Launching SpaceTech: Our newest flagship publication
Fifteen years ago, our small band of rebels published a report called Deloitte Tech Trends. The idea was simple, but not simplistic: Chronicle pioneering client case studies from around the globe that, taken together, traced a trendline toward our shared tomorrow.
Now, Deloitte Tech Trends is our most widely read annual report globally. It’s required reading for business leaders who are keen to get beyond the buzzwords du jour and on to enduring business value; those who aspire to graduate from best practices to next practices and play leapfrog instead of catch-up.
But here’s the catch.
If we’re being honest with ourselves, Tech Trends doesn’t really chronicle “tech” so much as a subset of tech. Specifically, information technology. Which makes sense, because InfoTech has indeed been the primary engine powering business acceleration and digital transformation for the last 50+ years. But as it turns out, there’s a whole lot more going on in “tech” than IT.
SpaceTech. BioTech. RobotTech. EnergyTech.
These upstart technology domains are beginning to graduate from the laboratory to the boardroom, because they stand to propel the next wave of business value creation. Some call them hockey sticks. Others, S-curves or rocket ships. We call them xTech—“x” like an arithmetic variable—because there are many—and in the sense of exponential, insofar as each of these domains might feel inconsequential to your business today, or even tomorrow, but prove to become table stakes for your business strategy the day after tomorrow.
Today, x = space. Announcing the launch of our newest flagship report: SpaceTech
From our earliest days, a desire to explore beyond the boundaries of our known world has driven human expansion. The driving motivations that led prior centuries to explore the sea are remarkably similar to those of today’s space pioneers—from creating new sources of wealth and economic opportunity to deepening our understanding of our world and universe. We are at the dawn of a new era of space exploration. Space has never been more accessible, and, in turn, the untapped potential for breakthrough discoveries has never been greater.
Our aim is to break down the complexity of technical space terminology and illustrate the cross-industry opportunities that space presents. There are certainly engineering and business barriers to be overcome, but our hope is to paint a picture of the possibilities if and when these challenges are addressed. For organizations that live and breathe in the space sector, there are still insights to glean from the report, but we also recommend referring to additional Deloitte Space eminence that dives deeper into specific space topics.
What will be your organization’s role in space? For those who are willing to claim their seat in the cockpit and buckle in, an abundance of opportunity awaits. The future is not ours to receive, but ours to create. And the countdown has already started.
Here’s to the future,
The NExT team