Today, more than a year after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, Covid-19-related themes continue to dominate digital transformation plans, from training remote workforces to digital customer experiences. Many executives are placing a heightened emphasis on pre-pandemic themes that became more urgent with the events of 2020. To identify the most disruptive trends, Bain met regularly with hundreds of carefully selected technology companies and start-ups. Combining those conversations with our experience from working with large corporations and our innovation ecosystem partners, we selected nine trends that have recently risen to the top of C-suite agendas.