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Analysis
Why Every Company Is Quietly Becoming a Media Company Again
Audience, distribution and editorial judgment are becoming durable business capabilities—not simply inputs to a content calendar.
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Trend Forecast
The Business Models Emerging From Agent-to-Agent Commerce
Machine-mediated discovery and purchasing could alter who controls demand, trust and transaction fees.
Next
Analysis
Five Signals Spatial Computing Is Moving Beyond Demonstration
The most useful clues are appearing in workflows, interfaces and environments—not launch-stage spectacle.
NextTech
Analysis
The AI Stack Is Becoming an Accountability Problem
As models, agents, integrations and vendors multiply, responsibility becomes harder to locate.
NextTech
Tool Review
Which Business Tools Deserve a Place in the 2027 Operating System?
A practical framework for deciding which platforms create leverage and which add coordination cost.
NextTech
Analysis
The Rise of Private, Company-Specific Intelligence Layers
Enterprise advantage may depend on how well organizations structure and govern their own context.
NextTech
Explainer
Beyond the Demo: How to Evaluate an AI Tool in Real Operations
A polished demonstration can prove possibility. It cannot establish whether an AI system will be dependable inside a living organization.
NextDesign
Analysis
Brand Systems Are Becoming Operating Infrastructure
As companies publish across more channels, a brand system increasingly functions like shared organizational infrastructure—not a static identity manual.
NextDesign
Analysis
AI Is Changing the Design Review Before It Changes the Designer’s Role
The earliest impact of generative tools may appear in iteration, critique and decision-making rather than wholesale role replacement.
NextDesign
Trend Forecast
Why Product Experience and Brand Experience Are Converging
Customers increasingly encounter a brand through the behavior of its product, service and operating systems—not only through campaigns and visual identity.