Part I Introduction: A Whole New Internet 1The Future Internet and the Next Digital Revolution 5Chapter 1 The Metaverse and a More Immersive Online Experience 7Chapter 2 Web3 and the Rise of Decentralization 25Chapter 3 When and How Will this Future Internet Play Out? Exploring Timelines, Future Trends, and Challenges 39Part II How the Future Internet Will Change Our World 57Chapter 4 How Creative and Entertainment Industries Are Finding New Ways to Engage with Their Audiences 59Chapter 5 How Fashion and Retail Brands Are Preparing for a More Immersive World 85Chapter 6 Overhauling How We Learn (At All Stages of Life) 99Chapter 7 Disrupting Finance, IT, and Other Service Industries 111Chapter 8 Metaverse Hospitals and More: Healthcare in the Future Internet 127Chapter 9 Innovating Industry, Streamlining Supply Chains: What the Future Looks Like for Manufacturing, Energy, and Other Industrial Organizations 141Chapter 10 How Governments and Public Services Will Harness the Future Internet 155Chapter 11 Everyday Life and Leisure in the Future Internet 167Part III Leveraging the Future Internet in Your Business 183Chapter 12 Rethinking Products and Services 185Chapter 13 Rethinking Business Operations 197Chapter 14 Attracting, Developing, and Retaining the Right Skills for the Future Internet 209Chapter 15 Creating the Right Culture for Success 219Chapter 16 Developing a Future Internet Strategy 235Chapter 17 Final Words 245About the Author 249Index 251
BERNARD MARR is an internationally bestselling business author, keynote speaker and strategist to companies and governments. His commentary on future trends, business skills, artificial intelligence, the metaverse, big data and blockchain is sought-after by people and firms around the world. He is a regular contributor to Forbes and is the founder and CEO of Bernard Marr & Co.