The document outlines lessons from the future based on trends from the 1970s to the 2020s. It predicts that by 2020, China will be in crisis due to unemployment from automation, while India will be booming. Relationships and quality services will fuel the economy over pure knowledge. Radical innovation will be needed to succeed in a rapidly changing world where learning is from the future, not experience. Individuals will have more power through social networks in this new "personal age."

1. Culture
Technology
Business
Lessons from the Future
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2. What will differentiate you?
Knowledge Skills!
Experience Attitude!
Management Leadership!
People Relationships!
Individuals and business
Smarter and Inter-connected
EWBOUNDLESS
N OPPORTUNITIES!
CHOOSE
YOUR FUTURE!
1970s Today 2020s
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3. Culture
Technology
Business
Lessons from the Future
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4. 1970s
The start of the Age of Aquarius,
peace and love
The birth of the culture
of the individual
The start of a major world recession
and the Japanese Miracle
China a closed society
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5. Today
The first global economy
with true free market principles
India and China booming
US economy still
dominates world markets
Peace and democracy on everyone’s
lips, but ethnic conflicts proliferate
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6. 2020s
China in crisis
Automation of industrial production
and consolidation of rural farms
leaves 200 million without work
Legislation halts influx to cities
India booming
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7. 2020 Hindsight
“Do you remember October 2008?”
Natural & financial turbulence
Disillusionment with government
Human politicians…the end of heroes
Businesses more powerful than governments
End of ‘nationalism’ and an explosion of
new ‘borderless’ loyalties
This was the realization of the age of the
individual - the start of true fractal economics
Openness and technology were the catalysts but
the culture change had its roots in Woodstock!
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8. Carers
2020 Careers
HighTech Entrepreneur Tourism Health care Education Services
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9. Ten Lessons from the Future
1. Service, information and relationships
fuel the economy!
Quality is a commodity. Pure knowledge is
worthless. Relationships are your most important
asset and customers define what value is.
2. Bio/Nano is the new information revolution!
Advances are being fuelled by information
professionals rather than biologists and will create an
economy more profound than the digital age.
3. It’s the ‘personal’ age!
Central power is shifting to individuals, leveraging
influence through social networks. Now you can
decentralize everything: information, knowledge,
computing, energy production, health care,
manufacturing, responsibility etc.
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10. Ten Lessons from the Future
4. Step-change is the imperative!
Incrementalism doesn’t cut it anymore! The most
powerful successes are not predictable - taking risks
is safer than doing nothing!
5. The unknown is the field of all possibilities!
Uncertainty presents the moment of real freedom,
beyond the known of historic baggage. Plan
dynamically. Innovate RADICALLY!
6. Eat yourself, be your own worst nightmare!
Don’t wait to be shown how customers ought to be
serviced – do it yourself, while you can afford it.
Execute PERFECTLY!
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11. Ten Lessons from the Future
7. You can no longer learn from experience!
In a warp-speed world, learning from experience
is no longer enough. We must learn from the future.
8. Market forces shape everything!
It’s a war for talent and customers. Create a cool
culture to win the bright young minds. Connect your
business to the hearts of your customers,
communities and individuals.
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12. Ten Lessons from the Future
9. It’s one world, one mind, one time!
A digital skin unites all mankind with one internal
clock that runs 24x7x52. Use the entire global
resource base.
10. Don’t compete!
It’s the most competitive market ever so don’t
compete! Find white-space opportunities in which
you have no competitors.
Dance to the markets’ beat.
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13. Ten Lessons from the Future
OOOOOPS…almost forgot
11. Search for the hero inside yourself!
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14. Ten Lessons from the Future
We stand at the cusp
of a new age!
Whoever
understands
these lessons
will rule the
future
competitive
jungle!
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15. What’s your Future to be?
Remember, you’ll
spend most of the rest
of your life there…
…and you’ll never get
out of it alive!
So…
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16. How to understand the changing world
Thank you!
www.FutureWorld.org
Wolfgang@FutureWorld.org
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