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AI Coaches: It Has Never Been So Easy to Become Excellent

Whether in education, health, or career development: AI is becoming a personal coach. It recognizes individual strengths and weaknesses, provides targeted feedback, and helps us learn new skills and perfect existing ones. In the future, virtual AI entities and humanoid robots could elevate this personal development to a completely new level.

Stefan Schnack

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Will the Moon become a relevant economic space? In a new study, Deloitte has analyzed which infrastructures and markets could emerge around a permanent lunar presence and quantifies the market volume for the coming 25 years. Those who understand systems and standards early on secure decisive market advantages.

Stefan Schnack

Report: Beyond Tomorrow. Four Scenarios for 2050

Prosperity for all through AI? Less growth due to competing blocs? The BCG Henderson Institute has developed four plausible future scenarios for the world of 2050, based on more than 100 megatrends, over a century of historical data, and expert interviews. As different as the scenarios are: the report identifies five measures that companies can use to prepare themselves.

Stefan Schnack

# Report: Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2026

Which technologies will radically change our future over the next five years? The World Economic Forum has identified the ten most promising innovations on the verge of a breakthrough in its latest report.

Stefan Schnack

Scenario Europe 2031: If We Sleep Through the AI Revolution

Europe 2031 is a scenario that tells the story of how Europe sinks into insignificance within five years, what central role AI plays in this process, and what can still be changed now.

Stefan Schnack

Big Ideas 2026

The report 'Big Ideas 2026' by Ark Invest shows how key technology fields such as AI, robotics, energy, biotech, and blockchain reinforce one another and reshape entire industries. At the center is AI as the driving infrastructure, whose rapidly declining costs enable new applications and business models – with direct effects on strategic direction, competition, and value creation.

Stefan Schnack

Convergence Outlook 2026

We find ourselves in a super cycle whose dynamics emerge from the convergence of various future technologies and developments, with profound and sometimes difficult to predict consequences for markets, business models, and competition.

Stefan Schnack

Study: Opportunities in the emerging lunar economy

The PwC study “Lunar Market Assessment – 2nd Edition” analyses five opportunity areas in the lunar economy: mobility, communication, energy, habitats and water. By 2050, a market with up to USD 127 billion in annual revenue will emerge.

Stefan Schnack

Technologien, Weltraum

Eight major opportunities in the trillion-dollar ‘Green Economy’ market

Demand for climate-friendly solutions is rising across almost all industries. The World Economic Forum study identifies eight major opportunity areas and four CEO priorities for participating in green growth.

Stefan Schnack

Green Economy, Nachhaltigkeit

Orbital AI: Video interview (English) with Brian Wang

What happens when AI conquers Earth orbit? In conversation with Brian Wang, founder of NextBigFuture and Expert Partner at FMG, we explore what the AI infrastructure of the future could look like. An interview about Orbital AI – and what it means for companies and our everyday lives.

Dr. Pero Mićić

Energie, Künstliche Intelligenz, Weltraum

Strategies under stress test: Why Business Wargaming is gaining importance

How robust is your strategy really? Business wargaming simulates real market and competitive dynamics. Our free document provides insight into how you can use this method effectively—for clearer decisions and greater strategic certainty.

Niklas Hertl

Business Wargaming, Strategie

Global Risks 2026-2036

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026 identifies the most pressing global risks and provides decision-makers with a basis for managing acute crises and developing resilient long-term strategies.

Stefan Schnack

Bedrohungen, Risiken

Post Labor Economics: The Economy Without Work

What happens to our economy when human labor is no longer the central production factor? What does it mean for enterprises when productivity continues to rise while purchasing power and demand come under pressure at the same time? And how should entrepreneurs and leaders act when automation brings efficiency gains but erodes their own customer base?

Dr. Pero Mićić

Arbeit, Künstliche Intelligenz

CEO question: Do rising energy costs force me to downsize?

Rising energy costs are seen as a risk for Europe as a business location. Are companies facing downsizing or relocation because energy is too expensive? There is no way around electrification and the expansion of renewable energy. But do we have enough land for that? Yes! The solution: agri-PV!

Dr. Pero Mićić

Downsizing, Energie, Energiekosten

Geo-economics and technologies: four scenarios for 2030

The World Economic Forum analysis shows that by 2030, the global economy will not return to the old normal, but move into a structurally transformed economy. Geopolitical power shifts and technological developments shape four distinct scenarios that can give companies guidance for strategic decisions in an increasingly uncertain environment.

Stefan Schnack

Geopolitik, Szenarien, Wirtschaft

Study: Intelligent World 2035

By 2035, 900 billion intelligent agents could be active on our behalf, supported by exponential computing power and new computer architectures. This technological revolution will form the foundation for a connected, autonomous world in which AI and physical systems merge.

Stefan Schnack

Daten, KI-Agenten, Künstliche Intelligenz, Rechenleistung

Video interview (English): The 'Degrowth' fallacy

'Degrowth' or 'Smart Growth'? In the interview, RethinkX expert Adam Dorr explains why sacrifice is not an effective strategy. Prosperity is what creates the foundation for environmental protection. With the help of exponentially growing technologies, we will soon be able to overcome many challenges.

Dr. Pero Mićić

Energie, Klimawandel, Wohlstand

Study: World Urbanization Prospects 2025-2050

Urbanisation remains one of the strongest structural megatrends of the 21st century, with deep impacts on the economy, markets, consumption, supply chains and skilled labour structures. The United Nations' World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (WUP 2025) is the world's most important data source on global urban development.

Stefan Schnack

Megastädte, Städte, urban

Study: Top 10 Metatrends 2025-2035

The coming decade is shaped by the convergence of foundational technologies that reinforce one another. The result: new forms of prosperity and productivity, but also growing risks from disruption, dependencies and inequality.

Stefan Schnack

Megatrends, Technologien, Trends

Study: The potential of deep tech for Europe’s economy by 2030

Europe faces major challenges in the global competition for deep tech. The McKinsey study shows how targeted support for start-ups in future technologies could create US$1 trillion in economic value and secure one million jobs by 2030.

Stefan Schnack

Technologien

Video Interview (English): 21 Answers on the Future with Humanoid Robots

Compilation of an interview with Dr. Pero Mićić on the future with humanoid robots, conducted by Royden D'Souza on his YouTube channel 'Over the Horizon' in October 2025.

Dr. Pero Mićić

Humanoide Roboter, Roboter

Agri-PV could supply electricity for the whole of Germany

Agri-photovoltaics, the combination of agricultural use with solar power generation, is a promising approach and could exceed Germany’s photovoltaic expansion targets for 2040. On the most suitable areas alone, 500 gigawatt peak of solar capacity could be installed.

Stefan Schnack

Energie, Landwirtschaft, Photovoltaik

Study: Climate Change and Economic Growth – Scenarios to 2100

How will climate change and the energy transition affect global economic growth in the long term? Six scenarios outline the conditions under which climate damages, technological progress and falling emissions abatement costs could slow or support global prosperity by 2100.

Stefan Schnack

Klimawandel, Szenarien, Wirtschaftswachstum

Study: The Rise of Humanoid Robots

What was still considered science fiction just a few years ago is now taking concrete shape: humanoid robots will sustainably transform our economic and social system in the coming years. The metatrend report by Abundance360 highlights the technological foundation, the enormous market potential and the social implications.

Stefan Schnack

Humanoide Roboter, Roboter