2019
Non-Obvious
How to Predict Trends and Win the Future
This ninth edition of the book continued the new visual format from 2018 and evolved the look of the report even further, with large text callouts and other features to improve the reading experience based on feedback from previous editions.
Popular trends from this edition include Innovation Envy (corporations desperately copying one another instead of truly thinking different), Muddled Masculinity (our shifting cultural understanding of what it means to be a man) and Retrotrust (why we trust products and brands that we recognize from our past).
This edition also features new custom illustrations, updated visuals and a comprehensive appendix reviewing all past trends."
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