Rando Kim | Navigating Shifting Consumer Trends: A Guide to Survival and Thriving | Talks at Google

18 Oct 2024 · 75 min
1:15:04

Rando (김난도), a Seoul National University consumer behavior professor and author of the Trend Korea series, gives a Talks at Google lecture about identifying and adapting to shifting consumer trends. He explains the origin and method of the Trend Korea series (first book 2009), how his team coins and tracks keywords (notably '언택트' from Trend Korea 2018), and why the series remains popular (balance of stable format and continual reinvention). He emphasizes two core analytic moves: surveying cross-industry signals and asking 'why' (causal drivers). He highlights 2024 themes — #1 '분초사회' (time-squeezed/experience economy) and #2 AI (인공지능) — and advocates becoming '호모 프롬프트' (proactive AI adopter). He also stresses distinguishing what changes vs what endures (e.g., humans' desire for self-expression and growth).

Questions this video answers

2009 (Trend Korea 2009 is the first book).

Trend Korea 2018 introduced the term '언택트.'

'분초사회' (a concept emphasizing time scarcity / 'seconds-and-minutes society').

AI (인공지능) — highlighted as a pivotal, iPhone-moment–like development.

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