Past 10 years / Next 10 years
Learn from change. Prepare for what follows.
Historical reflection and forward scenarios belong side by side, with a clear boundary between them.
2016–2026 · historical lens
The decade that changed the questions.
- How did digital workflows and cloud services change distribution?
- What did disruption teach businesses about supply chains?
- How did changing work patterns alter hiring and management?
- What changed as AI became part of business planning?
- How did energy and funding conditions affect resilience?
These are retrospective research themes, not a complete timeline of verified events.
2026–2036 · scenario lens
The next decade is a set of possibilities.
- Faster adoption: useful AI lowers the cost of selected tasks.
- Uneven adoption: infrastructure and skills constrain progress.
- Resilience first: businesses invest in continuity and security.
- New constraints: policy, trust and energy shape deployment.
- New demand: changing skills create different customer needs.
ITERAQ exploratory scenarios. No probabilities or guaranteed outcomes are assigned.
Research Stanford HAI · 2026 report
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Research IEA · 2025 report
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