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.
Posted 3rd January 2010 by David Jacobson in Business Planning