These cool new technologies are controversial to say the least.

Telstra innovations, enabled by Windows 10, are bringing the digital and physical retail worlds together for Australian customers like never before. By using the new solution, Telstra is able to reduce average wait times for customers to three minutes.

We often doubt our own powers of persuasion because we do not realize that it is often harder for people, even our bosses to says no than yes says JM OLEJARZ, HBR Editor

Automation can help academics potentially solve thousands of problems at once and even augment the authoring process, says INSEAD’s Chaired Professor of Management Science, Phil Parker.

Coca-Cola’s Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Marcos de Quinto unveiled the company’s new ‘One Brand’ global marketing strategy at a glitzy event held in Dubai. The bold new campaign, with the tagline ‘Taste the Feeling’, unites Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light/Diet Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero under the iconic Coca-Cola brand.

Based on years of research by the McKinsey Global Institute, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Forces Breaking All the Trends is a road map to reset our intuition in the face of powerful forces transforming the global economy: the rise of emerging markets, the increasing impact of technology, an aging world population, and accelerating flows of trade, capital, people, and data.

If you haven’t already noticed, South Africa’s cultural sphere is enjoying an exciting golden period of new and diverse forms of artistic expression — most notably within the realms of electronic music. The infinitely talented Spoek Mathambo is often seen as one of the chief ambassadors of this new “Mzansi renaissance,” and his new documentary Future Sound of Mzansi is a powerful exploration and interrogation of South Africa’s fertile creative scene.

Directed by Mathambo himself and Lebogang Rasethaba of Egg Films, Future Sound of Mzansi explores the past, present and future of South Africa’s electronic music scene and the multitude of sub-genres that lie within it. The film also features an exciting cast of the country’s leading artists and includes interviews with Okmalumkoolkat, Nozinja, Jumping Back Slash, Black Coffee, Christian Tiger School, BIG FKN GUN, DJ Spoko, and Sibot.

Part one of the three-part series, now available through Vice’s THUMP, introduces the fresh new sounds originating from townships and urban areas in cities like Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. The idea of regionalism in the development of South African electronic music’s seemingly endless amount of genres becomes the central theme of this first installment. Artists such as Nozinja and Black Coffee offer interesting tid-bits and passionate insight from their own experiences of how representation and ownership of identity play important roles in the unique music they create. Watch part one of Spoek Mathambo’s Future Sound Mzansi below and revisit his Future Sound of Mzansi curated mixtape series.

In the vastness of space, there’s a a small speck of rock inhabited by the most peculiar lifeforms: Dark little “Globosomes” that start to replicate fast and begin to show signs of intelligence. The film tells the story of the rise and fall of these little creatures.

This film is inspired by the special times we’re living in on our own planet. We’re ourselves at the crossroads: Rise to our true calling and explore the universe or perish from the face of a dirty planet. Surely we have culture, science and art but what does remains of these achievements, if you look at our world from a global perspective.

MIT Sloan Director of Visual Design Ellen Tave Glassman explains the evolution of presidential branding. How can presidents develop brands and logos that will impact voters? Glassman walks through a history of their branding efforts, from George Washington to the present.

Hardware is getting faster. Software is getting smarter. And the network effects of billions of people connected around the world are multiplying. Welcome to the Second Machine Age. Exponentially improving technology, the digitization of everything, and the combinatorial possibilities of different innovations mixed together in creative new ways, provide incredible opportunities for businesses who embrace these forces ‹ and present existential risks to those who underestimate them.

Today, there are more people in the world who play League of Legends than there are people who live in France. We wanted to look inside this rapidly expanding world of competitive gaming, so VICE host Matt Shea flew to South Korea, a country where so-called “eSports” can either make you rich and famous or land you in rehab.

HBR senior editor Jeff Kehoe talks with Jon Kolko, founder and Director of the Austin Center for Design, and VP of Consumer Design at Blackboard, Inc. They’ll discuss the need to redefine design thinking, as well as concrete methods for creating emotional appeal in new products, and the companies that are doing this well.

from outer space to inner space

In Dove’s latest stunt to shed light on how women perceive themselves, the brand labeled double doorways of buildings in five major cities — San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, London and Delhi — with the words “Beautiful” and “Average” and filmed what women would do when they encountered the different signposts. As it goes with most Dove revelations, the result was eye-opening: the majority of them chose to walk through the “average” entryways, with some only making the “beautiful” exception when they were striding through with a friend or loved one — someone they deemed worthy of the description.

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