* THIS REVIEW OF WILL’S TALK FIRST APPEARED IN ‘RATHBONES’ *

We were delighted to welcome current and prospective charities clients to the wonderful Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle for the latest in our series of Conversations. Leading the discussion was Will Higham, an expert in predicting future consumer trends, who we had asked to consider […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WLL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘THE DIRECTOR’ *

Thanks to real-time data analytics could the information revolution be entering its most disruptive phase yet? The ability of businesses to receive operational data in real time, and react accordingly, marks “the beginning of a new economy”, say experts. Here’s what the most advanced companies […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WLL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘THE DIRECTOR’ *

“It’s the biggest change, the biggest opportunity since perhaps the introduction of the mobile phone,” says William Higham of future-gazing strategic consultancy Next Big Thing. “It’s a genuine revolution.”

The ‘Internet of Things’ is not just the latest buzz-term, it’s arguably the most game-changing technology of […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WLL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘VOXBURNER’ *

William Higham is a consumer futurist, author, speaker and founder of trends consultancy Next Big Thing. He’ll be speaking at Youth Marketing Strategy London in March on spotting and forecasting youth consumer trends. From ‘Sidestepping’ to predicting next week’s lottery numbers, William gives us a taster […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WILL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘PLUSNET’ *

This document outlines exciting predictions for the way that we could be working in 2030. With the
assistance of fifteen experts, Plusnet has created an image of what might just be the office of the
future.

Says William Higham, author and futurist:

“With the rise of smart phones and tablets, […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WILL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘IN-STYLE’ *

The trend of renting luxe products such as cars, jewellery and watches has become increasingly high-end, writes Josh Sims
They used to say that money could buy you anything except happiness. Now it seems it can be used to rent anything except that. If the idea of […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WILL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘THE DIRECTOR’ *

From language lessons to cookery classes, many business leaders are going on learning holidays to acquire new skills. It may seem like work away from work – but there are big benefits to be gleaned, say our experts

When Abta – the association of UK travel […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WLL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘THE DIRECTOR’ *

William Higham of future-gazing consultancy Next Big Thing believes open data’s relevance today is part of a broader shift towards a more candid world: one in which any kind of subterfuge, obfuscation or furtiveness has become deeply unfashionable. …

Open data may sound like a dry, […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WILL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘E-CONSULTANCY’ *

William Higham is a Consumer Futurist, speaker and author. He is also CEO of forecasting and strategy consultancy The Next Big Thing.

He will be delivering the afternoon keynote at this week’s Future of Digital Marketing conference looking at Digital Marketing and the Next Generation.

I caught up […]

* THIS INTERVIEW WITH WILL FIRST APPEARED IN ‘THE DIRECTOR’ *

Higham is confident of a continued breaking down of boundaries between people and machines. “Their learning characteristics are going to deepen,” he says. “They’re going to be able to remember more and more about us and have more human functions and intuition. People will want […]