If you have time to read and reflect, Futurist Richard Watson has published a trends and technology timeline for 2010 with forecasts out to 2050.
The key mega trends on the map are:
- Ageing
- Power shift Eastwards
- Globalisation
- Localisation
- Digitalisation
- Personalisation
- Volatility
- Individualism
- Environmental change
- Sustainability
- Debt
- Urbanisation
These trends are applied to 16 specific industry classifications.
There are some fascinating forecasts both for the short and long term.
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Posted 3rd January 2010 by David Jacobson in Business Planning