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ESI ThoughtLab is an innovative think tank that offers fresh ideas and evidence-based analysis to help business and government leaders understand and respond to economic, industry and technological shifts around the world.

Our in-house team of over 40 economic, industry, and thought leadership specialists excel at creating valuable decision support that combines visionary thinking, analytical excellence, with engaging multi-format content.

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Citizen Engagement: Key Ingredient of a Hyperconnected City

What is a hyperconnected city? ESI ThoughtLab defines it as one that leverages new digital technologies to transform and interconnect key areas of an urban ecosystem in order to unlock the greatest potential economic and social benefits for its citizens. These benefits come in different forms—from quantifiable advantages such as faster public transportation, lower crime […]

ESI ThoughtLab Study Reveals Measurable ROI on Smart City Investments

Improved public safety, health, business productivity, and economic growth are just some of the benefits October 1, 2019 (Philadelphia, PA) – Today, ESI ThoughtLab unveiled preliminary findings from its 2019 Smart City Research Initiative, Building a Hyperconnected City. The study of 100 worldwide metro centers found that most cities are seeing major economic, financial, and social benefits from their investments in smart technologies, but also greater cyber–risks, if digital innovation is not managed properly. According to the study, 38% of […]

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A Preview to Building a Hyperconnected City

Last year, Econsult Solutions’ thought leadership team, ESI ThoughtLab produced Smarter Cities 2025, a global benchmarking study which assessed various smart city initiatives to better understand how governments, citizens, and businesses were embracing new digital technologies. Currently, our team is well under way with the 2019 follow-up study, Building a Hyperconnected City. This year’s research […]

2019 Global RPA Survey

Companies across all industries are embracing robotic process automation (RPA). In as little as two years, RPA leaders – those companies our research identified as ahead of the curve – […]

Jobs of the Future Quarterly Index

To benchmark the emergence of new jobs, Cognizant created the Jobs of the Future Index (CJoF Index). This quarterly index measures the changes in demand for a set of 50 jobs […]

KPMG: Consumer Loss Barometer

As digital transformation propels organizations worldwide to deploy digitally-enabled products and services that increasingly collect and leverage abundant amounts of data, protecting that data and maintaining consumer trust is increasingly […]

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Building a Hyperconnected City

Businesses and residents are embracing technological innovation faster than many cities can react. With digital change happening in hyper-speed, urban leaders need to act now to bridge the technology gap between their cities and stakeholders.

Building a Hyperconnected City will provide urban and business leaders with the definitive playbook for creating a digitally-enabled and seamlessly interlinked ecosystem.

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Join the growing list of cities benchmarking their smart investments and outcomes.

All cities that participate will receive a free, comprehensive database showing how their smart investments, plans, and outcomes compare with other cities around the world. Cities currently involved include:

Abu Dhabi
Addis Ababa
Amman
Amsterdam
Athens
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Bangalore
Bangkok
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Bilbao
Birmingham, UK
Bogota
Boston
Bratislava
Brisbane
Bristol

Brussels
Bucharest
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Calgary
Cambridge, UK
Cape Town
Charlotte
Chengdu
Chicago
Chongqing
Columbus
Copenhagen
Dallas
Delhi
Denver
Detroit
Dhaka
Dohna
Dubai

Dublin
Edmonton
Geneva
Guangzhou
Helsinki
Ho Chi Minh
Hong Kong
Houston
Hyderabad
Istanbul
Jakarta
Johannesburg
Kansas City
Kiev
Lima
London
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madrid
Melbourne

Mexico City
Miami
Milan
Minneapolis
Monterrey
Montreal
Moscow
Munich
Muscat
Nashville
New York
Orlando
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Philadelphia
Prague
Reykjavik
Riyadh
Rome

Santiago
Sao Paulo
Seoul
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Singapore
Sofia
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Tallinn
Tampa
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
Washington, DC
Zurich

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