The document discusses future trends in several areas: 1. How French artists envisioned life in 2000, with inaccurate predictions of flying cars and cities on the moon. 2. A table showing disruptive technologies and when they may emerge, including precision agriculture, wireless energy transfer, and artificial consciousness. 3. New power models are emerging where startups can disrupt large companies and social media gives anyone a platform, changing leadership values. 4. Skills needed for the future of work are changing, with creativity, emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility becoming more important than roles like quality control.

1. Future Trends
The way we work, think and
lead
By Majella Clarke
Senior Strategist, DAIN Studios, Finland
Vice-chair, Finland-Australia Business Council

2. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future
Source: www.openculture.com

3. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future

4. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future

5. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future

6. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future

7. How French Artists in 1899 envisioned life in
the year 2000: Drawing the Future

8. Looking to the Future: Table of Disruptive
Technologies
Happening
Now
Near
Future
10-20yrs
Distant
Future 20+yrs
Ghost tech
Precision Agriculture (Pa)
Wireless Energy Transfer
(We)
Algal Bio-fuels (Bf)
Programmable bacteria (Pb)
Male Pregnancy and
artificial wombs (Mp)
Planetary Colonization (Pc)
Artificial Consciousness (Co)
Source: Imperial College London

9. New Power Values are Emerging
Source: Jeremy
Heimans and Henry
Timms (2014)
• Start-ups can disrupt large
organizational dominance
• Social media provides anyone a
platform and voice
• Power models are changing and
leaders need to be aware of the
different values that are conflicting
in the old vs. new power values

10. Organizations and Power
Source: Jeremy
Heimans and Henry
Timms (2014)
”Old power is held like a
currency. New power works
like a current.Old power is
held by a few. New power
isn't held by a few, it's made
by many. Old power is all
about download, and new
power uploads.”
- Jeremy Heimans

11. New trends in how we work
• Flat, agile, lean, companies with power sharing
models
• Flexible working hours, work from anywhere
(mobile)
• Shared information
• Reduced role of email in communication
• Emphasis on wellness
• New skills

12. The skills you need to thrive in Industry 4.0
2015:
1. Complex problem solving
2. Coordinating with others
3. People management
4. Critical thinking
5. Negotiating
6. Quality control
7. Service orientation
8. Judgement and decision making
9. Active listening
10. Creativity
2020:
1. Complex problem solving
2. Critical thinking
3. Creativity
4. People management
5. Coordinating with others
6. Emotional Intelligence
7. Judgement and decision making
8. Service orientation
9. Negotiating
10. Cognitive flexibility
Source: World Economic Forum

13. Conclusion
• What are the future trends and issues that will affect the
next generation of Australians and Europeans?
• Individual empowerment
• Precision Agriculture and other disruptive technologies
• How we educate the next generation and upskill the current generation
• Programming skills
• Gamification
• Shift in power models (organizational and leadership)
• Shift in economic models (linear -> shared economy, platform economy, circular economy)
• Changes in how we work
• What megatrends should we be aware of?
• Climate change, environmental challenges and natural resource scarcity
• Demographic change
• The rise of China
• Connectivity, autonomous, tech. advances