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A World Without Drivers Changes the Game for Businesses
As new technologies reshape how we collaborate and move, the entire foundation of traditional business models will be reconfigured. Catalyst Companies’ research into the coming Autonomous World points to a society where autonomous vehicles give way to radical reductions in costs for logistics and transportation, followed by a revolutionary paradigm shift for businesses. Beyond auto companies, airlines and hotels will adjust to mobile offices and entertainment experiences, insurance companies will be forced to reinvent product offerings, predictive inventory management and distribution will dominate logistics and delivery, retail storefronts will become showrooms or warehouses, and communities will gravitate toward designing for walkability. Learn more about Catalyst Companies’ research by watching Founder Jeremiah Owyang’s speech at Analytics Experience 2016.

Airbnb Welcomes the World’s Hosts to Re-Envision Hospitality
A celebration of hospitality and innovation in hosting is bringing some of the friendliest people from more than 100 countries to Los Angeles Nov. 17-19 to inspire, enlighten, and re-envision the future of hospitality at Airbnb Open LA. The three-day festival and conference aims to “explore unique neighborhoods, spark lasting friendships, and exchange best practices with fellow hosts” and a blockbuster lineup of speakers from all facets of the industry, including the Airbnb co-founders, Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Corden, Attorney General Eric Holder, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, author Elizabeth Gilbert, futurist Jason Silva, and many more. Get more info on Airbnb Open LA.

Lyft Imagines a World Built for People, Not Cars
Take a look around at the immense waste of space that’s dedicated to a world which revolves around the automobile. Empty, parked cars everywhere. Now join Lyft in re-imagining what that space could be if all those vehicles were gone. Such is the epiphany of Lyft Co-Founder John Zimmer, who believes a new transportation revolution will lead to the demise of private car ownership by 2025, thereby removing the burden of parked vehicles, streamlining the nation’s infrastructure, and transforming the space in which we live. Read much more of Zimmer’s thoughts via Medium.

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