Featured
Technology
Articles

Semiconductors: The critical industry most people don’t think about

They’re the unsung heroes in daily life around the world – and today, we want to celebrate semiconductors. Because they deserve a little bit of attention.  In simple terms, a semiconductor is a substance with particular electrical properties, through which it acts as a foundational technology for almost every type

Articles

What are the factors that drive tech acceptance?

For entrepreneurs developing new ideas, or tech companies that aim to launch new innovations, tech acceptance is an important concern. Sometimes, people just aren’t ready for your technology – it’s a few steps too far ahead of the curve.  So how do you know if the timing is right;

Newsletter

From electric light bulbs to e-skin

Welcome to the 99 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting Ugochukwu Aronu (Founder at Wicrypt) What Aronu

Articles

A crucial condition for successful EdTech

In UNESCO’s 2023 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report, researchers laid out three conditions that must be met in order for any technology in education to reach its potential and have a positive impact on students’ learning: 1. Access to technology 2. Governance regulation 3. Teacher preparation Here, we want

Articles

Tech entrepreneurs: Your launch strategy matters

Tech developers are, in our experience, some of the very best people. They’re focused, they’re visionaries, and they’re committed to bringing ideas to life. Not all product developers are entrepreneurs, but many of them are – and when you combine the drive to build a brilliant product with

Articles

Tech ethics: Are you asking the right questions?

Over the last two years at LEAP, we’ve had the privilege of meeting activists and thought leaders who are pushing technology towards ethical systems that are good for everyone. They’re asking the difficult questions that open up space for discussion about why tech products are created, who they’

Newsletters

From prompt engineering to problem formulation

Welcome to the 48 new techies who have joined us since last Friday. If you haven’t already, subscribe and join our community in receiving weekly tech insights, updates, and interviews with industry experts straight to your inbox. This week we’re quoting James Caan CBE (Serial entrepreneur, Media Commentator

Articles

The state of EdTech, at a glance

Educational technology has the potential to increase inclusivity across education, improve student outcomes, and enable a more personalised approach to learning. It’s a broad sector of the tech industry – covering everything from the digital tools that allow students to submit homework on a network, to mobile learning platforms, AI-powered

All
Technology
Podcasts

Our Future Belongs to Cities with Jonathan Reichental

follow us on spotify   Tune in to a new episode of the LEAP:IN podcast series where Dr. Jonathan, Founder of Human Future, will walk us through the world we will live in in the future and the game changing technologies that have the potential to reshape the future of

Podcasts

The Future of Digital Identity With Tracey Follows

follow us on spotify   The widespread adoption of digital IDs is growing in a pace similar to smartphones. In few years from now, many of us will be verifying our IDs using digital channels in our everyday life. In this podcast, Tracey Follows, founder & futurist of Futuremade Ltd will

Articles

How Do You Train For Jobs That Don't Exist Yet?

No-one knows exactly what the future of jobs holds. With new jobs, technology and even industries popping up all the time, all we know is that the next generation of employees need to find a way to prepare for a future workplace that seems to be in a state of

Articles

A closer look at LEAP 2022 with Schneider Electric

Who would benefit most from attending your keynote at LEAP? We have a vision of the future that is both digital and sustainable. We believe that the former is the foundation for the latter. And we also believe that Industries of the Future, Data Centers of the Future, Buildings of

Articles

Capturing the climate opportunity: CCUS tech to the rescue

The latest UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow, or COP26, underscored the need to act quickly on climate change.     Answering the call, some of the world’s biggest economies and major carbon-intensive enterprises have pledged to bring their emissions to net zero within the next 2050 to 2070 timeframe.    But

Articles

Tech and the future of jobs - five things you need to know

In the future, employment is going to be different. Technology is changing not just the world, but also the way that jobs will function. So, as we enter a new digital future of work, we spoke to tech experts from the fields of futurism, healthcare, cryptocurrency and blockchain to find