Next Voices
Opinion
Mark Hopkins on the Economics of Emerging Platforms
New platforms do not just create products. They reorganize incentives, distribution and value capture.
NextNow / Archive
Category: Uncategorized
Next Voices
Opinion
Julie Wohlberg: The Business Cost of Seeing Cultural Change Too Late
By the time a cultural shift appears obvious in a dashboard, the strategic advantage may already be gone.
Next Voices
Opinion
Kevin Laird: Automation Cannot Rescue a Broken Process
When teams automate ambiguity, they scale rework rather than eliminate it.
Next Voices
Opinion
Chris Heuer: Transformation Starts With the Organization
Technology can accelerate change, but it cannot resolve incentives and decision rights that remain misaligned.
Next Voices
Opinion
Aaron Snyder: Editorial Design Is Part of the Story
A publication’s visual system shapes what readers notice, trust and remember.
From the Field
Field Report
NextNow Is Heading to Shoptalk Fall: What We’ll Be Watching in Nashville
NextNow will be at Shoptalk Fall 2026 in Nashville, tracking the retail, commerce and technology decisions shaping 2027 plans.
From the Field
Field Report
Five Takeaways From the 2026 Funders Forum + Brokers Expo
At the Seminole Hard Rock, the small-business finance sector confronted questions about regulation, underwriting, capital and trust—with Dan Marino closing on adaptation.
From the Field
Field Report
NextNow Is Heading to CommerceNext 2027: What We’ll Watch in New York
NextNow will be at the CommerceNext Growth Show in New York, following the strategies reshaping retail, DTC and ecommerce growth.
NextTech
News Brief
Palantir’s Growth Suggests Enterprise AI Is Moving Beyond Experimentation
Second-quarter revenue rose 93% as U.S. commercial customers expanded deployments, offering one of the clearest signals yet that some enterprise AI budgets are moving into operational systems.
NextTech
News Brief
The EU AI Act’s Transparency Rules Move From Planning to Enforcement
New EU requirements govern disclosure when people interact with AI and the machine-readable marking of generated or manipulated content.