Category: Trends

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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The Financial Times Looks at 2011

As 2010 came to a close, “a panoply of FT pundits … put their reputations on the line to divine what the new year will offer.” [“Cuts, leaks and atom smashing,” Financial

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Consumer Trends to Watch in 2011, Part 2

In yesterday’s post, I began discussing a list of “11 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2011” offered up by www.trendwatching.com, “one of the world’s leading trend firms, trendwatching.com sends out its free, monthly

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Consumer Trends to Watch in 2011, Part 1

A company called trendwatching.com labels itself as “an independent and opinionated trend firm,” that scans “the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas.” As you can

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Looking Ahead in Science

The end of the year is always an interesting time. In addition to the holiday excitement it brings, the end of the year also causes people to reflect on both the past

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Supply Chain Management Trends 2010

In a recent post entitled The Importance of Identifying Trends, I discussed an article that asserted that companies that identify and adjust to trends the fastest are the ones most likely to

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The Importance of Identifying Trends

Scott Cook, a founder and former CEO of Intuit, once stated, “Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present.” Michael

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