally around the opportunities and innovation flourishes...

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Corporate growth is returning, but many companies are still expanding without creating meaningful value. Our analysis shows that performance varies widely across regions, industries
and company size...

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AI is altering how enterprise security works, while advances in quantum computing threaten the long-term viability of current cryptography...

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Executives are investing heavily in AI while gradually preparing for quantum, but the real breakthrough will come from fusing both technologies into...

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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) represents a shift in how strategic decisions are made, as AI systems grow more capable of reasoning, adapting and...

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Clean hydrogen plays a critical role in decarbonizing heavy industry and large-scale transport by offering a zero-emission alternative in sectors where few...

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AI-powered Personal Autonomous Agents (PAAs) now research, negotiate and make decisions on behalf of consumers. As customers increasingly rely on their...

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As demand for critical minerals surges, urban mining offers a powerful way to recover valuable materials from e-waste and infrastructure...

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The AI future won’t be won by scale alone. Small language models (SLMs) are emerging as lean, efficient alternatives to massive LLMs, costing less, running faster...

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What happens when globalization breaks apart? This Foresight Note unpacks the strategic response to a splintered world. As trade barriers rise...

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Are chemical companies moving fast enough to lead on sustainability—or are they at risk of falling behind demand? This Foresight Note reveals...

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Wafer-scale integration (WSI) shatters the chip paradigm by turning an entire wafer into one massive processor, promising huge leaps in AI performance...

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Humanoid robots are no longer science fiction—they’re rolling into boardrooms, hospitals and factory floors. This Foresight Note unpacks...

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Forget single-use chatbots. This Foresight Note explores the emerging power of agentic systems—swarms of gen AI agents that collaborate...

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The ocean economy is already worth $1.5 trillion—and it’s just getting started. This Foresight Note dives into how emerging “blue tech” solutions are...

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What if AI could design new materials, proteins or organisms to replace resource-scarce inputs? The bio-industrial revolution is here—and...

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