MINDS

The trusted global platform for advancing frontier technology innovation

MINDS helps leaders unlock the full value of technology innovation for business and society

MINDS does this by spotlighting proven, high-impact technology innovation solutions that address the world’s most pressing industry and societal challenges. 

By showing what actually works, MINDS cuts through the hype, builds global awareness, and provides clarity on where technology innovation delivers real value.

Selected organizations then join a trusted community of leaders and experts to share playbooks, learn from one another, and scale proven solutions safely and at speed.

Meaningful

Solutions addressing real-world challenges

Intelligent

Harnessing advanced intelligence to unlock new capabilities

Novel

Breakthrough technologies and approaches

Deployable Solutions

Ready for real-world implementation

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Selected Transformations

74

MINDS Champions

30+

Countries represented

350+

Applications screened

6

Impact Areas
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Key focus areas

Pillars to evaluate MINDS applications.

Impact

Evaluates how the solution adds business value, sustainability improvements or societal benefits.

Novelty

Assesses how technology innovation enables new ways of solving old problems more effectively, solves previously unsolvable problems, or leverages new ecosystems. 

Responsibility

Provided compliance with local regulation, reviews responsible practices and long-term commitment.

Eligibility

Public and private-sector organizations across all industries, governments, non-profits and academic institutions, are eligible to apply. 

Impact Areas

MINDS highlights how technology innovation creates value not only for organizations, but also for the system-level challenges shaping our future.

Accelerate growth through productivity and innovation 

Raise productivity, quality, and speed across operations so organizations deliver more value with fewer inputs

Expand Learning, Skills, Culture, and Opportunity

Remove barriers of cost, language, and location, and connect learning to skills and work across a lifetime.

Build a sustainable planet, energy and food systems

Cut emissions and waste, improve efficiency and grid reliability, and protect nature as economies grow.

Build Healthier Lives with Better Healthcare

Tackle late diagnosis, fractured care journeys, long waits, and unaffordable treatment to improve outcomes and equity.      

Build Resilient Infrastructure, Communities, and Supply Chain

Increase public safety and mobility, anticipate and absorb shocks, keep essential services running, and speed response and recovery.

Safeguard Trusted Information and Governance

Make information reliable, increase cybersecurity and legal accountability, and service fast, fair, and secure.

Featured insights

Showcase your organization's frontier technologies transformation

Are you reinventing your organization with technology innovation? Submit your application to be featured in MINDS.

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