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From the stage at IBM NED Talks.
A recurring board-level forum hosted at the IBM Innovation Studio, London — convening Non-Executive Directors on the technologies reshaping enterprise risk, oversight and growth.
Keynote · 4 November 2025 · IBM Innovation Studio, London
What's New in 2026 — Unleashing the Power of Innovation and Technology Trends
The final installment of the 2025 IBM NED Talks series convened Non-Executive Directors to reflect on the technology and innovation trends that have shaped the year — AI, hybrid cloud, IoT, AR and quantum computing — and to look ahead at the breakthroughs poised to define 2026 and beyond.
The keynote opened on how businesses leveraged AI, machine learning and modern collaboration tools to redefine operations, products and services. Two spotlights followed: what dazzled and disappointed in 2025 — from genuine breakthroughs to cyber incidents and adoption gaps — and a forward look at the 2026 predictions and impacts every board should be tracking.
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Keynote — technology as a business redefinition lever
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What dazzled & disappointed across 2025
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2026 predictions & the impact on boards
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Redefining Work — AI-First Working & Crafting Organisations for the Next Generation of Digital Professionals
The fourth installment of the IBM NED Talks series examined how boards should shape organisations fit for digital professionals and future-ready talent — exploring the forces reshaping the modern workplace: digitisation, AI, hybrid work and shifting employee expectations, and what they mean for business models, value creation and long-term competitiveness.
The session moved from the macro view of the future of work, through the shift from traditional workforce planning to dynamic, data-informed workforce intelligence, and closed on how boards can enable executive teams to lead change by fostering trust, resilience and engagement — safeguarding purpose, integrity and human-centered values during technology-led transformation.
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The future of work — what boards must know
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From workforce planning to workforce intelligence
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Culture, trust & accountability through change
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Disrupt or Be Disrupted — Navigating AI, Quantum and the Human Shift
The third session of the IBM NED Talks series brought together Non-Executive Directors to examine how Quantum Computing and Agentic AI are redrawing the lines of enterprise risk, opportunity and governance — and what it means for boards as organisations shift to a digital-plus-human operating model.
The conversation moved from the Quantum Advantage and the urgency of cryptographic agility, through Agentic AI as a question of trust, accountability and explainability, to the Human Shift — empowering people, not just deploying technology. The throughline: boards now own the judgement layer that sits on top of exponential technology, and that responsibility is no longer optional.
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Quantum advantage & post-quantum security
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Agentic AI — trust, accountability, oversight
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The Human Shift in a digital-plus-human enterprise
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