Futures literacy is a skill that allows people to better understand the role of the future in what they see and do, enhancing imagination and adaptability. In this edition of FutureScapes, David Worlock discusses the topic with Riel Miller, Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO. (See book link below.)
UBS acquires Wealthfront, signaling the willingness of banks to participate in the fintech revolution themselves. In an effort to enable competitive differentiation, banks are looking to develop and acquire capabilities traditionally held by solution providers.
PE-backed legal solution providers continue to pose a disruption threat to established legal information market players. It’s time for executives to decide whether they will buy or build because doing nothing and waiting for valuations to drop will irrevocably damage their businesses.
In our latest survey, attendees weren’t shy about ideas for what event organizers can do to increase interest in returning to in-person shows. Health-and-safety-related steps led all others by far, while content, venue choice, cancellation policies, networking opportunities, and swag matter too.
Four big scientific publishers will make 70,000 journal articles available on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect in a pilot aiming to enhance discoverability and improve the user experience.
Our latest data, analyzed by generation, shows that younger attendees view onsite events differently in terms of importance, reasons to go, obstacles faced, format preferences, and more. Event organizer success in 2022 requires listening to the generational needs of a changing audience.
The increasing speed of technological advancement is driving the pace of product design cycles and increasing the level of product complexity for every step in R&D. To ease this trend, there’s a rising need for mission-critical content to better match user requirements for formats and workflows.
Patent research solutions have improved considerably in recent years thanks to investment from providers in this market. Yet Outsell’s research shows that customers’ needs are still not being fully met, and features that differentiated providers’ products three years ago are now just table stakes.
The demand for credentials earned through online courses is booming. However, the sheer range of available credentials is making it difficult for employers to judge their value. Will this hold back demand for online courses, or are options in place to provide the necessary context?
As a follow-up to our Scaling Data Businesses analysis, we look next at a new set of companies making major pivots to reinvent themselves. This analysis looks at the moves these firms have made, how they’ve changed, new metrics they adopted, and what they are learning as they pivot.
Dow Jones will score more than 6,000 companies on their ESG practices based on 26 sustainability factors. Enabling the visibility of underlying sustainability data on these companies puts investors one step closer to discovering the link between sustainability and revenue performance.
The final data is in from the National Student Clearinghouse (NCS), showing that 2021 fall enrolment in US higher education was down by 2.7%. The total decline since the start of the pandemic is 5.1%, approaching a million students (937,500). Where are the opportunities for solutions providers?
In a bid to accelerate its cloud business in healthcare and to claim a larger stake in a competition intensified by other tech giants, Oracle buys leading electronic health records provider Cerner for $28 billion.
Chegg is facing lawsuits as it enters 2022, and it suffered a significant share price decline in 2021. Can the company, which was previously seen as a star performer, regain its position?
In the highly competitive patent research solutions space, Outsell’s survey shows that customers are perceiving market entrants’ brands positively. Established providers need to take the threat of market entrants seriously, while newer providers must avoid getting blinded by early adopter success.
MetricStream launches its cyber-risk quantification platform, advocating for cyber-risk to become a core component of enterprise GRC management. With financial and insurance information providers joining this movement, the opportunity and battleground for cyber security move beyond the realm of IT.
