After completing over 100 workshops in 40 cities over the past six months, we have started the synthesis of what are the key issues for the next decade. The aim is to have the new website ready by the end of the year so that everyone can access the insights from the Future Agenda programme.
This document provides a summary of what we think we have heard during 2015 from multiple expert voices around the world – on how it is changing, what is driving this change, where will be the impacts and why these may evolve over the next decade.
From the 2010 program, 52 key insights on the next decade were shared widely and have been extensively used by organisations around the world. Across the multiple discussions this year, 86 emerging issues seem to be touching upon and connecting with eight underlying, and interwoven, themes with different emphasis in different countries. These are detailed in this presentation. We hope you find them of interest.
We have curated these 86 draft issues out of over 750 insights gained from 100+ discussions around the world. We may not have covered everything and may have included things we should not?
So we have four questions for you:
1. Which of these issues are the most important for you?
2. What is missing from this view that ought to be included?
3. Do the groups make sense and if not what should we change?
4. Are there images that don’t work for you and what would be better?
Let us know your views on feedback@futureagenda.org and we will make sure we include your recommendations as we move forward.
The future of Health and Pharma An emerging view 03 05 16Future Agenda
Drawing from the 2015 Future Agenda expert discussions around the world, this is a view of emerging trends that will impact the future of health and the pharmaceutical sector over the next decade. Used as both a keynote and stimulus for workshops, this material is shared under Creative Commons Non Commercial license. For more information on the Future Agenda programme please see www.futureagenda.org
The World in 2025 - Future Agenda (2016)Future Agenda
What are the big issues for next decade? The World in 2025 is the full synthesis of insights from the second Future Agenda programme undertaken in 2016. From 120 discussions with thousands of informed people in 45 cities across 35 countries, we gained over 800 insights on the next decade. From these we identified and detailed over 60 key areas of change - those are all shared feely on the future agenda website (www.futureagenda.org).
This document brings all of these insights together in a single pdf for you to use. It is a free book shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 licence. We hope that you find it a useful view of how people around the world see change occurring over the next decade.
PLEASE NOTE: This book is also available at cost for local digital printing via Amazon and Create Space
https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.amazon.com/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.createspace.com/6656252
We are delighted to share our insights to date on the Future of Cities. This is being released before our upcoming event in Singapore on 14 July 2016, to be led by Anupam Yog and Patrick Harris.
Future Agenda would like to thank Haworth for their kind hosting of the event on the 14th and The Partners who are kindly helping us with logistics in advance. Material here is from an initial perspective written by Harry Rich, CEO RIBA and which has been built upon subsequently with conversations in Dubai, Christchurch NZ, Singapore and Beiruit.
More Future of Cities workshops are planned throughout 2016 for Los Angeles, Shanghai, London and Dubai.
Comments very welcome.
The Future of Health - The Emerging View 14 01 16Future Agenda
A short talk given in London in January 2016 highlighting some of the key health and healthcare related insights from the Future Agenda workshops. Mixing views from around the world it looks at public health issues, the increasing role of digital, changes to the healthcare system, the ageing challenge, financing health and where global answers may emerge from.
What will the world be like ten years from now? It is impossible to say for sure what the future will be, but we do know two important things about it. First, we know that a lot will change between now and 2025. And second, we know that those changes will matter a great deal. They will affect the lives today’s children will lead when they are young adults. They will influence the jobs they do, the way they live and the things they care about. So it is worth looking ahead so we can be prepared. What trends can you see today that will affect our lives in ten years’ time? How might you influence what the world is like in 2025?
The future of Health and Pharma An emerging view 03 05 16Future Agenda
Drawing from the 2015 Future Agenda expert discussions around the world, this is a view of emerging trends that will impact the future of health and the pharmaceutical sector over the next decade. Used as both a keynote and stimulus for workshops, this material is shared under Creative Commons Non Commercial license. For more information on the Future Agenda programme please see www.futureagenda.org
The World in 2025 - Future Agenda (2016)Future Agenda
What are the big issues for next decade? The World in 2025 is the full synthesis of insights from the second Future Agenda programme undertaken in 2016. From 120 discussions with thousands of informed people in 45 cities across 35 countries, we gained over 800 insights on the next decade. From these we identified and detailed over 60 key areas of change - those are all shared feely on the future agenda website (www.futureagenda.org).
This document brings all of these insights together in a single pdf for you to use. It is a free book shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 licence. We hope that you find it a useful view of how people around the world see change occurring over the next decade.
PLEASE NOTE: This book is also available at cost for local digital printing via Amazon and Create Space
https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.amazon.com/World-2025-Insights-Future-Agenda/dp/0993255426
https://www.createspace.com/6656252
We are delighted to share our insights to date on the Future of Cities. This is being released before our upcoming event in Singapore on 14 July 2016, to be led by Anupam Yog and Patrick Harris.
Future Agenda would like to thank Haworth for their kind hosting of the event on the 14th and The Partners who are kindly helping us with logistics in advance. Material here is from an initial perspective written by Harry Rich, CEO RIBA and which has been built upon subsequently with conversations in Dubai, Christchurch NZ, Singapore and Beiruit.
More Future of Cities workshops are planned throughout 2016 for Los Angeles, Shanghai, London and Dubai.
Comments very welcome.
The Future of Health - The Emerging View 14 01 16Future Agenda
A short talk given in London in January 2016 highlighting some of the key health and healthcare related insights from the Future Agenda workshops. Mixing views from around the world it looks at public health issues, the increasing role of digital, changes to the healthcare system, the ageing challenge, financing health and where global answers may emerge from.
What will the world be like ten years from now? It is impossible to say for sure what the future will be, but we do know two important things about it. First, we know that a lot will change between now and 2025. And second, we know that those changes will matter a great deal. They will affect the lives today’s children will lead when they are young adults. They will influence the jobs they do, the way they live and the things they care about. So it is worth looking ahead so we can be prepared. What trends can you see today that will affect our lives in ten years’ time? How might you influence what the world is like in 2025?
This is a talk being given at the Royal College of Art in London on Monday 28th Nov. As part of the 'Intersections' lecture series it aims to highlight how bringing together different perspectives from around the world can help us see things differently and hopefully uncover new challenges and opportunities. For more details of the event see https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/intersections-lecture-series-dr-tim-jones-understanding-uncertainty-gaining-global-perspective/
Future of Surgery - The Emerging View 10 03 16Future Agenda
This is a new perspective on the future of surgery that builds on insights from the global 2015 Future Agenda programme as well as additional expert discussions in 2016 including an event held in Frankfurt on the 8 March.
It explores a number of different views of changes across healthcare that could impact surgery over the next ten years and is intended a catalyst for further discussions.
If you have perspectives to add, or alternative views to share, please do get in touch via email or twitter @futureagenda
Future Risk - Emerging global and corporate challenges 05 02 17Future Agenda
Over the past few months we have been running a number of workshops focused on helping organisations to identify and develop responses to emerging global and corporate risks. Working with companies, government agencies and advisory groups, we have been interrogating the insights from the Future Agenda programme to highlight those issues that provide the greatest potential challenge and also could have the most significant impact going forward. At a time when growing uncertainty and ambiguity are top of mind for many, we thought a brief summary of the most frequent topics being explored may be of wider interest.
In this summary we have therefore highlighted ten key global risks and ten key corporate risks that multiple organisations are seeing as high priority / impact for the next decade:
Ten Global Risks
• Accelerating displacement and the increase in migration
• Air pollution increasing in many urban environments
• A new world order driven by changing interests and relationships
• Broader cyber terrorism moving from the virtual to physical world
• Closing the inequality gap and balance equity and autonomy
• Flooded cities as the most visible impact of climate change
• Global pandemics stressing public health systems
• Key resource constraints driven by economic and political tensions
• Rising youth unemployment creating a lost generation
• Spiraling debt as a precursor to another major financial crisis
Ten Corporate Risks
• Continuous proof of loyalty to consumers required from brands
• Declining government influence as cities, networks and multinationals lead
• Full cost and having to account and pay for the true impact of activities
• Interconnected systems and the IoT increasing business vulnerability
• Managing data risk driving the need for greater security
• Regulation changing rapidly in its reach, its character and its focus
• Speed to scale accelerating and proving more disruptive impact
• Truth and illusion shifting view of what is credible and why
• The human touch being increasingly important in a digital world
• The rise of machines as AI and automation are both threat and opportunity
While not the same top issues for every organisation, these hopefully help to provide useful insight and context. More detailed information on many of these is available on the future agenda website www.futureagenda.org
We are very pleased to share the full report from our Future of Cities project – now available as PDF on SlideShare and as digital print via Amazon.
As previously shared in PPT format (https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/future-of-cities-2017-summary), this is the detailed synthesis of insights gained from multiple discussions around the world. It brings together views on how cities are changing from a wide range of experts from 12 workshops undertaken over the past 2 years in Beirut, Christchurch, Delhi, Dubai, Guayaquil, Mumbai, Singapore, London, Toronto and Vienna.
Cities are where most of us choose to live, work and interact with others. As a result they are where innovation happens, where most ideas form and from which economic growth largely stems. They are also where significant problems can first emerge and where challenges are magnified.
This report explores some of the common challenges found in urban areas such as managing migration, countering inequality and sustainable scaling; highlights shared ambitions of having healthier, accessible and more intelligent cities; and also details some of the emerging concerns around creating cities that are safe, resilient and open to broader collaboration.
As a compilation of thoughts and ideas from a host of experts we would foremost like to thank all of the many workshop participants for their input. Without your views we would not be able to curate this synthesis. In addition we would also like to thank others who have added in extra content, shared reports and reviewed the core document. We hope that this reflects all your varied perspectives.
Going forward, we also hope that this will be of use to those leading cities, designing new districts, developing policy and exploring opportunities for urban innovation. We know that several cities are already using the insights as stimulus for challenging strategy and stimulating innovation. In addition, linking into to another Growth Agenda driven project looking at the Worlds Most Innovative Cities (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/innovation-hot-spots-countries-vs-cities-tim-jones), this is also being used as part of events designed to help future leaders identify how and where they can make most impact.
As with all Future Agenda open foresight projects the output is shared under Creative Commons (Non Commercial) and so we trust that you may find it useful. This PDF on slideshare can be freely downloaded and shared. If you want to print out the report, the easiest way is to order a digital hardcopy via Amazon (for which they unfortunately charge a fee) but this is a quick and high quality print.
Future of Currency - public share July 2016Future Agenda
This is a synthesis of insights from last year's Future Agenda discussions on the future of currency. It builds on the three events hosted by Six capital and adds in further context and implications for business, government and society. It is a global view of the changes taking place and how they may impact finance, trade and wider society and is being shared to help inform, challenge and focus wider action. We hope you find it interesting.
Future of Healthcare Provision Jan 2017Future Agenda
Building on insights from our 2015 future of health discussions, this is a new initial view on how healthcare provision may change, especially given emerging opportunities for improved patient engagement. As well as insights from discussions in India, UK, Canada, Singapore and the US it also includes other additional perspectives shared in interviews and workshops over the past 12 months.
We recognise that given the multi-factored nature of this topic and the rapid emergence of new options, what we have summarised in this document is itself in flux. As such, over the next few months we will be sharing this more widely for additional feedback ahead of publication of an updated paper over the summer. So, if you have any comments on changes and additions or issues that you think need more detail, please let us know and we will include.
As with all Future Agenda output, this is being published under creative commons (share alike non commercial) so you are free to share and quote as suits.
Future Agenda are delighted to share this initial perspective on the future civic role of arts and arts organisations. The topic will be explored at a London event in June, hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The event is part of a wider enquiry by Calouste Gulbenkian into the future civic role of arts and comments are very welcome here on slideshare.
The future of healthcare - an emerging view 24 08 17Future Agenda
Insights shared at DTU in Copenhagen to kick off an Exec Education module on innovation in healthcare. Drawn from the Future of Health events in 2015, Future of Surgery in 2016 and the new Future of Patient Data project initial view, these combine multiple shifts for the next decade as seen around the world.
In the DTU event, the priority issues for the next decade were seen to be AI driving efficiency, the rise of machines, individualised medicine, the impact of data, changing business models, predictive analysis and conservative regulators.
Future Agenda - The World in 2025 - EFMD - Rome 09 03 15Future Agenda
A keynote talk on the World in 2025 for EFMD in Rome and the 2015 EFMD MBA Conference. The event is themes 'Redesigning the MBA' and is aimed at MBA Directors and business school staff involved in part-time, full-time and executive MBA programmes. This talk draws on insights from both the first Future Agenda programme in 2010 and futureagenda2.0 now underway and shares some key shifts people see taking place in the world over the next decade.
Future of Cities: Insights from Multiple Expert Discussions Around the World
Following on from the main 2015 Future Agenda programme, last year we undertook additional Future of Cities events in Singapore, Beirut and Guayaquil. Exploring not only key current challenges and aspirations but also emerging issues, the insights from these and other discussions have all now been synthesized into a single summary. This document brings together views from a wide range of experts from the 2016 workshops as well as previous events in London, Vienna, Dubai, Delhi and Christchurch. Together it provides an overview of three common challenges, three shared ambitions and three emerging concerns that were highlighted in our multiple discussions.
Given the complex, interconnected nature of the drivers of change in cities, it is no surprise that there are hundreds of different reports already published exploring future trends either globally or locally. While this summary may overlap with a number of these reports, it is not intended to be a single answer to the future cities question. Rather it is, we hope, a mapping of the landscape, highlighting the core issues raised for today and tomorrow and pointing to potential areas for further exploration.
As we go forward with further workshops during 2017 planned in London, Toronto, Dubai and Mumbai, we will be delving deeper into some of the key issues, challenging assumptions and hopefully identify new approaches and sources of innovation. We will also be sharing a full report that adds extra context and detail gained from both the insights shared to date and the new ones added during 2017.
If you would like to join in some of the forthcoming events, do let us know. Equally if you have any comments and feedback on the views in this summary, please do feel free add them into the mix via slide-share, linked-in, twitter or email. This is an initial summary that will have gaps and alternative views that may well need modification in order to better represent a global view. We thank all those who have given up time to contribute to the workshops to date and to all those will be adding in their views going forward.
www.futureagenda.org
@futureagenda
Future of Business IDE - Quito - 20 April 2015Future Agenda
Initial views to kick off a Future of Business event in Quito, Ecuador on April 20th - in partnership with IDE Business School. This brings together a number of business-relavent issues from across several Future Agenda topics insulting future of the company, data, resources, wealth and loyalty
The Future of Business London - 10 06 16Future Agenda
The Future of Business is one of the main areas of focus for the synthesis of the insights from last year's Future Agenda programme. This presentation is the opening keynote of a full day event in London on 10 June where views on some of the big global shifts for the next decade are being shared alongside more specific business related issues. This will then stimulate further debate and insights for sharing. If you have any views on the points in the pdf, do let us know and we can edit / agenda and update as we go
ISPIM Future Agenda - Six key challenges and major innovation opportunities...Future Agenda
A keynote at ISPIM conference in Porto on 20 June 2016 sharing insights from the latest Future Agenda programme. Focuses initially on the 6 key challenges for for next decade for future of people, place, power, belief, behaviour and business. Then shares some views from global discussions on the world in 2025 before adding in 6 major innovation opportunities for the next decade include food waste, data marketplaces, sanitation, ethical machines and deeper collaboration.
This is shared with the innovation community to hopefully inspire new actions.
Future of the sharing economy An emerging view 30 March 2017Future Agenda
Humans have always shared. More recently, enabled by technology, new forms of sharing and access have begun to transform industries as well as the way we live our lives, creating financial return and social reward for participants. From AirBnB (爱彼迎 ) to Uber and Didi Chuxing, the sharing economy has rapidly moved from niche to mainstream in a number of categories, most notably accommodation and transportation.
But where next? Building on insights from the wider Future Agenda programme with recent research and interviews with a number of industry leaders and experts, we’re delighted to share an emerging view of the Future of the Sharing Economy.
Over the next few weeks we are asking for feedback and opinion from around the world. We’d really welcome your perspective, comments, challenge and additional insights to co-create an enriched informed future view for all. We will then update and share.
As with all Future Agenda output, this is being published under creative commons (share alike non commercial) so you are free to share and quote as suits.
Megatrends are strong global forces affecting everything and all life on our planet. By viewing the world from a distance and over several centuries, there are 8 global forces of change that stand out. They are: Population boom; Rapid urbanization; Ferocious consumption; Technology rush; Digital transformation; Global connectedness; Environmental degradation and Wealth inequality.
Future Agenda - The world in 2025 - Opportunities for Lebanon - Beirut 03 06 15Future Agenda
This is the opening keynote for a conference on Rethinking the Lebanese Economy for 2025 taking place in Beirut on 3 June 2016. Drawing on global and regional insights from last year's workshops it provides views on three topics:
How the world will have changed by 2025
Questions that are being asked of the Middle East
Some potential opportunities for Lebanon.
We are not experts in the Middle East nor economic growth so have leaned on and built on the views of those we have met and connected with during the Future Agenda programme. We hope that we have represented your perspectives accurately.
Coming up to ten years on from the 2007 Technology Futures programme we conducted for Shell, several people have been asking how well the expert perspectives have played out. This is the summary of two sets of weeklong discussions that took place in Bangalore and London, each of which included around 20 experts from across multiple disciplines all looking out 20 years at how technology may, or may not influence society. This was the second run of the Technology Futures programme after the initial project in 2004 where similar discussions had taken place in Amsterdam and Houston.
At a time when oil accounted for over a third of the world’s energy supply and renewables for less than a tenth of that amount, core areas of future focus were on the potential rise of biofuels, nuclear, solar, wind and wave as well as the challenges in enabling a more electric world. Specific issues raised included the opportunities from second and third generation biofuels and the role of synthetic organisms in the mix; pebble bed nuclear reactors and the potential for fusion; concentrated solar power, the increasing efficiency of photovoltaics and associated cost reductions; energy storage, battery power and superconductivity; hydrogen and microbial fuel cells; the impact of maglev trains, autonomous vehicles as well as data mining and quantum computing. Nearly ten years on the summaries of each of these, the likely development paths and the associated constraints and enabling factors are a recommended read.
Personally, however, it is the later chapters that are most insightful, especially in the context of today’s challenges. Whereas many of the energy related technology shifts have played out, largely in line with some of the expert expectations, it is some of cross-cutting views from 2007 that still seem to be at the fore of our to-do list: How to better collaborate globally and locally, especially across multi-sector partnerships; how to manage distributed activities better than centralised ones; how to better share value from intellectual property; and how best to harness artificial intelligence are all questions as relevant today as they were when we first held the discussions.
While we spend more of our time continuing to look forward, seeking new opportunities and challenges to address, if you have a spare hour or so, I would recommend a flick through the summary report which is available for download here.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
Future agenda 2.0 The World in 2025 - Emerging View 07 12 15Future Agenda
What are the big shifts for the next decade? The future agenda programme is the world's largest open foresight project and during 2015 has connected with 5000 experts to look for answers. 120 workshops in 35 countries have explored 25 different topics. This is the draft summary of the synthesis of these discussions the full version of which will be shared in the new year on our new website www.futureagenda.org Covering everything from energy and cities to data and loyalty, many of these issues cut across multiple sectors and regions. Designed to share, inform and stimulate debate, the futureagenda platform provides the opportunity for all to see and build on what others see as important drivers of change for the decade @futureagenda
The future of health the emerging view 14 01 16Tim Jones
A short talk given in London in January 2016 highlighting some of the key health and healthcare related insights from the Future Agenda workshops. Mixing views from around the world it looks at public health issues, the increasing role of digital, changes to the healthcare system, the ageing challenge, financing health and where global answers may emerge from.
Future agenda, The World in 2025, Whitehorse Business Connect ConferenceFuture Agenda
Sharing insights on the world in 2025 from the Future Agenda programme, with the Whitehorse, CA Chamber of Commerce and invited guests at the annual Business Connect Conference
This is a talk being given at the Royal College of Art in London on Monday 28th Nov. As part of the 'Intersections' lecture series it aims to highlight how bringing together different perspectives from around the world can help us see things differently and hopefully uncover new challenges and opportunities. For more details of the event see https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/intersections-lecture-series-dr-tim-jones-understanding-uncertainty-gaining-global-perspective/
Future of Surgery - The Emerging View 10 03 16Future Agenda
This is a new perspective on the future of surgery that builds on insights from the global 2015 Future Agenda programme as well as additional expert discussions in 2016 including an event held in Frankfurt on the 8 March.
It explores a number of different views of changes across healthcare that could impact surgery over the next ten years and is intended a catalyst for further discussions.
If you have perspectives to add, or alternative views to share, please do get in touch via email or twitter @futureagenda
Future Risk - Emerging global and corporate challenges 05 02 17Future Agenda
Over the past few months we have been running a number of workshops focused on helping organisations to identify and develop responses to emerging global and corporate risks. Working with companies, government agencies and advisory groups, we have been interrogating the insights from the Future Agenda programme to highlight those issues that provide the greatest potential challenge and also could have the most significant impact going forward. At a time when growing uncertainty and ambiguity are top of mind for many, we thought a brief summary of the most frequent topics being explored may be of wider interest.
In this summary we have therefore highlighted ten key global risks and ten key corporate risks that multiple organisations are seeing as high priority / impact for the next decade:
Ten Global Risks
• Accelerating displacement and the increase in migration
• Air pollution increasing in many urban environments
• A new world order driven by changing interests and relationships
• Broader cyber terrorism moving from the virtual to physical world
• Closing the inequality gap and balance equity and autonomy
• Flooded cities as the most visible impact of climate change
• Global pandemics stressing public health systems
• Key resource constraints driven by economic and political tensions
• Rising youth unemployment creating a lost generation
• Spiraling debt as a precursor to another major financial crisis
Ten Corporate Risks
• Continuous proof of loyalty to consumers required from brands
• Declining government influence as cities, networks and multinationals lead
• Full cost and having to account and pay for the true impact of activities
• Interconnected systems and the IoT increasing business vulnerability
• Managing data risk driving the need for greater security
• Regulation changing rapidly in its reach, its character and its focus
• Speed to scale accelerating and proving more disruptive impact
• Truth and illusion shifting view of what is credible and why
• The human touch being increasingly important in a digital world
• The rise of machines as AI and automation are both threat and opportunity
While not the same top issues for every organisation, these hopefully help to provide useful insight and context. More detailed information on many of these is available on the future agenda website www.futureagenda.org
We are very pleased to share the full report from our Future of Cities project – now available as PDF on SlideShare and as digital print via Amazon.
As previously shared in PPT format (https://www.slideshare.net/futureagenda2/future-of-cities-2017-summary), this is the detailed synthesis of insights gained from multiple discussions around the world. It brings together views on how cities are changing from a wide range of experts from 12 workshops undertaken over the past 2 years in Beirut, Christchurch, Delhi, Dubai, Guayaquil, Mumbai, Singapore, London, Toronto and Vienna.
Cities are where most of us choose to live, work and interact with others. As a result they are where innovation happens, where most ideas form and from which economic growth largely stems. They are also where significant problems can first emerge and where challenges are magnified.
This report explores some of the common challenges found in urban areas such as managing migration, countering inequality and sustainable scaling; highlights shared ambitions of having healthier, accessible and more intelligent cities; and also details some of the emerging concerns around creating cities that are safe, resilient and open to broader collaboration.
As a compilation of thoughts and ideas from a host of experts we would foremost like to thank all of the many workshop participants for their input. Without your views we would not be able to curate this synthesis. In addition we would also like to thank others who have added in extra content, shared reports and reviewed the core document. We hope that this reflects all your varied perspectives.
Going forward, we also hope that this will be of use to those leading cities, designing new districts, developing policy and exploring opportunities for urban innovation. We know that several cities are already using the insights as stimulus for challenging strategy and stimulating innovation. In addition, linking into to another Growth Agenda driven project looking at the Worlds Most Innovative Cities (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/innovation-hot-spots-countries-vs-cities-tim-jones), this is also being used as part of events designed to help future leaders identify how and where they can make most impact.
As with all Future Agenda open foresight projects the output is shared under Creative Commons (Non Commercial) and so we trust that you may find it useful. This PDF on slideshare can be freely downloaded and shared. If you want to print out the report, the easiest way is to order a digital hardcopy via Amazon (for which they unfortunately charge a fee) but this is a quick and high quality print.
Future of Currency - public share July 2016Future Agenda
This is a synthesis of insights from last year's Future Agenda discussions on the future of currency. It builds on the three events hosted by Six capital and adds in further context and implications for business, government and society. It is a global view of the changes taking place and how they may impact finance, trade and wider society and is being shared to help inform, challenge and focus wider action. We hope you find it interesting.
Future of Healthcare Provision Jan 2017Future Agenda
Building on insights from our 2015 future of health discussions, this is a new initial view on how healthcare provision may change, especially given emerging opportunities for improved patient engagement. As well as insights from discussions in India, UK, Canada, Singapore and the US it also includes other additional perspectives shared in interviews and workshops over the past 12 months.
We recognise that given the multi-factored nature of this topic and the rapid emergence of new options, what we have summarised in this document is itself in flux. As such, over the next few months we will be sharing this more widely for additional feedback ahead of publication of an updated paper over the summer. So, if you have any comments on changes and additions or issues that you think need more detail, please let us know and we will include.
As with all Future Agenda output, this is being published under creative commons (share alike non commercial) so you are free to share and quote as suits.
Future Agenda are delighted to share this initial perspective on the future civic role of arts and arts organisations. The topic will be explored at a London event in June, hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The event is part of a wider enquiry by Calouste Gulbenkian into the future civic role of arts and comments are very welcome here on slideshare.
The future of healthcare - an emerging view 24 08 17Future Agenda
Insights shared at DTU in Copenhagen to kick off an Exec Education module on innovation in healthcare. Drawn from the Future of Health events in 2015, Future of Surgery in 2016 and the new Future of Patient Data project initial view, these combine multiple shifts for the next decade as seen around the world.
In the DTU event, the priority issues for the next decade were seen to be AI driving efficiency, the rise of machines, individualised medicine, the impact of data, changing business models, predictive analysis and conservative regulators.
Future Agenda - The World in 2025 - EFMD - Rome 09 03 15Future Agenda
A keynote talk on the World in 2025 for EFMD in Rome and the 2015 EFMD MBA Conference. The event is themes 'Redesigning the MBA' and is aimed at MBA Directors and business school staff involved in part-time, full-time and executive MBA programmes. This talk draws on insights from both the first Future Agenda programme in 2010 and futureagenda2.0 now underway and shares some key shifts people see taking place in the world over the next decade.
Future of Cities: Insights from Multiple Expert Discussions Around the World
Following on from the main 2015 Future Agenda programme, last year we undertook additional Future of Cities events in Singapore, Beirut and Guayaquil. Exploring not only key current challenges and aspirations but also emerging issues, the insights from these and other discussions have all now been synthesized into a single summary. This document brings together views from a wide range of experts from the 2016 workshops as well as previous events in London, Vienna, Dubai, Delhi and Christchurch. Together it provides an overview of three common challenges, three shared ambitions and three emerging concerns that were highlighted in our multiple discussions.
Given the complex, interconnected nature of the drivers of change in cities, it is no surprise that there are hundreds of different reports already published exploring future trends either globally or locally. While this summary may overlap with a number of these reports, it is not intended to be a single answer to the future cities question. Rather it is, we hope, a mapping of the landscape, highlighting the core issues raised for today and tomorrow and pointing to potential areas for further exploration.
As we go forward with further workshops during 2017 planned in London, Toronto, Dubai and Mumbai, we will be delving deeper into some of the key issues, challenging assumptions and hopefully identify new approaches and sources of innovation. We will also be sharing a full report that adds extra context and detail gained from both the insights shared to date and the new ones added during 2017.
If you would like to join in some of the forthcoming events, do let us know. Equally if you have any comments and feedback on the views in this summary, please do feel free add them into the mix via slide-share, linked-in, twitter or email. This is an initial summary that will have gaps and alternative views that may well need modification in order to better represent a global view. We thank all those who have given up time to contribute to the workshops to date and to all those will be adding in their views going forward.
www.futureagenda.org
@futureagenda
Future of Business IDE - Quito - 20 April 2015Future Agenda
Initial views to kick off a Future of Business event in Quito, Ecuador on April 20th - in partnership with IDE Business School. This brings together a number of business-relavent issues from across several Future Agenda topics insulting future of the company, data, resources, wealth and loyalty
The Future of Business London - 10 06 16Future Agenda
The Future of Business is one of the main areas of focus for the synthesis of the insights from last year's Future Agenda programme. This presentation is the opening keynote of a full day event in London on 10 June where views on some of the big global shifts for the next decade are being shared alongside more specific business related issues. This will then stimulate further debate and insights for sharing. If you have any views on the points in the pdf, do let us know and we can edit / agenda and update as we go
ISPIM Future Agenda - Six key challenges and major innovation opportunities...Future Agenda
A keynote at ISPIM conference in Porto on 20 June 2016 sharing insights from the latest Future Agenda programme. Focuses initially on the 6 key challenges for for next decade for future of people, place, power, belief, behaviour and business. Then shares some views from global discussions on the world in 2025 before adding in 6 major innovation opportunities for the next decade include food waste, data marketplaces, sanitation, ethical machines and deeper collaboration.
This is shared with the innovation community to hopefully inspire new actions.
Future of the sharing economy An emerging view 30 March 2017Future Agenda
Humans have always shared. More recently, enabled by technology, new forms of sharing and access have begun to transform industries as well as the way we live our lives, creating financial return and social reward for participants. From AirBnB (爱彼迎 ) to Uber and Didi Chuxing, the sharing economy has rapidly moved from niche to mainstream in a number of categories, most notably accommodation and transportation.
But where next? Building on insights from the wider Future Agenda programme with recent research and interviews with a number of industry leaders and experts, we’re delighted to share an emerging view of the Future of the Sharing Economy.
Over the next few weeks we are asking for feedback and opinion from around the world. We’d really welcome your perspective, comments, challenge and additional insights to co-create an enriched informed future view for all. We will then update and share.
As with all Future Agenda output, this is being published under creative commons (share alike non commercial) so you are free to share and quote as suits.
Megatrends are strong global forces affecting everything and all life on our planet. By viewing the world from a distance and over several centuries, there are 8 global forces of change that stand out. They are: Population boom; Rapid urbanization; Ferocious consumption; Technology rush; Digital transformation; Global connectedness; Environmental degradation and Wealth inequality.
Future Agenda - The world in 2025 - Opportunities for Lebanon - Beirut 03 06 15Future Agenda
This is the opening keynote for a conference on Rethinking the Lebanese Economy for 2025 taking place in Beirut on 3 June 2016. Drawing on global and regional insights from last year's workshops it provides views on three topics:
How the world will have changed by 2025
Questions that are being asked of the Middle East
Some potential opportunities for Lebanon.
We are not experts in the Middle East nor economic growth so have leaned on and built on the views of those we have met and connected with during the Future Agenda programme. We hope that we have represented your perspectives accurately.
Coming up to ten years on from the 2007 Technology Futures programme we conducted for Shell, several people have been asking how well the expert perspectives have played out. This is the summary of two sets of weeklong discussions that took place in Bangalore and London, each of which included around 20 experts from across multiple disciplines all looking out 20 years at how technology may, or may not influence society. This was the second run of the Technology Futures programme after the initial project in 2004 where similar discussions had taken place in Amsterdam and Houston.
At a time when oil accounted for over a third of the world’s energy supply and renewables for less than a tenth of that amount, core areas of future focus were on the potential rise of biofuels, nuclear, solar, wind and wave as well as the challenges in enabling a more electric world. Specific issues raised included the opportunities from second and third generation biofuels and the role of synthetic organisms in the mix; pebble bed nuclear reactors and the potential for fusion; concentrated solar power, the increasing efficiency of photovoltaics and associated cost reductions; energy storage, battery power and superconductivity; hydrogen and microbial fuel cells; the impact of maglev trains, autonomous vehicles as well as data mining and quantum computing. Nearly ten years on the summaries of each of these, the likely development paths and the associated constraints and enabling factors are a recommended read.
Personally, however, it is the later chapters that are most insightful, especially in the context of today’s challenges. Whereas many of the energy related technology shifts have played out, largely in line with some of the expert expectations, it is some of cross-cutting views from 2007 that still seem to be at the fore of our to-do list: How to better collaborate globally and locally, especially across multi-sector partnerships; how to manage distributed activities better than centralised ones; how to better share value from intellectual property; and how best to harness artificial intelligence are all questions as relevant today as they were when we first held the discussions.
While we spend more of our time continuing to look forward, seeking new opportunities and challenges to address, if you have a spare hour or so, I would recommend a flick through the summary report which is available for download here.
40 issues for the next decade insights to date - 16 05 15Future Agenda
Half way through the future agenda project we have now run around 50 events in many different countries. Over 400 new insights on the key shifts for the next decade have been added to the mix of many have been discussed in multiple regions. This is a selection of 40 of the key insights that are gaining strong traction with different individuals, groups and organisations around the world.
Future agenda 2.0 The World in 2025 - Emerging View 07 12 15Future Agenda
What are the big shifts for the next decade? The future agenda programme is the world's largest open foresight project and during 2015 has connected with 5000 experts to look for answers. 120 workshops in 35 countries have explored 25 different topics. This is the draft summary of the synthesis of these discussions the full version of which will be shared in the new year on our new website www.futureagenda.org Covering everything from energy and cities to data and loyalty, many of these issues cut across multiple sectors and regions. Designed to share, inform and stimulate debate, the futureagenda platform provides the opportunity for all to see and build on what others see as important drivers of change for the decade @futureagenda
The future of health the emerging view 14 01 16Tim Jones
A short talk given in London in January 2016 highlighting some of the key health and healthcare related insights from the Future Agenda workshops. Mixing views from around the world it looks at public health issues, the increasing role of digital, changes to the healthcare system, the ageing challenge, financing health and where global answers may emerge from.
Future agenda, The World in 2025, Whitehorse Business Connect ConferenceFuture Agenda
Sharing insights on the world in 2025 from the Future Agenda programme, with the Whitehorse, CA Chamber of Commerce and invited guests at the annual Business Connect Conference
Future Agenda: The World in 2025 - EFMD MBA Conference - Rome 09 03 15Tim Jones
A keynote talk on the World in 2025 for EFMD in Rome and the 2015 EFMD MBA Conference. The event is themes 'Redesigning the MBA' and is aimed at MBA Directors and business school staff involved in part-time, full-time and executive MBA programmes. This talk draws on insights from both the first Future Agenda programme in 2010 and futureagenda2.0 now underway and shares some key shifts people see taking place in the world over the next decade.
Future of Privacy - The Emerging View 11 06 15 Future Agenda
The Future of Privacy is one of 25 topics being explored around the world by the Future Agenda project. 4 events, run in partnership with the IAPP in Washington DC, London, Singapore and Toronto have built on an initial view by Stephen Deadman, formerly Chief Privacy Officer at Vodafone and now at Facebook. With the extra insights from these events, and others from other topics such as the future of data, travel and work, we now have an updated emerging view of some the key shifts seen to be taking place around the world. The PDF brings together some of the key insights gained to date and shares some thoughts on the underlying shifts. It is the first of several presentations sharing insights from the Future Agenda programme.
Vodafone Turkey The world in 2020 - 14 05 15Future Agenda
An upcoming talk for Vodafone at the Digital Transformation Summit takig place in Istanbul, Turkey on 14 May. This gives an overview of Future Agenda, highlights some digital related topics from the first programme, shares some of the data aligned insights emergign from the second programme now underway and also suggests some areas where data could have positive impact in the future
What are the big issues for next decade? The World in 2025 is the full synthesis of insights from the second Future Agenda programme undertaken in 2016. From 120 discussions with thousands of informed people in 45 cities across 35 countries, we gained over 800 insights on the next decade. From these we identified and detailed over 60 key areas of change - those are all shared feely on the future agenda website (www.futureagenda.org).
This document brings all of these insights together in a single pdf for you to use. It is a free book shared under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 licence. We hope that you find it a useful view of how people around the world see change occurring over the next decade.
After multiple discussions around the world, this is an emerging view on the future of energy that is being shared for further comment and feedback. Events in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Delhi and New York have explored key drivers of change. Other events elsewhere have added in additional perspectives.
Future agenda the future of digital business - dubai - 29 april 2018Future Agenda
This is a talk for the Dubai Future Accelerator exploring key emerging shifts for business, especially with a digital focus. In links together insights from our global discussions on the future of the company, the future of data, the future of privacy as well as recent projects on the future value of data and the future of trust. More information on all of these are available on the main Future Agenda website www.futureagenda.org
Disruptive trends shaping the business landscape Singapore - 21 Aug 2019Future Agenda
Future Business Trends
How will global trends disrupt business in the next decade?
Ahead of the first of three speeches / workshops in Singapore over the next few months, this is an overview of some of the key potential drivers of change for businesses.
After some up-front context on foresight it addresses four major area of potential disruption
• The Future Consumer
• Purpose of the Company
• Digital Business
• Future Organisation
If you would like more detail on any of these issues or to know more about the workshops, do not hesitate to get in touch.
Global Future Changes and Millennium ProjectJerome Glenn
Overview of global challenges, strategies, new technologies to improve the prospects for humanity from the Millennium Project and its annual State of the Future report
Future of payments The emerging view - 12 11 15Future Agenda
This is the emerging view of the future of payments from the Future Agenda programme. The Future of Payments is undertaken in partnership with MasterCard. This view reflects insights from UK, Hong Kong, Dubai and Johannesburg, together with insights from other topics (e.g. data, currency, privacy, trade).
Half way through the World in 2030 here are ten innovation challenges for the next decade. A talk at ISPIM 2020 on 8 June will share more details and seed further dialogue on these and other issues on the horizon as the world deals with both pandemics, climate change and pervasive data.
For more information on the ISPIM event see https://www.ispim-virtual.com
For more foresights from Future Agenda research since 2010 see www.futureagenda.org
The third programme has taken place during 2020, engaging more experts on the pivotal shifts via virtual workshops and wider community debate.Here are ten issues that will provide future challenge and opportunity.
E7 Not G7
As global GDP rises, the seven largest emerging economies (E7) have increasing economic power. The relative influence of the old G7 Western powers declines.
Data Sovereignty
Large-population emerging economies see the protection of their data as a national priority. Wider data sharing is restricted to within national borders.
The Race to Net Zero
Cities, countries and companies compete to set the standards for the planet.Fully reducing emissions is central for energy, health and economic targets.
Electric Aviation
As the pressure to decarbonise aviation builds and technology challenges are addressed, using electric planes for short / medium-haul flights gathers support.
The Stakeholder Society
The shift from maximising shareholder value to a stakeholder focus accelerates. Organisations’ purpose, action and performance measurement realign.
Migrating Diseases
Health systems struggle to address the impact of climate change. The increased spread of ‘old’ vector-borne diseases challenge nations for whom they are ‘new’.
Peak Soil
After water and air quality, attention shifts to soil. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Action follows deeper understanding.
True Personalisation
Ubiquitous facial recognition and digital identity combine with wider AI adoption to enable the creation and delivery of truly individualised experiences.
Resilience by Design
Global supply chains evolve to be more flexible, shared regional supply webs. Competitors access shared, not proprietary, networks and systems.
Proof of Immunity
Public concerns about health security override worries about privacy. Governments integrate immunity and health data with national identities.
More details on www.futureagenda.org
This collection of insights from www.futureagenda.org were used as stimulus for an RNLI Futures Workshop. The workshop would generate future oriented scenarios that could yield value creation and lifesaving opportunities for the RNLI in the future.
Similar to Future agenda 2.0 The World in 2025 - Emerging View 23 09 15 (20)
Future of Off-Premise Dining - Emerging View.pdfFuture Agenda
From ‘dark kitchens’ to ubiquitous delivery brands and grocery on-demand, where, what and how we all eat is undergoing significant and rapid change.
In a collaborative project, put together in partnership with McCain, we have been looking out to 2030 to explore and define how Off-Premise Dining might further evolve, and which of the multiple current trends are likely to stick? The emerging view is a first step toward answering the question. It reflects the key insights gathered from interviews and in-depth workshops with key industry stakeholders in Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well as the Future Agenda database and synthesised desk research.
The fight for future market share is already well underway, and significant bets are being placed on a wide range of future opportunities; from health-focused vending machines, through increasingly sophisticated mobile apps, to personalisation of food flavours. With so many significant shifts taking place simultaneously across the entire off-premise dining value chain, there will inevitably be winners and losers. We hope our insights can serve as a jumping off point for further discussion as to where the winners might emerge.
As with all Future Agenda projects, the aim is to challenge assumptions, identify emerging trends, and build an informed assessment of the changes ahead and their implications for strategy, policy, innovation and action.
If you’d like to be involved and add your views into the mix please do get in touch james.alexander@futureagenda.org
As companies and governments around the world grapple with accommodating changes in the workplace, the workforce and the nature of work itself, we are pleased to be continuing our Future of Work foresight programme. Building on previous global research undertaken over the past few years, we are now looking in depth at six pivotal issues that have been prioritised as areas of major potential change. These are digital skills, soft skills, reinventing roles, the blurring of work, green jobs and digital productivity. Initially taking a European focus, with the support of Amazon, over the next couple of months a series of expert digital workshops are exploring the core shifts ahead and their implications for organisations and wider policy.
This PDF sets the scene for the dialogue both within the workshops and more widely. If you would like to be involved or have comments on the potential changes ahead, do let us know and we can accommodate. As always all discussions are under the Chatham House Rule and so there is no attribution and, as we progress with each area, we will be sharing a synthesis of all new insights and recommendations over the rest of the year.
Future of asthma care a global expert view - summary - august 2021Future Agenda
Future of Asthma Care in 2030
Often hidden by many, asthma is a set of chronic conditions that will, some believe, impact around 1bn of us by the end of the decade. It will see new diagnostics, new treatments as well as gain new social and economic perspectives in many nations. As part of a global Open Foresight programme to bring together an informed outlook for all to use, this is a draft synthesis based on dialogue with 100 experts worldwide. At a time when lung health is front of mind for many, this is an important topic for our future health.
We are keen to understand your view on this. What do you agree with, what is missing and what may need an alternative perspective? Please do share any comments and feedback to douglas.jones@futureagenda.org and we will include everything in the final report that will made available later this year.
Future of work employability and digital skills march 2021Future Agenda
The Future of Work, Employability and Digital Skills
This interim summary identifies 50 key insights for the next decade on this critical topic. These open foresight findings are based on the results of 20 workshops and 150 interviews with over 400 informed experts from across academia, business and government conduced in the last 12 months. These were primarily across Europe, but also include views from US and SE Asia.
The varied discussions identified multiple key shifts that expected to have greatest impact over the next decade. The top 3 of these are seen as pivotal for society, for government, for employers and for future workers.
Building Digital Skills
Reinventing Roles
Developing Soft Skills
To build a richer, deeper view, we would very much welcome your feedback – especially on which shifts may deliver most benefit in the next ten years, and what is missing that ought to be included in the mix.
The UK in 2030 - An expert informed view on some key trendsFuture Agenda
At a time when there is much speculation on what the next twelve months may bring, some are also looking ahead to prepare for the longer term. What will the UK be like in 2030 when the nation is post-Covid, post-Brexit and post-Johnson? Now that vaccines are being rolled out and the initial outline hard Brexit deal has been done, how will the UK fair over the decade – economically, socially and demographically? What changes are already locked-in and what is open to future variation? Based on numerous discussions with a wide range of experts across the UK in late 2020, this document explores some of the key potential trends for the next decade and highlights where the UK may be heading.
Having a well-defined future view is never easy – particularly in times of uncertainty. However, if we can differentiate between the certain, the probable and the possible we can build a clearer picture of the future which may help to challenge assumptions. Since 2010, Future Agenda has been using open foresight to explore decade-long trends with a high degree of accuracy. The World in 2020, written in 2010 for example, accurately anticipated a range of developments such as a global pandemic, the challenges around data privacy, the scaling up of electric and autonomous vehicles, the widespread use of drones and the building impact of solar energy. All of these were anticipated through extensive expert dialogue across multiple disciplines to curate an integrated, informed perspectives which can be accessed by everyone.
We used a similar approach to explore the pivotal shifts ahead for the UK. Following multiple expert discussions including academics, regional and central government, social and business leaders, as well as the military, this document summarises eight areas of alignment about UK 2030 but also highlights three fields where there is substantial difference of opinion.
Our conversations identified eight core areas where we can have confidence that changes will take place. These trends are:
1. A Changing Demographic Mix
2. Accelerating to Zero Carbon
3. Improved Digital Connectivity
4. Declining Economic Influence
5. More Devolved Power
6. Rising Inequality
7. Emphasis on the Local
8. UK Leadership
Future of retail - Five key future trends - 9 Dec 2020Future Agenda
Future of Retail – Five Key Trends
The pandemic has accelerated change across many sectors – and especially retail. More online, less physical and empty malls have been evident globally. So what about the next ten years? What changes will continue to accelerate, which will rebalance, and which new ones will emerge?
Based on extensive dialogue with retail, tech and city leaders globally, this new point of view brings together the major shifts in the mix collated under five key trends – Reemphasis on the Local, Identity Insights, Automated Retail, Continuous Interaction and Informed Consumers.
Now being used to stimulate new thinking, innovation and strategy development in multiple projects around the world, this is being shared to continue dialogue on changes and impact.
We welcome your views @futureagenda
Future of work employability and digital skills nov 2020Future Agenda
Future of Work, Employability and Digital Skills
As the world of work changes, how will organisations, society and individuals adapt to ensure that the current and the next generation will be able to acquire the skills necessary for future jobs? Building on previous Future Agenda research that focussed on key policy areas primarily in the Asian market and, more recently, an updated outlook on the future of work and skills development developed in partnership with the University of Bristol, School of Management, we are very pleased to be starting a new phase of research. As well as an analysis of the future of work, this will specifically explore the shifting nature of employability and how and where digital skills will have impact.
Over the next few months, expert views from across Europe will be shared in order to develop a richer understanding of key issues and how they vary across different jurisdictions. As with all Future Agenda projects, the aim is to challenge assumptions, identify emerging trends and build an informed assessment of the changes ahead and their implications for policy and action.
If you would like to be involved and add your views into the mix, please get in touch.
Future of retail global trends summary nov 2020Future Agenda
This is an updated summary of 60 global trends that may impact the world of retail over the next decade. Multiple expert discussions across Asia, Europe, MENA and North America have developed and shared these insights that have been curated into ten key shifts.
As we finalise the future views before wider public sharing, we very much welcome your feedback on these and which may have greatest future impact.
douglas.jones@futureagenda.org
@futureagenda
The UK in 2030
In the midst of all the current uncertainty, many people are seeking greater clarity around how the future may unfold – both globally and locally. Therefore, as part of the World in 2030 project, we have curated a specific perspective on the UK in 2030.
As with all our Open Foresight projects, UK 2030 is built through dialogue with informed individuals holding alternative outlooks on how things may unfold. This PDF provides an initial collation of some of their views on what is certain, probable and possible. We will use it to initiate further period of consultation over the next month.
With this in mind we would very much welcome your thoughts – especially around the areas that you agree with, those you disagree with and your suggestions about what is missing. Your knowledge will add both richness and depth to this point of view. We will share an updated and more detailed summary before Christmas. The ambition is that this can then be used to both inform and challenge assumptions so we can all gain a clearer perspective on the future of the UK.
@futureagenda
london@futureagenda.org
The world's most innovative cities past present future - oct 2020Future Agenda
Cities are where innovation happens, where most ideas form and economic growth largely stems. For centuries, the world’s most innovative cities have been acting as global catalysts for change, and will continue to do so. As more cities seek to have impact over the next decades, we need to better understand what drives success and so identify those that may have greatest lasting impact.
APPROACH – Getting Clarity
Future Agenda has been conducting multiple discussions around the world on the future of cities (www.futureofcities.city). Our aim is to explore the range of views about what makes one city more successful, more influential and more innovative than other, and also consider key related issues such as the future of work, health, trade, trust, transport and data.
In addition, we have applied a similar modelling technique to those applied to Innovation Leaders which, for twenty years, has identified the companies that have been the best and most sustained innovators, in order to assess what potentially makes one city more innovative than another. Exploring multiple criteria, we have highlighted some core global catalysts for change.
To accompany a speech at the WRLDCTY event, this presentation shares some of the salient insights: It profiles some of most innovative cities of the past, identifying the key elements that contributed to their success, highlights some of the pivotal cities having greatest impact today, and, lastly, suggests ten cities for future global innovation leadership.
https://www.futureofcities.city
https://www.wrldcty.com
https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Data as an Asset – A Top Risk?
The concept of data being accounted for as an 'asset' is increasingly considered to be a top future risk. The fifth of our 2030 digital workshops in collaboration with The Conference Board explored varied potential data risks (Many thanks to Ellen Hexter and Sara Murray for organising).
Rated top by 50 business leaders for future impact, and second for likely change, was a foresight that “organisations will be obliged to account for what data they own or access. As such they will be required to regularly report on their full data portfolio.” (See attached PDF)
Particular concerns were raised on; how organisations will best assign value to their data; how it will be treated as an asset; who will audit this; whether ownership will be transferred with use and how, if valued, data will be taxed.
Some felt that by 2030 there will be guidelines, standards and frameworks in place – other were less convinced. Most however agreed that many business models will change.
To explore this topic more see section 4.6 in the global report on https://www.deliveringvaluethroughdata.org
Add your view via @futureagenda on twitter or via LinkedIn on https://www.linkedin.com/posts/innovationstrategy_future-data-risk-workshop-stimulus-activity-6714470359971700736-MunM
While some regions gain from better water management, much of the world’s population increasingly depend on water moved from one river basin to another. New options are explored to achieve this economically and with reduced socio-environmental damage.
As part of the World in 2030 global open foresight project, this point of view shares some perspective on changes ahead.
With climate change, increasing urbanisation, growing contamination, higher water consumption, more intensive farming and rising industrial use in many economies all having significant and combined impact, as the global population approaches 10 billion, but the net amount of water on the planet stays constant, concerns over water stress have been building. With 70% of water used for agriculture, a quarter of humanity is now facing a looming water crisis. A broadening range of urban areas need multiple innovations to provide water to cities throughout the year.
Although better water management and the decreasing cost of desalination are having impact in some regions, in many others, and especially for fast-growing inland cities, the task of ensuring continued water access is mounting. Simply moving water from one river basin to another is not straightforward. It is fraught with technological, environmental, economic and socio-political challenge. There are however several developments underway to enable more effective long-distance movement of water – some focused on building new infrastructure at scale and others looking to imaginatively repurpose existing assets to help meet the inevitable future demand.
Share your views @futureagenda
Future of hospital design initial perspective - sept 2020Future Agenda
Hospitals of the Future
In partnership with Mott MacDonald we are exploring how hospital design will change in the next decade. Building on insights gained from multiple healthcare expert workshops around the world, this is an initial perspective that share some key thoughts on how and where we may see most change. Starting with context on shifts in healthcare more generally, from slide 28 onwards it includes 22 proposals for future design focus. These range from hub and spoke ecosystems and post-Covid reconfiguration to more flexible spaces and the impact of digital theatres.
As part of a global Open Foresight programme, we are now sharing these views to gain feedback for inclusion in a more detailed point of view that will be published later in the year. If you would like to add in your opinions on which issues will be driving most change in hospitals of the future, we would welcome input either directly to us by email (tim.jones@futureagenda.rg) or via this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J9S8SB6
Many thanks in advance for your collaboration on another key topic for future change.
Future Risk: 12 Key Issues for Insurance in the Next DecadeFuture Agenda
The insurance sector is facing major change - from both within and outside. What will be the major shifts over the next decade that have greatest impact? As part of the World in 2030 project, this is an initial view of 12 major trends that will influence insurance globally - looking across data shifts, market trends and in-sector innovations.
What do you think? Which will have greatest impact? Will it be automatic insurance? or N=1 personalisation?
Let us know your views and we can include them in an updated foresight in the next month or so.
Get in touch via douglas.jones@futureagenda.org
For more on The World in 2030 see: https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Porous Organisations
Here is our latest 2030 foresight.
This time we focus on the challenges for the future of work. Increasing competition for talent forces organisations to open their doors to a growing number of independent workers. This makes it difficult to maintain corporate knowledge and becomes a challenge for business big and small. In a highly volatile and increasingly complex landscape, many must learn how to manage a seamless flow of knowledge and ideas so they can adapt to changing customer demands, ensure capabilities are maintained and keep the doors to innovation open. Looking ahead, it seems that only the wealthiest and most attractive organisations (in the main technology companies) will be able to retain the loyalty of their employees. For everyone else, building and preserving corporate know-how within increasingly porous organisational boundaries will become a priority. As ever your thoughts and provocations are very welcome.
To access via website https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/porous-organisations/
New solid-state batteries offer safer, higher performance than existing options and become viable options for use across multiple sectors. Competitive pricing and proactive policymaking accelerate global uptake.
This foresight is part of the World in 2030 project exploring the key global shifts for the next decade - https://www.futureagenda.org/the-world-in-2030/
Battery development has become a priority area for a broadening range of companies in recent years. Significant investment is underway as a number of new technologies compete for fast-growing markets. Five years ago, we identified that energy storage was the missing piece of the renewables jigsaw: “If solved, it can enable truly distributed solar energy as well as accelerate the electrification of the transport industry.” Today, as economies focus on faster decarbonisation and increasing electrification, particularly in transportation, the speed of new battery development has become a central issue for many researchers, policy makers, investors and companies.
Why is this? If we can get significantly more energy from a lighter, more compact, but affordable battery then the implications are enormous. Not only will this accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by extending their range and providing a cheap way to store renewable, particularly low cost solar, energy, but it will also release a host of new developments in other areas from wearable electronics to electric planes, drones and scooters.
Given the demand for high performing batteries is building, it is hardly surprising that there is as much focus today on creating the batteries of tomorrow as there was when the first rechargeable battery was invented 160 years ago: according to a USPTO search in the past decade or so over 200,000 battery related patents have been issued. The rush to deliver the next generation technology is bringing together a host of new partnerships and foremost in many discussions is the potential impact of solid-state batteries. Within the next decade these could become the catalysts for substantial and lasting change across many sectors.
Soil is fundamental, fragile and finite. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Deeper understanding of its degradation raises the significance of soil to equal that of climate change and biodiversity loss.
We know that the quality of our soil is the key to the food we grow, the clothes we wear and the water we drink. It recycles nutrients, sequesters carbon, is fundamental to biodiversity, helps keep our ecosystems in balance and is an essential part of our general wellbeing. But, although soil represents the difference between survival and extinction for most terrestrial life, human activities have caused it harm leading to compaction, loss of structure, nutrient degradation, increasing salinity and denuding landscapes. Furthermore, the urgent need to preserve soil receives relatively little attention from governments. An unsung hero of our planet, it is fragile, infinitely important and finite. Why do we treat it with such disregard?
As part of the World in 2030 programme, this foresight explores the future of soil and the stresses ahead https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/peaksoil/
Future of Retail
As physical shopping around the world variously restarts post-lockdown, a number of organisations are, unsurprisingly, asking what the medium and long-term changes for the future of retail may be. While digital shifts are still at the fore for many, others are concerned about trends impacting retail from outside the sector as well as emerging consumer behaviours.
Ahead of a forthcoming workshop, we have collated a number of future trends that have been proposed by several experts in recent months. If you would like to let us know which you think may have greatest impact - and why, as well as what other shifts are missing from the current view, we will update and share a more detailed perspective in the next few weeks.
@futureagenda
www.futureagenda.org
Putting the SPARK into Virtual Training.pptxCynthia Clay
This 60-minute webinar, sponsored by Adobe, was delivered for the Training Mag Network. It explored the five elements of SPARK: Storytelling, Purpose, Action, Relationships, and Kudos. Knowing how to tell a well-structured story is key to building long-term memory. Stating a clear purpose that doesn't take away from the discovery learning process is critical. Ensuring that people move from theory to practical application is imperative. Creating strong social learning is the key to commitment and engagement. Validating and affirming participants' comments is the way to create a positive learning environment.
RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
Grote partijen zijn al een tijdje onderweg met retail media. Ondertussen worden in dit domein ook de kansen zichtbaar voor andere spelers in de markt. Maar met die kansen ontstaan ook vragen: Zelf retail media worden of erop adverteren? In welke fase van de funnel past het en hoe integreer je het in een mediaplan? Wat is nu precies het verschil met marketplaces en Programmatic ads? In dit half uur beslechten we de dilemma's en krijg je antwoorden op wanneer het voor jou tijd is om de volgende stap te zetten.
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Future agenda 2.0 The World in 2025 - Emerging View 23 09 15
1. The
World
in
2025
|
The
Emerging
View
Insights
from
Mul0ple
Expert
Discussions
Around
the
World
DRAFT
SUMMARY
FOR
FEEDBACK
2. The
World
in
2025
|
The
Emerging
View
This
document
provides
a
summary
of
what
we
heard
from
mul0ple
expert
voices
around
the
world
–
on
how
it
is
changing,
what
is
driving
this
change,
where
will
be
the
impacts
and
why
these
may
evolve
over
the
next
decade.
3. Future
Agenda
The
Future
Agenda
is
the
world’s
largest
open
foresight
program
that
accesses
mul0ple
views
of
the
next
decade
so
all
can
be
beMer
informed
and
s0mulate
innova0on.
4. Looking
Forwards
Organisa0ons
increasingly
want
to
iden0fy
and
understand
both
the
an0cipated
and
unexpected
changes
so
that
they
can
be
beMer
prepared
for
the
future.
5. Future
Agenda
1.0
Top
Insights
for
2020
From
the
2010
program,
52
key
insights
on
the
next
decade
were
shared
widely
and
have
been
extensively
used
by
organisa0ons
around
the
world.
And
Future
Agenda
became
the
world’s
largest
open
foresight
plaSorm.
6. Future
Agenda
in
Numbers
The
first
Future
Agenda
programme
engaged
a
wide
range
of
views
in
25
countries.
Future
Agenda
2.0
has
doubled
the
face-‐to-‐face
interac0on
and
significantly
raised
online
sharing,
debate
and
discussion.
Future
Agenda
1.0
1
HOST
16
TOPICS
25
COUNTRIES
50
WORKSHOPS
1500
ORGANISATIONS
Future
Agenda
2.0
50
HOSTS
25
TOPICS
35
COUNTRIES
105
WORKSHOPS
4500
ORGANISATIONS
7. Future
Agenda
2.0
Topics
The
second
version
of
the
Future
Agenda
program
is
taking
place
during
2015
and
has
been
addressing
20+
topics
via
100+
events
in
40
ci0es
in
35
countries
in
partnership
with
around
50
core
hosts.
Ageing
CiPes
Company
ConnecPvity
Data
EducaPon
Energy
Food
Government
Health
Learning
Loyalty
Payments
Privacy
Resources
Transport
Travel
Water
Wealth
Work
8. Eight
Key
Themes
Across
the
mul0ple
discussions,
86
emerging
issues
seem
to
be
touching
upon
and
connec0ng
with
eight
underlying,
and
interwoven,
themes
with
different
emphasis
in
different
countries.
These
are
detailed
below.
The
Five
CertainPes
Interconnected
Systems
The
Data
RevoluPon
Unequal
Access
Our
Habitat
Beliefs
and
Belonging
Power
and
Influence
Changing
Business
10. Imbalanced
PopulaPon
Growth
A
growing
popula0on
is
adding
another
billion
people
but
it
is
also
rapidly
ageing:
A
child
born
next
year
will
live
6
months
longer
than
one
born
today.
While
migra0on
helps
to
rebalance
some
socie0es,
increasing
dependency
ra0os
challenge
all.
11. Resource
Constraints
Economic,
physical
and
poli0cal
shortages
of
key
resources
increase
and
drive
increasing
tension
between
and
within
countries.
As
we
exceed
the
Earth’s
natural
thresholds,
waste
is
seen
as
a
resource
and
we
start
to
properly
value
it.
12. Everything
Connected
By
2025
over
1
trillion
sensors
are
connected
to
mul0ple
networks:
Everything
that
can
benefit
from
a
connec0on
will
have
one.
We
deliver
10,000x
more
data
100x
more
effec0vely
but
need
to
make
sense
of
the
informa0on
that
flows.
13. ShiWing
Power
and
Influence
The
centre
of
gravity
of
economic
power
con0nues
shibing
eastwards,
back
to
where
it
was
200
years
ago.
Recent
superpowers
seek
to
moderate
the
pace
of
change
but
the
reali0es
of
popula0on
and
resource
loca0ons
are
immoveable.
14. The
Human
Age
We
in
an
age
where
we
are
having
an
irrecoverable
long-‐term
impact
on
the
planet.
The
Anthroprocene
is
the
era
when
many
geologically
significant
condi0ons
and
processes
are
profoundly
altered
by
human
ac0vi0es
–
and
it
is
underway.
16. Intra
City
CollaboraPon
As
ci0es
con0nue
to
grow
in
their
importance
and
wider
influence,
they
take
the
lead
on
integrated
innova0ons
and
new
developments
to
differen0ate
themselves
and
sustain
their
ability
to
aMract
residents,
visitors
and
commerce.
17. Connected
Systems
As
the
land
/
food
/
energy
/
water
nexus
comes
to
the
fore,
the
interconnec0ons
of
mul0ple
supply
and
demand
drivers
of
change
are
more
evident.
Water
and
food
security
join
energy
security
as
a
key
concern
for
major
urban
areas.
18. Supply
Webs
The
shib
from
centralised
produc0on
to
decentralised
manufacturing
drives
many
to
take
the
‘smaller
and
distributed’
approach:
Global
supply
chains
are
replaced
by
more
regional,
consumer-‐orientated
supply
webs
and
networks.
19. Air
Quality
Rising
air
pollu0on
in
many
emerging
ci0es
is
killing
people
and
becomes
the
visible
catalyst
for
changing
mind-‐sets.
It
drives
public
support
for
new
policies
across
health,
energy,
transporta0on
and
urban
design.
20. Autonomous
Transport
The
shib
to
fully
autonomous
transport
is
an
evolu0on
via
truck
platoons
on
highways
and
small
electric
urban
delivery
pods.
Connected
cars
create
the
network
and
test
the
technologies
for
the
eventual
revolu0onary
driverless
experience.
21. Food
Waste
The
30-‐50%
of
food
wasted
either
in
the
supply
chain
or
in
consump0on
could
feed
another
3
billion
every
day.
Focus
is
on
using
data
to
op0mise
distribu0on
and
storage
in
developing
countries
and
enabling
beMer
consumer
informa0on
in
others.
22. Healthcare
Systemic
Shock
The
escala0ng
cost
of
healthcare
in
some
countries
is
further
stressed
by
suppor0ng
aging
and
obesity.
Spending
20%
of
GDP
on
healthcare
is
seen
as
unsustainable
so
hard
decisions
are
taken
around
personal
budgets
and
societal
priori0es.
23. Deeper
CollaboraPon
Partnerships
shib
to
become
more
dynamic,
agile,
long-‐term,
democra0sed
and
mul0-‐party
collabora0ons.
Compe0tor
alliances
and
wider
public
par0cipa0on
drive
regulators
to
create
new
legal
frameworks
for
open,
empathe0c
collabora0on.
25. The
Increasing
Value
of
Data
As
organisa0ons
grab
more
data,
it
becomes
a
currency
with
a
value
and
a
price:
It
therefore
requires
marketplaces
–
transparent
ecosystems
for
trading
data
-‐
so
anything
that
is
informa0on
is
represented
in
data
marketplaces.
26. Data
Ownership
Individuals
recognize
the
value
of
their
digital
shadows,
privacy
agents
and
data
brokers
curate
clients’
data
sets
while
personal
data
stores
give
us
transparent
control
of
our
informa0on:
We
retain
more
ownership
of
our
data
and
opt
to
share
it.
27. The
Changing
Nature
of
Privacy
More
interna0onal
frameworks
seek
to
govern
the
Internet,
protect
the
vulnerable
and
secure
personal
data:
The
balance
between
government
protec0on,
security,
personal
privacy
and
public
good
is
an
increasingly
poli0cal
issue.
28. ShiWing
Public
PercepPons
of
Privacy
Privacy
becomes
a
mainstream
issue
with
ci0zens
more
aware
of
how
their
data
is
being
used.
What
is
private
and
what
is
public
blurs
but
many
seek
to
have
greater
influence
over
how
their
data
is
collected
and
used.
29. Managing
Data
Risk
In
an
increasingly
connected
world,
risks
also
rise.
Protec0on
against
hacking,
cyber-‐aMacks,
fraud
and
counterfei0ng
all
drive
greater
security,
data
management
and
regula0on
-‐
but
this
is
balanced
by
the
pull
of
convenience
and
data
sharing.
30. New
Social
Models
and
Data
Behaviours
With
more
open
data
generated
by
governments,
individuals
and
organisa0ons,
many
focus
their
resources
on
combining
and
mining
disparate
data
sets
to
highlight
and
act
on
opportuni0es
for
posi0ve
social
change.
31. Privacy
for
OrganisaPons
As
privacy
becomes
ever
more
present
in
the
corporate
risk
profile,
trust
is
ever
more
easily
lost.
Being
proac0ve
in
dialogue
with
both
regulators
and
the
public
becomes
a
priority
for
many
leading
organisa0ons.
32. Privacy
RegulaPon
The
push
towards
global
standards,
protocols
and
greater
transparency
is
a
focus
for
many
na0ons,
but
others
choose
to
opt-‐out
of
interna0onal
agreements
and
go
their
own
way.
33. Ethical
Machines
Machines
are
as
smart
as
humans
as
automa0on
spreads
beyond
trading
and
drones
to
driverless
cars
and
managing
systemic
risk.
As
we
approach
technology
singularity,
autonomous
robots
and
algorithms
make
ethical
judgments
that
impact
life
or
death.
34. Greater
Transparency
Transparency
becomes
a
catalyst
for
change
and
a
baMleground
for
reputa0on
enhancement.
Societal
and
consumers’
expecta0ons
of
more
open
visibility
of
corporate
and
government
ac0vi0es
start
to
balance
informa0on
asymmetry.
35. Truth
and
Illusion
As
authors
become
more
numerous,
the
nature
of
who
we
trust
and
why
con0nues
to
evolve.
Credible
sources
are
prized
and
help
us
to
priori0se
true
insight
above
informa0on
overload.
We
increasingly
seek
to
clarify
veracity.
36. Enhanced
Performance
The
widespread
adop0on
of
wearables,
implants
and
greater
connec0vity
to
ever
more
data,
enables
some
of
us
to
gain
advantage
over
others
by
improving
our
performance
beyond
our
natural,
gene0c
capability.
38. Inequality
of
Access
Views
of
the
widening
gaps
between
the
‘haves
and
have-‐nots’
extend
beyond
wealth
inequality
to
cover
access
to
water,
healthcare,
educa0on
and
digital
connec0vity.
We
increasingly
see
access
inequality
as
a
common
social
challenge.
39. Rising
Youth
Unemployment
With
unemployment
rates
already
over
50%
in
some
na0ons,
access
to
work
is
a
rising
barrier
to
many.
Especially
across
North
Africa,
the
Middle
East
and
southern
Europe,
a
lost
genera0on
of
100m
fails
to
connect
with
and
gain
from
global
growth.
40. Mass
Engagement
As
the
public
voice
becomes
easier
to
access
and
harder
to
suppress,
leaders
need
to
engage
to
create,
develop,
secure
and
maintain
legi0macy
for
their
ini0a0ves
and
policies
–
so
further
reducing
their
hierarchical
power.
41. Democracy
Challenge
While
many
con0nue
to
defend
the
principles
and
benefits
of
democracy,
some
see
increasing
signs
of
challenge
to
it
as
it
fails
to
address
some
of
the
major
challenges
facing
the
world.
Alterna0ves
are
more
ac0vely
explored.
42. Shrinking
Middle
We
see
the
decline
of
middle-‐men,
middle
classes
and
mid-‐sized
companies
as
value
chains
reform,
personalisa0on
rises
and
assets
are
shared
while
smaller
networked
organisa0ons
achieve
greater
reach
and
agility.
43. Buying
Out
People
living
off-‐grid,
increasingly
by
choice,
creates
greater
societal
division
and
strain
as
well
as
new
commercial
opportuni0es.
Independence
from
government
and
energy
networks
and
the
rise
of
new
tribes
fuel
this
shib.
44. EducaPon
RevoluPon
Networked
schools
and
learning
plaSorms
encourage
self-‐organised
educa0on
for
all.
Teachers
provide
prompts,
not
answers,
and
help
students
learn
from
one
another.
Non-‐linear
high
content
learning
becomes
the
global
norm.
45. Caring
For
Those
LeW
Behind
Although
significant
progress
has
been
made,
millions
of
people
con0nue
to
be
leb
behind
from
mainsteam
progress
-‐
especially
the
poorest
and
those
disadvantaged
because
of
their
sex,
age,
disability,
ethnicity
or
geographic
loca0on.
46. Transport
Access
Transport
is
an
influencer
of
society
and
is
undergoing
a
transi0on
centred
less
on
vehicles
-‐
specifically
the
car
-‐
and
more
on
the
mix
of
integrated
transport
op0ons,
proximity
of
online
availability
to
the
goods
and
services
that
society
demands.
47. Mental
Health
The
visible
impact
and
cost
of
mental
health
drives
changes
in
social
ajtudes
and
wider
healthcare
support.
New
treatment
approaches
are
coupled
with
the
decline
of
s0gma
in
many
circles
around
mental
illness
and
its
effects.
49. Housing
Everyone
Mass
migra0on
and
localised
popula0on
explosions
drive
up
the
cost
of
both
housing
access
and
home
ownership.
In
many
ci0es,
this
leads
to
the
development
of
new
living
spaces
and
ownership
models
that
try
to
accommodate
more
of
us.
50. Unchartered
Waters
The
issues
facing
oceans
have
led
to
the
establishment
of
a
UN
Sustainable
Development
Goal
dedicated
to
ocean
conserva0on.
As
problems
become
more
visible
to
many
we
will
see
increased
recogni0on
of
the
need
for
beMer
governance.
51. Infrastructure
Deficit
Infrastructure
again
becomes
a
source
of
compe00ve
advantage.
Emerging
economies
invest
heavily
in
new
railroads
and
highways
to
facilitate
more
effec0ve
movement
of
people
and
goods,
while
developed
na0ons
suffer
from
poor
upkeep
of
the
legacy.
52. Dispersed
Tribes
Globalisa0on,
greater
connec0vity
and
‘informa0on
at
your
finger0ps’
help
more
individuals
and
industries
share
knowledge
and
work
collabora0vely.
The
next
genera0on
of
workers
lead
a
more
transient
and
nomadic
life.
53. Built-‐In
Flexibility
Cri0cal
infrastructure
is
both
smarter
and
inherently
adaptable,
accommoda0ng
mul0ple
use
op0ons,
changing
business
models
and
open
networks.
Buildings
have
future
flexibility
built-‐in.
54. CiPes
as
Products
The
most
successful
ci0es
are
specifically
designed
around
the
desires
and
needs
of
their
increasingly
empowered
ci0zens
who,
in
turn,
expect
a
healthily,
personalised
and
meaningful
rela0onship
with
their
urban
environment.
55. Off-‐Planet
Living
Rapid
technological
advances,
coupled
with
the
ambi0ons
of
emerging
powers
and
wealthy
individuals,
lead
to
a
new
race
to
colonise
space.
A
priority
in
this
is
long-‐term
habita0on
on
Mars
as
the
seed
for
a
future
New
World
migra0on.
56. Nature
Biodiversity
The
global
biodiversity
decline
will
con0nue
unless
ac0ons
are
taken
on
a
significant
scale.
We
will
see
greater
focus
on
understanding
the
impact
and
so
pujng
in
place
na0onal
plans
to
protect
and
restore
biodiversity
-‐
but
will
it
be
enough?
57. Simple
Tale
of
Country
Folk
For
some,
increasing
urbanisa0on
leads
to
a
growing
nostalgia
for
rural
life.
Sani0sed
‘nature’
is
recreated
in
the
city
while
the
countryside
is
leb
to
large-‐scale
farmers,
the
weak,
the
elderly
and
those
who
can
afford
to
recreate
arcadia.
58. Basic
SanitaPon
Despite
major
ini0a0ves,
basic
sanita0on
is
a
gap
for
many
na0ons
and
prevents
wider
social
progress:
Female
educa0on
stops
at
puberty,
open
public
defeca0on
con0nues,
water
is
contaminated
and
overall
public
health
suffers
as
a
consequence.
59. Preparing
for
Resilience
As
we
move
forward
wider
recogni0on
of
adapta0on
to
climate
change
plays
an
increasingly
important
role
in
defining
and
shaping
both
governmental
and
business
ajtudes
and
risk
strategies.
60. AcceleraPng
Displacement
A
faster
changing
climate
and
rapidly
increasing
inequali0es
of
opportunity
add
to
conflict
as
s0mulus
for
mass
migra0on
north
at
an
unprecedented
scale.
Over
1
billion
are
on
the
move
over
the
next
20
years.
62. Social
CoagulaPon
Geographically
disparate
groups
(re)connect
to
reinforce
ideas
and
exclude
others
-‐
crea0ng
opportuni0es
to
reinforce
ideas
and
normalise
ac0ons
which
otherwise
might
seem
extreme
as
they
grow
more
powerful.
63. Urban
Obesity
Mass
urbanisa0on,
reduced
ac0vity
and
poor
diets
are
accelera0ng
the
rise
of
obesity.
As
half
the
global
popula0on
is
overweight,
levels
of
obesity
in
most
ci0es
are
growing
fast
and
the
associated
healthcare
burden
will
soon
account
for
5%
of
global
GDP.
64. Working
Longer
For
those
who
have
inadequate
re0rement
savings,
the
most
obvious
solu0on
is
to
work
longer.
One
major
poten0al
barrier,
however,
is
that
employers
remain
ambivalent
about
older
workers.
65. Agelessness
Culture
catches
up
with
demographics
and
age-‐based
limita0ons
fade.
New
opportuni0es
for
older
people
to
par0cipate
in
society
emerge,
although
many
are
only
available
to
the
healthy
and
wealthy,
crea0ng
a
new
set
of
challenges.
66. Aging
in
Community
Individuals,
families
as
well
as
healthcare
payers
desire
to
keep
older
people
living
healthy
and
independent
loner.
This
requires
upgraded
infrastructure,
transporta0on
systems
and
thoughSul
products
and
services.
67. Care
for
the
Aging
As
the
popula0on
ages,
the
healthcare
sector
changes
the
way
in
which
it
delivers
support,
with
more
coordina0on
among
service
providers
and
more
in-‐home
care.
There
is
also
a
frank
conversa0on
about
people’s
“right
to
die”.
68. The
Age
of
Women
In
many
regions,
women
have
greater
control,
influence
and
increased
leadership
par0cipa0on.
This
changes
decision-‐making,
strengthens
the
representa0on
of
the
feminine
view
and
helps
to
drive
more
balanced
ac0ons.
69. Finding
Hope
Despite
desperate
hardship
and
widespread
expecta0ons
of
social
and
environmental
disasters,
the
belief
in
human
endeavour
remains.
Many
think
that
the
solu0ons
for
our
current
challenges
are
at
our
finger0ps
–
but
will
they
benefit
everyone?
70. Faith
and
IdenPty
As
faith
evolves
to
encompass
greater
geographical
diversity,
new
sub-‐religions
and
a
rekindling
of
tradi0onal
belief
systems,
it
becomes
more
significant
as
part
of
some
people’s
iden0ty
–
and
stronger
than
ci0zenship
and
na0onal
iden0ty.
72. New
World
Order
As
demographic
shibs,
new
alliances
and
economic
challenges
re-‐align
global
power
and
influence,
new
leaders
emerge
and
control
in
the
world
changes
in
favour
of
some
-‐
but
with
others
s0ll
holding
the
balance.
73. Standards
ProtecPng
Trade
Global
and
regional
standards
are
used
as
a
tool
of
trade
protec0onism
within
specific
sectors
and
markets.
Locally
focused
regula0ons
and
interna0onal
protocols
favour
both
mul0na0onals
and
incumbents
but
are
barriers
to
new
exporters.
74. Africa
Growth
Despite
concerns
around
governance
and
corrup0on,
the
aMrac0on
of
rising
popula0ons,
a
growing
workforce,
500m
new
middle
class
consumers
and
con0nued
resource
supplies
aMract
mul0ple
global
brands
to
make
Africa
the
#1
target
market.
75. Cyber
Terrorism
Catastrophe-‐driven
change
is
a
func0on
of
21st
century
living,
par0cularly
with
respect
to
cyber
threats
to
society
and
commerce.
The
race
is
on
to
see
if
we
will
contribute
effec0vely
in
these
areas
or
require
disaster
to
spark
our
collec0ve
response.
76. Natural
Resource
Wars
Resource
scarcity
intensifies
old
conflicts
and
defines
new
ones.
Natural
assets
again
become
the
focal
point
for
military
ac0ons
as
na0ons
seek
to
protect
and
access
food,
water,
minerals
and
land.
77. SPll
Being
Stupid
Despite
a
beMer
understanding
of
the
long-‐term
challenges
we
face,
we
individually
and
collec0vely
con0nue
to
make
decisions
that
may
make
sense
in
the
short-‐term
-‐
but
do
not
lead
to
beMer
longer-‐term
consequences.
78. New
Walled
Gardens
While
Globalisa0on
has
enabled
many
to
explore
and
experience
different
countries
and
cultures,
some
start
to
build
virtual
and
physical
walls
to
keep
people
away.
The
intrusion
of
mass
visitors
is
tolerated
only
when
there
is
direct
economic
benefit.
79. Rise
of
the
Cult
of
China
As
China’s
economic
influence
on
the
world
increases
there
is
a
rise
in
the
cult
of
China
in
popular
imagina0ons
elsewhere.
Myths
of
hope
and
fear
will
proliferate
as
China’s
cultural
and
economic
influence
increase
hand-‐in-‐hand.
80. Eco-‐China
China’s
ini0a0ve
to
reconnect
people
with
nature
and
create
an
eco-‐civilisa0on
with
eco-‐conscious
ci0zens,
businesses
and
leaders
could,
some
see,
provide
leadership
for
a
world
beyond
capitalism.
81. Purpose
of
Companies
Successful
organisa0ons
align
their
purpose
with
addressing
specific
societal
and
stakeholder
needs
and
move
beyond
just
focusing
on
crea0ng
shareholder
value.
A
mul0-‐capital
approach
to
integrated
repor0ng
takes
hold
and
spreads.
82. Influence
of
Government
The
influence
of
na0onal
and
state
governments
recede
as
the
solu0ons
to
problems
are
solved
elsewhere.
Mul0na0onal
corpora0on
partnerships
and
global
NGO
bodies
increasingly
set
the
direc0on
of
travel.
83. Out
of
Sight
Criminals
and
non-‐criminals
alike
are
moving
from
the
public
and
personal
spaces
to
the
anonymous
and
impersonal
spaces
of
the
dark
net.
Anonymity
is
aMrac0ve
to
many
but
many
of
the
shibing
sub-‐cultures
are
increasingly
difficult
to
access.
85. Global
Skill
ConcentraPons
Localised
needs
for
specialist
skills
drive
greater
white-‐collar
migra0on
leading
to
more
geographic
concentra0on
of
skills
in
global
hubs.
High
skill
/
high
reward
opportuni0es
aMract
a
select
nomadic
group
who
move
ahead
of
the
mainstream.
86. Speed
to
Scale
Greater
global
connec0vity,
growing
average
consumer
wealth,
broader
reach
and
the
adop0on
of
standard
plaSorms
all
combine
to
accelerate
the
0me
to
1bn
customers
for
start-‐ups
and
new
corporate
ventures
alike.
87. Human
Touch
As
service
provision
and
consump0on
becomes
ever
more
digital,
automated
and
algorithmic,
those
brands
that
can
offer
more
emo0onal
engagement
and
human
to
human
contact
become
increasingly
aMrac0ve.
88. Full
Cost
The
next
decade
will
see
an
increasing
requirement
for
business
to
pay
the
full
cost
of
ac0vi0es
leading
to
a
reassessment
of
risk,
return
and
the
rela0onship
between
people,
planet
and
profit.
Surprisingly
this
may
be
accelerated
by
ini0a0ves
in
China.
89. Brand
vs.
Pla_orm
Digital
social
plaSorms
precipitate
new
business
to
consumer
rela0onships,
many
involving
small
private
groups
of
peer
consumers.
New
plaSorms
act
as
aggregators
and
intermediaries
between
consumers
and
brands.
90. The
Sharing
Economy
Increasing
collabora0on
drives
companies
to
re-‐organise
based
on
social
networks.
The
sharing
economy
changes
the
shape
of
many
organisa0ons,
but
the
shib
in
the
role
of
the
company
from
employer
to
facilitator
challenges
many.
91. Dynamic
Pricing
Big
Data
and
predic0ve
analy0cs
help
to
set
pricing
at
a
more
granular
level
based
on
customer
demand
and
supply
informa0on.
This
enables
providers
to
re-‐price
millions
of
products
in
real-‐0me,
taking
advantage
of
greater
transparency
of
cost
and
value.
92. Embracing
DisrupPon
While
some
mul0na0onals
con0nue
to
block
change
and
seek
to
maintain
the
status
quo,
other
large
companies
proac0vely
drive
and
embrace
change
–
increasingly
using
proac0ve
market
disrup0on
as
a
target
business
model.
93. The
Li`le
Things
A
deeper
and
wider
understanding
of
the
major
challenges
helps
more
of
us
to
iden0fy
the
liMle
things
that
can
make
a
big
difference
-‐
with
greater
sharing
and
collabora0on
amplifying
the
impact
and
so
enabling
change
at
scale.
94. Standards
Driving
InnovaPon
Across
key
areas
standards
increasingly
drive
innova0on.
From
sustainability
metrics
for
new
ci0es
in
China
to
Formula
E
driving
developments
in
the
automo0ve
sector,
we
will
see
new
a
rab
of
innova0ons
that
evolve
in
response
to
proac0ve
regula0on.
95. Digital
Money
Cash
is
gradually
replaced
by
digital
money
providing
consumers
with
more
convenience
and
choice
–
and
organisa0ons
with
lower
cost
transac0ons.
Wider
adop0on
enables
new
offers
to
proliferate
–
including
in
the
black
economy.
96. OrganisaPon
3.0
New
forms
of
flaMer,
project-‐based,
collabora0ve,
virtual,
informal
organisa0ons
dominate
-‐
enabled
by
technology
and
a
global
mobile
workforce.
As
such
the
nature
of
work
and
the
role
of
organisa0on
itself
blurs.
97. Energy
Storage
We
will
see
substan0al
improvements
in
energy
storage
leading
to
accelerated
growth
in
renewable
energy,
especially
solar
power,
with
the
adop0on
of
smart
grids
and
micro-‐grids
enabling
the
long-‐term
transforma0on
of
the
energy
system.
98. Currencies
of
Meaning
New
trusted
currencies
of
exchange
and
meaning
emerge
to
beMer
facilitate
transac0ons,
trade,
authen0ca0on
and
valida0on.
Money
as
a
means
of
exchange
is
complemented
by
new
and
tradi0onal
system
to
which
we
aMach
greater
significance.
99. Last
Mile
Delivery
Seamless,
integrated
and
shared
last-‐mile
delivery
replaces
inefficient
compe00on
and
duplica0on
of
goods
distribu0on:
Greater
efficiency
in
moving
things
is
as
important
as
efficiency
in
moving
people
and
so
a
major
focus
for
innova0on.
100. CreaPve
Economies
Mee0ng
the
challenges
of
the
21st
century
will
require
new
ways
of
thinking
in
ways
that
connect
culture,
economics
and
technology
a
deliver
the
“crea0ve
economy”
based
on
collabora0on,
cri0cal
thinking,
crea0vity,
entrepreneurship
and
adaptability.
101. Smart
Resource
AllocaPon
More
open
and
shared
data
drives
beMer
predic0ve
storage
and
distribu0on
of
resources.
Smarter
distribu0on
networks
enhance
and
replace
exis0ng
reac0ve
systems
and
seek
to
rebalance
supply
to
avoid
glut
and
scarcity.
102. Curators
and
Coaches
Smarter
mobile
technology
and
increasing
automa0on
redefine
professional
roles
-‐
turning
teachers,
doctors
and
lawyers
into
coaches
and
mentors
as
individuals
of
all
ages
increasingly
navigate
connected
pathways.
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QuesPons
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have
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