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November 11, 2025
Watch Now — The Innovation Circuit EP 8: Swipe Right, Tech Trends leaders are backing for 2026 — Part 2
In this two-part series, we’re diving into emerging tech trends and their potential impact as we look ahead to 2026. The topics we explore are based on insights from a series of executive events we recently hosted with our customers.
Using a simple web app, we asked attendees to ‘swipe right’ if a tech trend would be relevant to their business in the next 12 months—or ‘swipe left’ if it wouldn’t. The result? A real-time snapshot of what business and tech leaders are prioritising for the near future.
In Part 2, we cover:
- Human-machine Synergy & Immersive experiences
- AI everywhere
- Responsible AI &AI trust
- Workforce and skill evolution
Catch up with part 1 of this series here.
Panellists
Andrew Taylor — Head of Product & Innovation
Jeff Wogen — Head of Digital
Moderator
Liz Knight - Head of Cyber Security/Moderator
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Tech Trends for 2026 Part 2
01:06 Human-Machine Synergy and Immersive Experiences
05:42 AI everywhere
07.15 Responsible AI &AI trust
09.44 Workforce and skill evolution
Resources
- Meta AI glasses | Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta & Display glasses | Meta Store
- New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again
- How people are using ChatGPT | OpenAI
- What Is AI Governance? - Palo Alto Networks
- Vibe coding - Wikipedia
- Future of Jobs Report 2025: The jobs of the future – and the skills you need to get them | World Economic Forum
- The substantial role of companies in upskilling | McKinsey
- Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI
- From PhD dropout to US$250m deal: Meet the 24-year-old AI whiz kid | Stuff
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