About

Who we are, how we do trends, and what’s coming your way.

For TrendWatching members

Good to have you on board.

You’re reading this because you’re a TrendWatching member. So here’s who we are, how we do trends, and everything that’s coming your way. Every day, somewhere in the world, someone creates something extraordinary. We find it, uncover the trend behind it, and bring it to you here.

AMSTERDAM · AND EVERYWHERE · SINCE 2002 ·24years of trends
& innovations
32,000+innovations in the database
500+trend reports
15industries covered
20+years of evidence
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The full platform: every innovation, report and playbook. And from 12 November, TrendWatching right inside your own AI.

How we do trends

Human needs endure. The ways brands meet them never stop changing.

01

Human needs

Status, connection, comfort, self-expression, a little calm.

02

Real innovations

New products, services and experiences that meet those needs in a new way.

03

Trends

When enough innovations raise the bar in the same way, expectations shift.

04

Opportunity gaps

Where expectations run ahead of what’s on offer, there’s room for you.

05

New ideas

What you create next. Which raises the bar again, and round we go.

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Roadmap

Everything we’ve delivered this year and what’s coming next, all included in your membership.

Roadmap

Already yours, and plenty more on the way.

Everything on this roadmap comes with your membership, at no extra cost. Scroll back for what we’ve delivered this year, or ahead for what’s around the corner.

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40 FastForward reports

delivered this year

10,000+ new innovations

added this year

5 rounds of Industry Innovations Reports

15 industries each time

Ideation Playbook

May

Brand Activation Playbook

July
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What we stand for

Our 2027–2030 mission.

To guide, inspire and empower business professionals to bring to market more sustainable and impactful innovations that benefit all, not the few.

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Curious, always

Asking questions and exploring new possibilities is how meaningful change gets made.

Optimistic realists

We acknowledge the chaos, then go looking for the opportunity in it.

Generous by default

Free intelligence keeps flowing, and NGOs, universities and governments can get free or at-cost access.

Independent

We’re not beholden to corporate owners, and we don’t take on work that’s misaligned with our mission.

Beyond the platform

Want us in the room?

Our keynotes and AI Sprints bring these trends to your team, anywhere in the world. They’re separate services, not part of your platform membership.

Keynotes & Sprints ↗Opens our public website

The people

Passionate minds, from all over the world.

Behind TrendWatching are people in cities all over the world, working hard to make the platform amazing for you.

We’d love to hear from you.

Anything that needs fixing, improving or imagining? Our client team makes sure your suggestion reaches the right person within hours.