Signal The report states three selection criteria and no selection method

Summary

Gartner states that it chose its ten strategic technology trends for 2026 according to three criteria. The trends were picked because they could spur innovation, make organisations more resilient and increase trust in a world that is AI-powered and hyperconnected. The overview page places each trend on a timeline of now, meaning one to three years, or near, meaning three to five years. However, the document does not describe how the selection was made. No panel, candidate pool, scoring method or threshold is disclosed, so readers see the criteria but not the process that applied them.