Happy 2022! To mark the start of the year, we have three links we think are worth reading or listening to:

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Trend researcher and futurologist Harry Gatterer is managing director of the Future Institute and in his very readable essay, he explains ‘why we need a new understanding of transitions in a hypernetworked world in order to realise major transformations’. https://www.zukunftsinstitut.de/artikel/wie-transformationen-gelingen/

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One of the biggest issues of the future is the so-called metaverse and the related impact it will have on society and the economy. The consultants from Wunderman Thompson provide a fantastic summary of the opportunities and risks in their ‘Into the Metaverse’report that you can download free of charge here:
 https://www.wundermanthompson.com/insight/new-trend-report-into-the-metaverse

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If you want a bit of calm in your digital life, on the other hand, we recommend this tool: on the pleasantly clear, streamlined website tree.fm, you can listen to various forests across the world. Click here to enjoy an acoustic ‘forest bath https://www.tree.fm We wish you lots of success in 2022 and stay healthy! Your Perytons