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What do you know about tomorrow?

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The July-August issue of The Futurist has a nice article entitled “Ten Things to Know about Tomorrow’s Businesses.” (see www.wfs.org) All of the items are individually familiar; yet when they are brought together they give you the opportunity to ponder combinations. For example, “The emergence of China as the World’s Largest Economic Power” is not surprising. Nor is “Energy and Water Shortages.” However, together they can create scenarios ranging from “water wars” to phenomenal new infrastructure innovations.

I was intrigued by the article and tried to write a list of ten forces driving my future. First of all, it was very hard. Second, it was sobering when I thought of some of the combinations. (It’s a good thing that I live within walking distance of essential stores and the library.) Third, it was exciting. (I wonder what it will be like to deliver workshops from my home studio? I hate getting on airplanes.)

Try to create a list of ten things you know about the forces driving your future. Now consider the combinations. Now get ready.

Date: June 8th, 2009 @ 09:01

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Fred H SchlegelNo Gravatar

in June 9th, 2009 @ 23:27

For me, technological advances is the easy one. Work life is so much different today than it was 20 years ago and it is hard to imagine where we will be even 5 years hence. Just the changes in how business gets done – meetings held online, proofs reviewed electronically, timelines reduced from months to days. I also think the new ways social groups are forming is changing things in ways that are hard to imagine. You’ve left me with quite a bit to think about.

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Brad ShorrNo Gravatar

in June 10th, 2009 @ 14:25

Ten things? Wow, Bill, just contemplating two or three is enough to give me the heebie jeebies. :)

Semantic search technology could render the entire field of search engine optimization as we know it obsolete.

If Google buys Twitter the whole future of social media and online marketing makes a seismic shift.

PDAs will replace computers as primary web interface tools.

That’s all I can take. When I consider the impact all this will have on my little business, I can’t begin to imagine how large organizations will be uprooted, turned upside down, and flung into space, far off the radar.

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Bill WelterNo Gravatar

in June 12th, 2009 @ 12:54

Fred,
I agree that we “get it” regarding technology. I also agree with your comment regarding social groups. We have no real clue (or to go back to your post from today, no “logic” to fall back on) as to how this is going to evolve. All we know for sure is that some of our past “givens” will fail us.
Bill

Bill WelterNo Gravatar

in June 12th, 2009 @ 13:02

Brad,
Getting our minds to grapple with the future is certainly tough — we have to try to deal with things we don’t know anything about (or, conversely, we know too much). I find that going to the library and scanning magazines I usually DON’T read is a helpful way to stretch my mind. Sometimes we go through life in groove that gets so deep that it becomes a rut. The challenge is to take the time to occasionally jupm out of the groove and let our minds run around. (However, I know you well enough to say that you are most definitely NOT in a rut.)
Bill