In this episode, co-hosts Andrew Curry and J. Walker Smith interview Kantar Consulting generational trend experts Jeff Howanek and Kate Turkcan about the differences between the youthful cohort of Centennials and the older but still young cohort of Millennials.

Links

• The Origins of WEIRD Psychology - PsyArXiv Preprints
• Ethan Millman: MoviePass plans surge-pricing fees for popular movies - Los Angeles Times
• Just How Bad is the Fake Reviews Issue on Amazon? Here's an In Depth Example - Reddit
• Steve Knopper: The End of Owning Music: How CDs and Downloads Died - Rolling Stone
• How Disruption Can Fuel Brand Growth - Kantar Millward Brown

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, co-host Andrew Curry interviews senior client leaders Lloyd Burdett and Joe Ballantyne who manage the futures practice area for Kantar Consulting globally and within EMEA, respectively.

Links

• Jacqueline Howard: WHO calls for elimination of trans fat in foods by 2023 - CNN
• A Lost Generation? Long-Lasting Wealth Impacts of the Great Recession on Young Families - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Philip Auerswald and Joon Yun: As Population Growth Slows, Populism Surges - The New York Times
• Enrico Moretti: The New Geography of Job - Amazon
• Kirsty Cooke: Are avocado and quinoa still trendy? - Kantar UK

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

Co-hosts Andrew Curry and J. Walker Smith preview some of the interesting and thought-provoking content that Kantar will share at Cannes Lions 2018.

Links

• Peter Schwartz: Why AI Will Create Jobs - strategy+business
• Dimension 2018 Report - Kantar Media
• Ross Douthat: Free Speech Will Not Save Us - The New York Times
• Bryan Caplan and Nassim Nicholas Taleb on What's Missing in Education - Conversations with Tyler
• Michael Blanding: Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide - Harvard Business School

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, co-hosts Andrew Curry and J. Walker Smith reflect on the current controversies and headlines about digital technology, with a focus on implications for business and strategic planning.

Links

• Angela Chen: Why trying to be too efficient will make us less efficient in the long run - The Verge
• Anthony Giddens: A Magna Carta for the digital age - The Washington Post
• Chris Skinner: Tech firms will be regulated like banks in future - The Finanser
• Nicholas Carr: I am a data factory (and so are you) - Rough Type
• Andrew McLuhan: What is a Tetrad? - Medium
• Divine Discontent: Disruption's Antidote - Stratechery
• J. Walker Smith: Is the Convenience of Technology Worth the Security Risks? - AMA
• Novelist Geoff Dyer on teeth and our quest for the perfect smile - FT
• Sam Knight: The spectacular power of Big Lens - The Guardian

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, co-host Andrew Curry interviews Kantar Consulting colleagues and brand strategy practice leads Robert Jan d'Hond and Leslie Pascaud about the business imperative of purpose and the Purpose 2020 framework for effectively creating and managing purpose-led brands.

Links

• 2018 Corporate Longevity Forecast: Creative Destruction is Accelerating - Innosight
• Purpose 2020 - Kantar Consulting 
• At Nike, Revolt Led by Women Leads to Exodus of Male Executives - New York Times
• Noah Smith: How the Top 1% Keeps Getting Richer - Bloomberg View 
• Martin Guerriera: The 3 C's of instant recognition and meaning - Kantar Millward Brown

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, Kantar Consulting Director Elisa Birtwistle updates her groundbreaking 2013 report, Women 2020, in a wide-ranging interview with podcast co-host Andrew Curry.

Links

• Damian Carrington: Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles - The Guardian
• Belinda Luscombe: Young, Single, Childless Women Earn More Than Men - TIME Magazine
• Alex Tabarrok: The Facebook Trials: It's Not "Our" Data - Marginal Revolution
• Carl Wilkinson: Why glass milk bottle deliveries are back - FT Magazine
• Edward Tenner: The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do - Amazon
• Purpose 2020 - Kantar Consulting

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, hosts J. Walker Smith and Andrew Curry discuss the trend of consumers investing more of their lives in things done at a human scale, and what this means for technology and brands. 

This is a preview of Walker's April 11 FutureView Webinar. Click here to register.

Links

• Peter Pomerantsev: Jokes and the Death of Narratives - The American Interest
• Branko Milanovic: Fake News - globalinequality
• Kirkpatrick Sale: Human Scale - Amazon
• Phil Sutcliffe: The Role of the Marketer When Buying Decisions Are Delegated to Algorithms - Kantar UK
• Venkatesh Rao: A Quick (Battle) Field Guide to the New Culture Wars - ribbonfarm
• The Unequal Effects of Partisanship on Brands - Harvard Business Review
• Aileen Kwun: Cities are Squeezed...By Tech Companies - Fast Co Design

Hosts

• Andrew Curry, @nextwavefutures, The Next Wave
• J. Walker Smith, @jwalkersmith

In this episode, hosts J. Walker Smith and Andrew Curry discuss Charles Mann's new book, The Wizard and the Prophet, and how it frames the driving dynamic of capacity.

In this episode, hosts Andrew Curry and J. Walker Smith hear from three experts about what luxury means today and the opportunities for brands to leverage premium elements to their advantage.

In this episode, hosts Andrew Curry and J. Walker Smith  dig into the challenge of growth for companies today.  Rapid change is transforming what it takes to grow, in particular, the five principles of Kantar Consulting's approach called W.H.O.L.E. demand.