{"id":19898,"date":"2015-12-09T18:48:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T02:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=19898"},"modified":"2017-04-24T23:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T06:27:42","slug":"8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016-by-amy-webb-harvard-business-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016-by-amy-webb-harvard-business-review","title":{"rendered":"8 Tech Trends to Watch in 2016 \u2014 By Amy Webb | Harvard Business Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dec15-08-169294734-700x394.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo identify emerging trends, I use a six-part methodology beginning with seeking out those on the fringes doing unusual experimentation or research. Next I look for patterns using my CIPHER model, where I identify previously unseen contradictions, inflections, practices, hacks, extremes, and rarities. Then I ask practical questions, mapping trajectories, building scenarios, and pressure-testing my conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2015\/12\/8-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2016\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo identify emerging trends, I use a six-part methodology beginning with seeking out those on the fringes doing unusual experimentation or research. Next I look for patterns using my CIPHER model, where I identify previously unseen contradictions, inflections, practices, hacks, extremes, and rarities. Then I ask practical questions, mapping trajectories, building scenarios, and pressure-testing my [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[2296,222],"class_list":["post-19898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-forecasting","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51252,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19898\/revisions\/51252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}