Radical Hybridity / Convergence / Interdisciplinary / Creative / Science and Arts / Art and Business

Lee-Sean Huang, futurist and design consultant, co-founder and creative director of Foossa

“If I could encapsulate my thoughts about the future of work in two words, they would be ‘radical hybridity.’ The mascot for this future is the chimera. I see strategy consultancies buying or building their own design practices. We have seen and will see more convergence (and competition) between industries we thought were separate. This will require leaders to become even more interdisciplinary in their education and approaches.”

Caitlin Burns, futurist and vice chair of Producers Guild of America New Media Council

“Thinking creatively and entrepreneurially, exploring new ideas in art and business is going to be the single most important skill for humans working in the next century.”

Trevor Haldenby, imaginative futurist and orchestration director at business orchestration solutions Syntegrity

“For glimpses of this future world, look to the densely connected fringes of the arts, academia and the arcades. Listen for people (and smart systems) telling exciting new stories about uncharted paths to value creation. In a world ‘incepted’ by pre-hearsals of scenarios and interactive adaptations of business problems, new maps actually will open up new territories.”