Music videos, image-sharing mobile apps, and emojis are some of the more physical manifestations of people captivated by the visual culture.

A larger thing (the whole) does not consist of smaller things or parts.

Megatrend includes urbanization, automation and changing demographics.

Microtrend shows the tendency in the direction of some phenomenon that is fairly pervasive within a given sphere of influence and lasts for only a few years and is common to business management.

Macrotrends can endure for surprisingly a long time and affect most of the society.

Notebook and pen are basic in documentation.

Interviews and friendly-group discussions (FGD) are ways to catch emerging patterns.

Identifying emerging patterns can be used to introduce individuals, organizations and communities change, improvement, transformation, and new opportunities.

Documentation is the stage where examination and combination happen.

The important thing in documentation is the ability to physically keep information and data wherever and whenever you may be.

New trends are labeled with new names or terms in the hope of popularizing a phenomenon.

The tools that a trend spotter should find handy to use are categorized into four activities such as documentation, archive or memory, analysis and representation.

Tagging and cross-indexing are helpful in labeling files.

Once patterns are identified, trends are given irrational explanations for their emergence or existence and are provided with a better understanding of their cultural origins.