Methodology

"Observing how digital media are changing our private and work lives in depth, and how one interacts with the other."
 
Organized around an Intelligence Network of 200 spotters worldwide, the Netexplorateur Observatory watches the internet through its new uses.

Every year, researchers, journalists, academics, technologists and experts contribute to our intelligence work by identifying the most promising emerging uses that will shape the way we consume, communicate, work, learn and live.
 
The Netexplorateur Observatory is comprised of two interrelated fields of research:
 
-  The "Netexplorateur 100"
The 100 most promising initiatives in digital media and the Web from around the world, based on criteria of originality, impact and exemplarity.

 
-  The"“NetexploraTrend" study
 Drawing on the analysis of all the projects selected for the Netexplorateur 100, the study reveals and interprets the major digital trends that will influence consumer habits, business models, company organisations and lifestyles.
The Netexplorateur Observatory’s forward-looking approach is primarily designed to assist French decision-makers in their strategic choices.
 
Methodology is based on two phases
 PROSPECTING: Our intelligence network’s vocation is to spot the most significant new uses of digital technology. The selected results of that prospecting work form the Netexplorateur 100.

PERSPECTIVE: The mission of the team of sociologists that produces the annual NetexploraTrend study, led by Bernard Cathelat, is to understand the impact of those innovations and bring out the underlying trends.