Discover the ways that technology will heal, skill, and enhance humans to experience greater health and happiness. Collect all 12 reports, attend 12 webinars, and follow the overall journey to develop your expertise in the Wellbeing Tech landscape.
Module 1 – Explore Outer Space: From Surviving to Thriving; Space Exploration and Human Health and Happiness – Exploration sits at the core of our human nature. Space exploration, one of the greatest feats of our curiosity and creativity, provides us with fundamental insights into our quest for scaling human wellbeing. The cognitive shift in awareness during the so-called overview effect is pivotal to unearthing the depths of our interconnectedness and capacity for collaboration. With most of our technologies stemming from the Apollo Moon Mission, space innovation is paramount to supercharging the creation of human-centered technologies back on earth. Such a paradigm shift will unravel the creativity we require in how we approach human health and happiness.
Module 2 – Amplify Wise Transformative Spaces; Smart Homes, Cities and Community Spaces, As physical beings, the spaces we embody are paramount to how we feel, think, perform, and thrive. With 68% of the world population projected to live in urban areas by 2050, there is an urgent need for cities to prepare for its people of tomorrow. We will have to go beyond Smart Cities that are optimized for efficiency alone, to Wise Cities that have the potential to become the ultimate transformative platform for human wellbeing and flourishing.
Module 3 – Flourish The End of Old; Longevity, Healthy Aging, and Genetics, One of the universal changes all humans experience is aging, which changes all components of who we are – our memories, our physical bodies, and our cognition. With the rise of holistic approach to health and happiness, we have been witnessing the discovery of psychological aging clocks, and the booming interest in biomarkers of aging, proactive therapeutics, treatments and lifestyle changes to expand the number of healthy years that we get to live. Healthy aging is no longer just an interest but a key piece of the puzzle if we are to enhance the wellbeing of all
Module 4 – Grow Digital Transformative Places; The Metaverse, Immersion and Games, The global pandemic has propelled the video gaming industry, which has replaced music as the most important aspect of youth culture. With consumers increasingly looking for digital solutions that emphasize psychological, emotional and social wellbeing, games that help us build meaningful connections, instill insights and boost our cognitive, emotional, and physical selves stand as one of the key opportunities for building digital places that are truly transformative.
Module 5 – Create Shaping Change, Changing Worlds; Creativity, Innovation, Learning and Trust, A new era of human creativity can be unlocked by the ability of technology to enhance and amplify our humanity, as opposed to replacing it. Our technologies of today are already showing the promise of tapping into the creative faculties of humans that may be otherwise left dormant. In addition, the power of innovation is unlocked in environments with psychological safety where it is safe to take risks. Both technology and human wellbeing are key to the creation of such environments at scale. The transformative technologies of the future will be those that aid and assist us in our quest for meaning, creativity, and innovation.
Module 6 – Become From Travel to Becoming; Travel and Hospitality, With the immense amount of resources and time spent on travel, how can we intentionally design travel as a platform for amplifying human wellbeing? While information from our bodies and minds have been previously kept separate from such design, our tech advances have unharnessed potential in their ability to craft personalized experiences that will help us gain what is most meaningful to us at the time, whether that is serenity, creativity, or connection. The use of generative design, embedded sensors, biofeedback, and more, will unlock a future where flourishing is harmoniously coupled with traveling.
Module 7 – Evolve Inner Space; Cognition, Mental Fitness, Dreams and Memory, With the crucial nature of our cognition underlying all that we do, our transformative technologies will need to effectively augment our cognition for the better, without creating a dependency on it for optimal performance. Breakthroughs in neuroscience such as in consumer neurotechnology, research into the first neural prosthetic for memory, and wearables that can tap into our hypnagogic dreams, are now paving the way towards the frontiers of human excellence.
Module 8 – Boost From Driving to Being; Mobility and Automotive, Any space that we embody are opportunities for wellbeing. With the move towards autonomous vehicles, we are now seeing a novel opportunity to embed structures for wellbeing in the automotive space. Alongside our workplaces and homes, our vehicles are now the “third place” we embody, and we have the power to transform it into an intentional avenue for human flourishing.
Module 9 – Adapt Work as a Transformative Path; Digital Transformation @ Work = Human Transformation, The Future of Work will be defined by our ability to ideate and collaborate, adapt, expand our capacity, and enhance our human interaction skills. While we are seeing the near universal digital transformation (DX) in everything around us, we are not witnessing a similar level of human transformation. But, we cannot achieve digital transformation without first transforming the humans who are the lifeblood of our organizations. Titles, job descriptions, and silos will become less relevant as creating customer value becomes even more central to a company’s success. And the path to doing so will come from high-performance teams whose first point of excellence is to become deeply human. With that, the future of work is humanity amplified by technology.
Module 10 – Connect Get Better at Being Together; Intimacy, Connection and Social Wellness, COVID-19 has made it evident that we still lack an understanding of the capacity for technology to nourish our relationships. Technology has the potential to enable seamless interconnectivity between humans, communication, and amplifying multiple signals that encapsulate who we are. With loneliness as an increasingly urgent global crisis, the next frontier of our technologies will be those that can bridge the gap of human connection at a distance, amplify the beauty of relationships, and nurture our need for connectedness as social beings.
Module 11 – Enhance Super Humans; Augmentation, Performance, and Nature, A world where we are thriving in the highest sense will require technologies that go beyond rehabilitation and restoration. The quest to unlock human potential and achieve human excellence is not a new one. Our repertoire of knowledge into our human biology and our rapid advancements in technologies are now converging to produce novel and exciting solutions that will bring us closer to a time when we are enhanced and empowered by technology, and where no human potential is left latent.
Module 12 – Nourish From Eating to Being; Supplements, Food, Nutrition and the Gut, We are about to witness the next revolution of food amid the rising consumer awareness about nutrition and mental health connection and latest breakthroughs in gut microbiome science. Eating will no longer be seen as merely a tool for survival, but rather, one of the most powerful ways to be in control of our wellbeing. We are seeing the emergence of new microbiome-based therapeutics to treat diseases, as dieticians and neuroscientists join forces to crack the health and wellness code
