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Foresight Friday: Olivia Houghton, insights and engagement director

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, insights and engagement director Olivia Houghton explores what AI really means for the talent pipeline and why billionaires buying dinosaur bones might require a protection strategy.

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Culture & Media

SXSW 2026: Smaller, Slower, More Human

At SXSW 2026, the festival shifted from tech hype and relentless growth to a focus on human-centred design, community-led culture and products and experiences that prioritise wellbeing, biology and meaningful human connection over scale.

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Marketing & Branding

The Reddit Opportunity

Reddit offers brands an underutilised opportunity to listen, participate and test ideas in its communities to anticipate cultural shifts, uncover consumer needs and build credibility.

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Travel & Hospitality

Delta Locals reveals the rise of human-centred travel content

Delta Air Lines is entering the travel-content space with Delta Locals, a new platform that connects users to global destinations through immersive virtual tours hosted by the people who live there.