ESI ThoughtLab

Trendsetters in analytics-driven thought leadership

ESI ThoughtLab is an innovative thought leadership firm that creates fresh thinking and actionable insights through rigorous research and evidence-based analysis. Our firm specializes in using the latest quantitative and qualitative tools to examine the impact of technology on companies, cities, industries, and business performance. ESI ThoughtLab is the thought leadership arm of Econsult Solutions, a leading economic consultancy.

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Our Latest Thought Leadership Work

Smart City Solutions for a Riskier World

Smart City Solutions for a Riskier World is the latest initiative produced by ESI ThoughtLab aimed at examining how 150 cities harness technology to drive resilience, sustainability and citizen-centricity.

Driving ROI Through AI

Driving ROI Through AI provides executives with the market intelligence, strategic insights, and data needed for supercharging their business performance through artificial intelligence and winning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Wealth and Asset Management 4.0

ESI Thoughtlab is conducting a pioneering multi-sponsor research program, Wealth and Asset Management 4.0 which will explore how COVID-19 will change investor perspectives and provider strategies.

Managing the Challenges of a Post-Pandemic World: Cities 4.0

During the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring a healthy, safe, and prosperous future for citizens has been a burning imperative for city leaders around the world. At the same time, the health crisis has raised the importance of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which many cities have adopted as a framework for achieving their social, environmental, […]

Expert Views: Post-Pandemic Trends in Cities

As city leaders around the world continue to cope with the impacts of COVID-19, they are also assessing which will remain with us in a post-pandemic world. Repercussions of the health crisis, including recession, high unemployment, and the new urban exodus, have highlighted weaknesses and underscore why leaders need to improve public health and other […]

Business, Government, and Academic Leaders Analyze the Post-pandemic Future of Cities and Create Roadmap for Change

ESI ThoughtLab Study will examine how innovative technologies will drive urban sustainability, resilience, and citizen well-being November 5, 2020 (Philadelphia, PA) –ESI ThoughtLab, a leading research firm, has joined forces with a coalition of business, government, and academic leaders to analyze how COVID-19 and associated disruptions will permanently change how people work, shop, travel, learn, […]

"ESI ThoughtLab stands out from the thought leadership pack in its ability to provide true visionary insight backed up by comprehensive research and rigorous economic analysis"

Yoni Assia, CEO, eToro

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