Gartner: 10 predictions for the next decade of IT
Gartner unveils top predictions for IT organisations and users in 2021 and beyond
IDG Connect 28 October, 2020 15:41
The technologies we have today, have been stretched to their limits. But to enable the next rebound of innovation and efficiency, we need to look at non-traditional approaches – the place where ‘the next big thing’ is born. Knowing this is the road businesses need to take in 2021 and beyond, CIOs can expect the next decade to be dominated by radical technological innovation, changing their business models for good.
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the need for radical digitalisation must be a principle, not a project, ultimately forcing organisations to consider a different type of future.
By Sandra Feder
Human history has been shaped by vivid experiences of gods and spirits, from Augustine’s conversion to Christianity after hearing a disembodied voice to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision, after hearing God’s voice, to move ahead with the Montgomery bus boycotts.
Stanford researchers have identified attributes that make individuals more likely to have the experience of the presence of gods and spirits. (Image credit: Marc Olivier Jodoin / Unsplash)
Now Stanford University anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann, the Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, has identified two attributes, porosity and absorption, that make individuals more likely to have these kinds of experiences. Over the course of four studies of more than 2,000 participants from many different religious traditions in the United States, Ghana, Thailand, China and Vanuatu, Luhrmann and her team demonstrate the power of culture in combination with