Pulses deliver forward-looking insights into the evolution and impact of science, technology, and trends on global transformation. By engaging with our Pulses, you will gain a deeper understanding of each topic's significance, the key innovators driving change, and the future direction we anticipate. These insights are designed to stimulate discussions within your teams, challenging you to consider your preparedness for impacts on new product development, innovation, vision, strategy, R&D, and beyond.

With technology advances, changing customer behaviors, and evolving regulatory landscapes rapidly transforming industries, business leaders must anticipate future technology trends and take proactive action to stay competitive. The Top 10 Game-changing Technologies in Space report spotlights 10 key technologies poised to revolutionize the space sector, highlighting their applications, benefits, and potential challenges. Scope Industry: space, energy, industrial automation, healthcare, electronics, manufacturing, and communications All geographies Contents Technologies covered in the report include: Microgravity 3D printing in space High performance space computing Space-based solar power Satellite internet Solar sails Space medicine Ion thrust propulsion Deep space optics Celestial bots Autonomous spacecraft control

Current Lithium-ion batteries are reaching their limits, particularly around energy density, storage duration, safety, material supply, and charging speeds. As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and long-duration energy storage accelerates, next-generation battery technologies are stepping up to bridge the gap. This webinar explored the transformative potential of Solid-State, Sodium-Ion, Lithium-Sulfur, Metal-Air, and LMFP (Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate) batteries and their potential to reshape electric mobility, stationary storage, and broader sustainability initiatives. Attendees gained insights into the techno-economic potential of each technology, the strategic partnerships shaping the market, and the R&D pathways driving innovation. With volatile materials pricing and supply chain risks creating new challenges, now is the time to explore alternatives beyond lithium-ion. What questions did the webinar answer? Which emerging battery chemistries – such as Solid-State, Sodium-Ion, and Lithium-Sulfur – are best suited for specific applications like electric vehicles (EVs), grid storage, and data centers, and what are their performance trade-offs? What are the near-term and long-term outlooks for market adoption, including regulatory drivers, supply chain considerations, and scalability? How are key industry players – automakers, energy providers, and battery manufacturers – driving R&D, partnerships, and commercialization strategies to accelerate the adoption of these technologies?

Policymakers and industrial stakeholders globally are striving to transition to a low-carbon economy to achieve net-zero targets in the long term. However, sectors such as aviation, shipping, long-distance transport, and heavy industries have difficulty decarbonizing using direct electrification. These hard-to-abate sectors need large-scale, high-energy-density feedstocks to decarbonize. Hydrogen is the ideal energy carrier, enabling energy diversification when produced through renewable energy, significantly reducing emissions while aiding policymakers to meet long-term pledges. Additionally, renewable energy sources are highly intermittent, leading to fluctuations in renewable energy storage. Power-to-X (PtX) technology advances help convert surplus renewable energy into stable energy carriers, such as hydrogen and its derivatives, including Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), methanol, ammonia, and synthetic methane, for aviation, maritime, agriculture, and chemicals industries. PtX efficiently harnesses renewable energy by producing synthetic fuels, chemicals, and other specialty compounds. It also reduces carbon emissions and minimizes dependency on fossil fuels. In this report, we analyze the growing PtX technology adoption across industries and how it aids decarbonization. Scope Geography: all Industry: energy, environment, and transportation Contents In this report, we examine: The PtX technology landscape and its significant pathways Key factors driving R&D and adoption Key technology developers, regulations, and techno-economic analysis PtX technologies’ future trajectory

In a world of increasing complexity, what will be the critical technological forces reshaping industries and societies, and how can you navigate future uncertainty and innovation? Watch our Advanced SciTech experts in a fascinating webinar exploring a selection of some of the most transformational technology innovations impacting the world. From quantum to 6G, space data centers to nano systems, and more, this session outlined the roadmap for understanding the future, anticipating disruptions, and leveraging future technology trends for sustainable success. Attendees understood the emerging technological forces that will drive change over the next 10 years and come away with actionable insights for business leaders to align their strategies. Future proof your business with informed actions in an era of increasing uncertainty. What questions did the webinar answer for the participants? What are the technological forces that are developing a new path for the future What new areas of opportunity will emerge due to these new forces?​ Which issues will drive or promote these technology forces?​

Pulses deliver forward-looking insights into the evolution and impact of science, technology, and trends on global transformation. By engaging with our Pulses, you will gain a deeper understanding of each topic's significance, the key innovators driving change, and the future direction we anticipate. These insights are designed to stimulate discussions within your teams, challenging you to consider your preparedness for impacts on new product development, innovation, vision, strategy, R&D, and beyond. Membership(s) Advanced SciTech

Pulses deliver forward-looking insights into the evolution and impact of science, technology, and trends on global transformation. By engaging with our Pulses, you will gain a deeper understanding of each topic's significance, the key innovators driving change, and the future direction we anticipate. These insights are designed to stimulate discussions within your teams, challenging you to consider your preparedness for impacts on new product development, innovation, vision, strategy, R&D, and beyond. Membership(s) Advanced SciTech

This report is available only to GICs & Shared Services members. For information on membership, please contact us Innovation is no longer a buzz word. Technological disruptions have made it more important than ever for organizations to be future-ready by building a culture of innovation. To accelerate their journeys and complement their efforts to build truly disruptive innovative capabilities, leading enterprises are leveraging their Global Business Services (GBS) centers / Shared Services Centers (SSCs) / Global In-house Centers (GICs) / Global Capability Centers (GCCs). This research identifies and reveals what Pinnacle, best-in-class, GBS centers/SSCs/GICs/GCCs are doing differently in this space, including differentiated capabilities the Pinnacle GBS centers have built to support/drive enterprises’ innovation agenda, practices adopted by Pinnacle GBS centers to enable this transformation and overcome any operational challenge, and superior innovation outcomes delivered by Pinnacle GBS centers. Scope In this research, to identify Pinnacle performance with respect to innovation adoption, we analyze the innovation journey of 51 GBS centers across five key capability areas (vision and strategy, operating model, people/talent capabilities, technology capabilities, and ecosystem collaboration capabilities) and three types of outcomes (cost, operational, and strategic). Industry: Global Services Geography: Global Contents The report includes the following topics: Differentiators for Pinnacle GBS™ centers Busting some prevalent myths in driving innovation from GBS centers Accelerating the innovation journey Assessment of the impact created Assessment of capability maturity Membership(s) Catalyst™

This report is available only to Strategic Outsourcing & Vendor Management members. For information on membership or purchase, please contact us The current trifecta of rapidly evolving business demands, technology-led disruption, and focus on outcomes, is raising the stakes for innovation, making it a vital competency in all business functions, including procurement and sourcing. While these technology, process, talent, and organizational changes offer new opportunities for procurement, they also present new risks. Some enterprise procurement functions have managed innovation-associated opportunities and risks better than others, developing a combination of differentiated capabilities to derive superior outcomes. Everest Group identifies these Pinnacle Enterprises™ by comparing sourcing innovation performance across enterprises using its proprietary Pinnacle Model™ methodology. In this research, to identify sourcing innovation Pinnacle performance, we examined five key capability areas across the 50 participating enterprises: vision and strategy; technology and digital interventions; process management; talent model; and, organization design and culture. We also evaluated three key types of outcomes: cost impact; operational impact; and, business impact. The report addresses: Differentiators for Pinnacle Enterprises™ Key implications for enterprises How to accelerate your sourcing innovation journey An assessment of capability maturity An assessment of outcomes  

In our recently completed research into innovation in sourcing and procurement, we identified VSP Global as a Pinnacle Enterprise™ based on its outstanding outcomes and capability maturity. We had a chance to speak with Greg Tennyson, Head of Global Corporate Services, about the company’s innovation journey. Greg joined VSP Global nearly six years ago to lead the procurement and travel teams, and shortly thereafter began transforming his organization to focus on delivering business value through partnering with business and functional stakeholders. Due to his success, Greg is now responsible not only for procurement and travel, but also real estate and facilities, physical security, safety and distribution. He also serves as an advisory board member of industry associations such as Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) and ProcureCon, as well as procurement technology companies including Amazon Business, ScoutRFP, CXO Nexus, and FairMarkIT. Prior to VSP Global, Greg was the VP, Source-to-Settle and Travel-to-Expense global leader for Salesforce and Oracle. With his deep knowledge of global processes and related technologies, gained from over two decades of experience leading global teams, Greg’s insights into what has and hasn’t worked are invaluable for other organizations looking to move the needle on innovation. Membership(s) Accelerators Procurement Outsourcing