An invitation to a global discussion on four key issues influencing the coming decade:  Will the internet collapse? What is the role of empathetic technology? The Rise of Asia and  The impact of rigid corporate thinking.  Organisations including BUPA, Lego, Intel and IBM have described the trends and the resource is now available for your vote and commentary.  Click through and have a look around:

http://www.worldmapnewdecade.com/

A few weeks ago I wrote to you to highlight a new study highlighting the positive impact of access to technology, particularly amongst the socially excluded and women.  Commissioned by the Institute of Technology this has a global perspective and the full report is now available for free here .

We are delighted to be taking this study forward in the UK to look at WHY access to technology has such a positive impact - watch our twitter feed for more news, or, get in touch to find out more. 

One of the benefits of being involved in 'futures' and innovation is the chance to work with organisations wanting to try new strategies, to experiment in order to improve the 'user' experience for their services or products.

We are currently working with the Proud Capital Partnership of Cardiff, developing scenarios for the future of Cardiff and helping the different organisations (public, private, voluntary, academic) involved in delivering services, to think about the future and how an integrated approach can achieve great results during challenging times.

For more information on the initiative - check out their website and our involvement Click on Wales

On May 21st we held a live debate that we believe to be the first of its' kind.  A mixture of presentations, voting, and round-table debate for 80 senior advertisers and agencies.

The debate formed part of a year-long industry study on the future of mobile advertising.  The fourth wave of research will start towards the end of this month, previous results are available to members of the forum. 

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In July we will be launching a new, free, trends resource 'GLIMPSES'.  Originally developed and owned by The Tomorrow Project  GLIMPSES is a fantastic resource for those thinking about the future - Globalisation, Lifecourse, Identity, Media & Technology, Politics & Government, Social Exclusion, Employment and Sustainability .  Trajectory is indebted to The Tomorrow Project for asking us to take it on and develop it further while maintaining its core values.

We are in the process of updating the work at the moment, so please bear with us, but you are welcome to view the work in progress and get a flavour of what's coming. 

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Did you think it was all over?

Has your World Cup Sweepstake already run out of steam? 

Is the colleague who drew Portugal looking a little too smug? 

Well, here at Trajectory we asked our modelling team to spice things up a bit and develop a sweepstake that values 'higher than expected achievement' as much as winning....so, that slightly deflated feeling you got when you drew New Zealand translates to a small hope and if (like me) you drew Chile...then you're in with a shout!   Send us your teams and we can track it for you...

Any questions or comments, please do get in touch. 

All the best

Nicola, and the Trajectory Team