The document summarizes 6 technological revolutions from approximately 1770 to the present: 1) The first industrial revolution from 1770 introduced technologies like iron, machinery, and the mechanized cotton industry alongside infrastructures like canals, waterways, and factories. 2) The second industrial revolution from 1830 brought steam engines, steam power, railways, and telegraph networks. 3) From 1875, the third industrial revolution utilized technologies such as cheap steel, steamships, heavy industry, and electrical equipment alongside global shipping, railways, telegraph, and telephone networks. 4) The fourth industrial revolution from 1908 featured internal combustion engines, mass production, oil, petrochemicals, electricity, and management tools supported by roads, ports

1. 6 technological
revolutions

2. From approximately 1770
1st industrial revolution

3. New technologies New infrastructures
Wrought iron. Canals and waterways.
Machinery. Water power.
Mechanized cotton Turnpike roads.
industry. Factories.

4. From approximately 1830
2nd industrial revolution

5. New technologies New infrastructures
Steam engines and Railways.
machinery. Universal postal service.
Steam power for many Telegraph.
industries. Ports.
Railway construction. Depots.
Iron and coal mining. Worldwide depot ships.
Rolling stock production.

6. Source: http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=47976

7. From approximately 1875
3rd industrial revolution

8. New technologies New infrastructures
Cheap steel. Worldwide shipping in
Full development of steam rapid steel steamships.
engine for steel ships. Transcontinental railways.
Heavy chemistry and civil Great bridges and tunnels.
engineering. Worldwide telegraph.
Electrical equipment Telephone.
industry. Electrical networks.
Copper and cables.
Canned and bottled food.
Paper and packaging.

9. In 1890, the average manufacturing company in
the ”developed world” had about 4 employees
Source
Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

10. From approximately 1908
4th industrial revolution

11. New technologies New infrastructures
Internal combustion Networks of roads, ports,
engines. and airports.
Mass produced cars using Networks of oil wells.
assembly line technology. Universal electricity.
Cheap oil. Worldwide analog
Petrochemicals. telecommunications.
Home electrical
appliances.
Motion picture and
television.
Refrigerated and frozen
foods.
Penicillin.
Management tools.

12. In 1915, Ford Motor Company was making
more than 500,000 cars per year
Source
Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

13. Source
http://yesterday.sg/reflections/memories-from-the-last-technological-revolution/

14. Penicillin antibiotics are the first drugs that
were effective against many previously serious
diseases such as syphilis and infections caused
by staphylococci and streptococci.
Sources
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=741794
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
Florey (pictured), Fleming and Chain shared a Nobel Prize in 1945 for their
work on penicillin.

15. More or less all tools for modern management
used today were invented before 1920
Source
Gary Hamel. http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM

16. From approximately 1970
5th industrial revolution

17. New technologies New infrastructures
Telecommunications. World digital
Cheap microelectronics. telecommunications.
Computers. Internet.
Computer software. Electricity networks.
Control instruments. High speed physical
Computer aided transport links.
biotechnology.

18. Source: http://youtu.be/Pe03dDpDykU minute 6.

19. From approximately 2003
6th industrial revolution

20. New technologies New infrastructures
Mobile electronic devices Enhanced electricity
such as smartphones. transmission capabilities.
Social media. Decentralization of power
Other cloud based generation.
software. Connection of electricity
Renewable energy and transportation energy
technologies – including infrastructures.
solar, wind, and Gene data banks.
geothermal energy.
Energy efficiency.
Energy storage
technologies.
Electric vehicles.
3D printers.

21. Global fixed telephone lines
vs. mobile subscriptions
Source
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95259089/KPCB-Internet-Trends-2012

22. Computerized glasses from Microsoft and Google
Source
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11

23. 3DTouch 3D printer
Source
http://blog.makezine.com/magazine/make-ultimate-guide-to-3d-printing/ultimate-3d-printer-buyers-guide/

24. Sources
http://www.rtcc.org/flexible-solar-revolution-could-bring-power-to-1-4-billion-people/
http://ncfp.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/indias-panel-price-crash-could-spark-solar-revolution/

25. Other sources
http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/03/02/
http://www.economist.com/node/21553017
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95259089/KPCB-Internet-Trends-2012
http://seizingthewhitespace.com/sites/default/files/STWS_Industries_Infrastruct
ures.pdf
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/10110?pg=all
http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM
http://youtu.be/Pe03dDpDykU