With the recent release of DALL-E 2, OpenAI’s newest iteration of a text-to-image generator, we set out to see what we could learn from the new technology, and offer some early reflections on its implications on our future relationship to art, authorship and aesthetics.
Read MoreFarhad Anklesaria is currently a psychoanalyst in training. He previously co-founded an educational start-up Essai Education in India and was a strategy consultant at ReD from 2010-11. Here he talks with ReD about founding a start-up, reflections from the field and applying lessons from ReD to psychoanalysis.
Read MoreAs part of our ongoing series of interviews with business leaders, ReD speaks to Britt Meelby Jensen, CEO of AMBU A/S on the importance of being customer oriented and having resilience during times of crisis.
Read MoreFor many organizations before the pandemic, the question of how work happens was largely shunted to the back office. Decisions such as upgrades to office spaces or revisions to benefits packages were often outsourced to specialized vendors. The pandemic as a ‘Big Reset’ has given leaders the opportunity to shape a future of work that is best for their organization, to develop and be the architects of this future rather than having it foisted upon them.
Read MoreReD Associates recently spent time with a dozen young professionals working across a range of industries in Shanghai, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and NYC. We wanted to see the future of work through their eyes: What has changed in their work attitudes, practices, norms, and expectations for employers?
Counter to popular narratives around the rise of slacker culture and young people ‘check- ing out’ of work, we’ve seen a renewed passion among young professionals for work, often spurred by a greater sense of autonomy with fewer office- or workplace-related distrac- tions. For organizations, this raises questions about how to harness this passion and build a thriving company culture and community.
Read MoreMillie Arora sat down with Yasmin Green and Gal Beckerman, to discuss the distinction between private and public-facing online forums, the origins of online moderation and limits of unfettered online exchange, the genesis of conspiracy theories, and more.
Read MoreIn a user-centric economy, human-centric thinking is more important than ever. In this month’s “Community Dispatches,” we spoke to ReD Associates alum and Stanford MBA candidate Cengiz Cemaloglu about the kind of thinking businesses need the most in our global, user-centric economy, and how ReD’s unique approach prepared him for business school.
Read MoreWill the Metaverse kill off the car industry? No but it may force carmakers to get more creative as driving becomes more experiential than about getting from point A to B.
Read MoreFrom literary works of fiction to non-fiction works on the human condition, we list ReD’s favorite books of 2021.
Read MoreAs companies roll out haptic technology that mimics the sensation of weight and touch of real objects when handled in virtual space, it’s important we keep the technology in the background to ensure our hands, and humans, can learn, collaborate, and shine on their own.
Read MoreWhich direction will brick-and-mortar retail go? Will it treat shopping as simply a transactional experience? Or will big retailers revive the shopping experience of yesteryear, at once intimate and seductive?
Read MoreWhen it comes to rolling out groundbreaking innovations like the Metaverse, getting social norms right is more important than the tech itself.
Read MoreWhat does a world of shrinking scarcity mean for the future of status and high-end shopping among the superrich?
Read MorePeople are living longer but retiring sooner. Martin Gronemann offers some solutions to avoid confusion and anxiety as people nervously eyeball their 401(k)s and dwindling retirement savings.
Read MoreIn 2019, the global investment organization EQT acquired Karo Pharma with the ambition to build a leading Over-The-Counter healthcare provider in Northern Europe. Later that year, Christoffer Lorenzen was brought in as CEO to lead that journey. Christoffer made the transition from the bioscience company Chr. Hansen, where he had been part of leading the company’s successful growth journey.
Read MoreOver the years ReD has studied the symbiotic relationship between fans and their clubs in football, hockey and basketball. In the article we highlight three things we have learned.
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