Good narrative

6.  Nomadic tribes with
minimal social
interaction – largely ‘dot
cultures’
 Lived in small self-
sufficient groups
 Had minimal interaction
with other groups
 Each community was
self-sufficient
 Needed to reinvent its
own means of survival
 Knowledge had little or
no opportunity to
accumulate and advance

7. Farming and domesticating animals led to permanent
settlements

9.  Opportunities created by
roads, the village market
 Empires born out of
controlling vast tracts of
land
 At their peak, Romans
had 53,000 miles of
roads
 Yet its scope was
limited, still remained a
2-dimensional world

10. Then strong, seaworthy ships developed in the 15th
century

11. The umbilical cord with land was cut!

13. Within 35 years, European seamen had rounded
Africa, America and sailed around the world
Within 500 years, Europe became 25 powerful
nations controlling 84% of the world’s landmass
Humanity began to interact freely over the Earth’s
surface – breadth was added to the length!

15.  The balance of power
shifted
 Enemy could attack your
capital without ever setting
foot on your land
 Cold War, thousands of
nuclear tipped rockets,
satellite launches and
expenditures of USD 3000
per household on space
rockets became the order of
the day

16. • I million
Until 1940
• 20 million
1940–1950
• 500 million
1990 in one
year

17. At No. 10 – Frankfurt Airport with 60 million passengers in 2013

18. At No 5, Chicago O’Hare with 70 million passengers in 2013

23. • Lasted 1000’s of years
First Dimension
• 500 years
Second
Dimension
• 50 years
Third Dimension

24. First Dimension
Second
Dimension
Third Dimension
Geo-political
situation
Nomads to highly
organised
governments
Regional
Kingdoms to
Colonial Empires
Super power
rivalry and control
of the heavens
Wealth creation
Merchants &
traders
Those who set up
colonial empires
MNCs
Who became
wealthy?
Users of donkeys
not keepers
Users of ships not
ship builders
Users of
petroleum not
petroleum
producers

25. When the world jumps into a new dimension
not everyone jumps at once
Even today, many of the world’s citizens live in
the Second or First Dimension
Unfortunately the latecomers seem to forever
be cursed to relative poverty
The biggest prizes await those who first shift
into the next dimension

26. How we shop, eat,
buy and live will
forever be altered
Everything,
everywhere in real
time
Two simultaneous
revolutions
• Electronics and
Transportation

27. Information
revolution
Global trade
Mass migration
Global pollution
Global terrorism
Mass media
The rise of
religious
fundamentalism
Splintering
families
Degraded ethics
Major shift in how
wealth is created

28. Terrorism will
emerge with the
upper hand
Labour unions are
doomed
Religion will resurge
around the world
World government is
inevitable
Large corporations
will fragment
Business strategies
and economic
theories will need
radical rethinking
The labour skills of
today will become
irrelevant tomorrow

32. Sports Without An Opponent?

37.  Students will have virtual
classes and will never need to
go to the classroom
 Waiting in dispensaries will be
a thing of the past
 Vacations will be simulated
within labs
 Distances will still exist, but
will no longer determine how
society will be organised
 Total body of knowledge will
double every year

38. 1
• Manufacturing
2
• Production
3
• Assembly line advantages
4
• Worker productivity

39. 1
• Age of consumerism
2
• Creating & sustaining brands
3
• Products & lifestyle interventions

40. Knowledge
workers and
knowledge as
personal wealth
Knowledge
management
Innovation
Value chain
restructuring
Value additions in
service
‘intangibles’
Brain not brawn
Alternatives that
a customer has
Pull not push
technology

41. Era
Time taken for unit
knowledge to double
First Dimension 1000’s of years
Second Dimension 500 years
Third Dimension 50 years
Post Third Dimension
35 years (from 1950 to
1985)
Fourth Dimension
Hardly 20 years initially and
after 2012 knowledge may
double every year

43.  The fixed assets of an organisation will no longer
determine the net worth of an organisation
 e.g. the market capitalisation of Microsoft stand at
around USD 340 billion (10 June 2014)
 Total Assets as on 31 March 2014 $ 156 billion
 Total Liabilities as on 31 March 2014 $ 68 billion
 Inventory and Property (Land and Buildings) is
only $ 14 billion

46. No longer willing to take responsibility of
employee T & D
Constant churning of employees
Corporations will mimic markets
Inefficient staff will be laid off and new
recruits will be selected
Campus recruitment will increase