Nothing could prepare me for Generation Z’s first transition into adult life more than becoming a college prep mom. During my daughter’s junior year I felt like a deer caught in the headlights. Now during her senior year, I decided to arm myself with data. So much information! And also so little. It can almost…
As a first(?) in blogs focusing on Generation Z, After the Millennials counts its 9th year in 2020. During this time almost a decade of research covering this generation has been collected thanks to great collaboration with other consultants and futurists, and valuable clients challenging us to look for trends in new and interesting places….
“Hadn’t we enforced screen time limit that night, my daughter’s friend might not have tried to kill himself”. During the Q&A session a woman in the audience explained she had just introduced new screentime rules for her children. But in an evil twist of fate, this was the night her daughter’s friend had tried to…
My friend Fredrik Winter who leads Oslo Business Region, a municipally owned startup accelerator, asked his network about the backlash against big tech: “Something has happened in the world of tech, and in the summer heat I wonder: In the last year there has been a sharp blow of relatively hard criticism of “big-tech”, like…
“And these children that you spit onAs they try to change their worldsAre immune to your consultationsThey’re quite aware of what they’re goin’ through” ~David Bowie, Changes “What do you call them?”, I am often asked. I still usually refer to the next generation as just post-millennials, Centennials or Generation Z, but I understand why…
Image: Eva Ballarin is the superwoman behind HIP. She set up an incredible event and with impeccable attention to detail. Madrid, Spain (Eva Ballarin, Anne Boysen) I’m in Madrid, Spain, where I recently held a talk at one of the most cutting edge conferences for innovation in the hospitality industry, Hospitality Innovation Planet. This is only…
Artificial intelligence is on everybody’s lips these days.Vehicle automation, the merging of AI and automotive is the fodder of ginormous tech events like SXSW, Web Summit, Collision and CES. It’s hard not to get dazzled by the endorphin driven vibes and almost deterministic technological anticipations encircling these places. A nice contrast are smaller, more industry-specific…
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It’s 2030. You’re managing a company that produces artificially intelligent internet connected consumer products. As you glance over your co-working hub you see people on their laptops, some in their virtual reality haptic gears. They are meeting with their teams 5000 miles away. Some are chatting with their robotic assistants which have become trained enough to…
I recently did a talk for Grupo Nutresa’s 2nd marketing conference in Medellin, Colombia. Grupo Nutresa is one of Latin America’s main distributors of food serving 65 countries with 70 different brands. In Colombia I spoke to 300 professionals in sales and marketing, helping them unpack our youngest generation, Centennials – or Generation Z. On the one…
