Sinking into a book for several hours? Working with focus for an hour? It's getting harder and harder, and we keep getting distracted. Johann Hari, bestselling author of "Stolen Focus", explains why it is so difficult to focus on anything these days.

Behavioural economist Raffaella Sadun explains in a video how important social skills and the ability to empathise with others are for leadership positions and how this affects the productivity of a company.

In an interview ahead of the 2nd International Food Innovation Conference, global strategy advisor and best-selling author Parag Khanna explains the linkage between migration and food and shares his perspective on how the foodsystem will develop.

Sie schonen Ressourcen und kosten nicht viel: Produkte, die aus frugaler Innovation entstanden sind. Navi Radjou, Experte für Innovation und Referent am GDI-Trendtag, erklärt im Interview mit Migros Engagement das Innovationsprinzip.

Verpackte Gurken, Einkaufstüten oder Hygieneartike – Wir häufen massenhaft Plastikmüll an, der nur zum Teil recycelt wird. Cassandra Delage, Gründerin von plast'if und Referentin am 18. GDI-Trendtag, will das ändern. Ihr Unternehmen hat eine Maschine entwickelt, die Plastikmüll direkt vor Ort in neue Produkte umwandelt.

Food colouring often contains animal products such as insect shells. The Danish start-up Chromologics shows that there is another way. Its pigment ‘ChromoRed’ is produced exclusively in the laboratory with the help of a filamentous fungus. This saves agricultural land and is therefore not only more animal-friendly, but also more sustainable.

Whenever people want to improve something, they first make it more complicated. Leidy Klotz explains why less would be more in a video clip. The author of Subtract and speaker at the 18th European Trend Day shows that this newly discovered psychological phenomenon applies to many situations.

In the preview video for the 9th Academy of Behavioural Economics, the renowned professor of micro and experimental economics explains the huge importance of a change of perspective for entrepreneurs. Watch now!

Florian Wagner, author and proponent of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early), wants to retire at the age of 40. How does he want to achieve this and what comes after that? Read now the pre-interview for the 18th European Trend Day.

Frugal innovation is in fashion. Start-ups are popping up all over the world. It is not easy to keep track of them all. The ‘Frugal Innovation Map’ helps.

Aus beschränkten Mitteln mehr herauszuholen, das ist frugale Innovation – Thema des diesjährigen GDI-Trendtages. Ein treffendes Beispiel dafür ist Paul Benoîts Idee, die Abwärme von Computern als Heizung zu nutzen. In einem Beitrag von arte beschreibt er das Konzept.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, many companies were instructed to make structural changes. This led to a new business model: B2B sharing. Navi Radjou, speaker at the GDI Trend Day, describes this new type of sharing economy in his report ‘The B2B Sharing Revolution’.