Jump-started by the pandemic, healthcare providers’ digital agenda is finally falling into place, says Euan Davis, a futurist in Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work.

Today’s interview is with Ben Pring, who is the head of thought leadership at Cognizant, co-founded and leads Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, and is a member of Cognizant’s Executive Leadership Team.

Sustainable business practices are not just a moral imperative but also make excellent business sense. Our recent research highlights ways to monetize emerging tech tools that make business “greener” and more prosperous, says Ben Pring, chief futurist from Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work.

The pandemic has brought renewed focus on the topic of sustainability. While the COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in a steep dip in greenhouse gas emissions, 2020 was still considered the worst year for climate-related disasters, with record-breaking temperatures around the globe, months of disastrous wildfires that engulfed most of California and Australia, and a record hurricane season in the Caribbean.

Digital has made our lives more connected than ever but can’t be allowed to evolve unsupervised, says Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries in his review of a new book penned by two Cognizant futurists on technology’s influence on our mental, social and economic wellbeing.