Which trends are dominating your industry? And how are the global first movers and market leaders responding to them?
Bring our knowledge to your company at your internal retreats or customer events. The talks given by our GDI trend researchers provide inspiration for your business’ future.
TOPICS WE CAN SPEAK ON (SELECTION)
Trends as long-term developments: The GDI Major Shifts
- Social Change: Demographic shift, automated media ecosystems, increasing migration und accelerated urbanization Urbanisierungare shaping new social norms and consumption patterns.
- Geopolitical realignment: A multipolar world, complex polycrises, the rise of the Global South, and decentralized power structures are changing international relations and risk management.
- Economic transformation: Hyperconnectivity, circular business models, the growing importance of time as a resource, and the emergence of a post-work society are driving new approaches to value creation.
- Technological breakthroughs: The infrastructuralization of AI, the biologization of products, comprehensive decarbonisation initiatives, and mobility as a service are revolutionizing production, mobility, and energy.
- Environmental and sustainability challenges: Global warming, biodiversity loss, increasing water stress, and the demand for regenerative agriculture require integrated, data-driven strategies for long-term resilience.
Retail
- Urban retail in the time economy
- Shopping in the crisis of fun and meaning: Why time management is becoming the most important success factor in retailing
- Circular Commerce: How second-hand, product rental and repair will change the retail of tomorrow
- Strategies for dealing with the labour shortage
Food
- Food trends – hacking food
- Sustainable food literacy: What consumers know about sustainable food and what is important to them when it comes to food
- The protein turnaround: pathways to an animal-free diet
Health
- From lifestyle to healthstyle: the patient of tomorrow
- Never too old? Ageing between openness and preservation
- Prevention in transition: how stable health routines can be established and maintained in unstable times
- Are smartwatches eroding solidarity? How health data affect social cohesion
Society
- Trust: our most precious resource. But whom will we be able to trust in the future?
- The future of the networked society: big data and AI
- Future Skills: Four scenarios for the world of tomorrow
Geopolitics
- Towards a multipolar world: the impact of global reordering on economy and society
- From globalization to geoeconomics: how power politics is reshaping the global economy
- Return of the security dilemma: global armament, rising confrontation, and increasing conflict risks
- Technology sovereignty and resource competition: the new race for critical minerals and technological leadership
SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING:
Dr Johannes C. Bauer
Johannes C. Bauer is Head of Think Tank and Member of the GDI Executive Board. In his research, he examines changes in consumer and purchasing behaviour, the future of retail against the backdrop of long-term consumer, technology and business model trends, as well as the opportunities and risks of digitalisation for business and society.
Dr Jakub Samochowiec
Jakub Samochowiec is a Senior Researcher and speaker at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. He analyses social, economic, and technological changes with a focus on decision, old age, media and consumption.
Dr. Joschka J. Proksik
Dr. Joschka J. Proksik is a Senior Researcher and Speaker at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. As a political scientist with a PhD, he analyzes the interactions between geopolitics, economy, society, environment, and technology.
Christine Schäfer
Christine Schäfer is a Senior Researcher and speaker at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. She analyses social, economic and technological trends, with a focus on food, consumption and retail.
Dr Gianluca Scheidegger
Gianluca Scheidegger is a senior researcher and speaker at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. He holds a doctorate in economics and analyses social, economic and technological changes with a focus on trade and consumer behaviour.
Dr. Gian-Luca Savino
Dr. Gian-Luca Savino is a Senior Researcher and Speaker at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. As a computer scientist with a PhD, he analyzes global trends in technology and the environment, as well as their impact on business, the economy, and society.
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