Are you ready for the very different tomorrow?
For over a million years we lived as hunter-gatherers in small family groups, for thousands of years we lived as farmers in small villages, for 200 years we lived in cities and built industry. Now we live globally in a world that is changing faster every day than ever before through new ideas and technologies.
Sickness and mortality?
Scarcity of material goods?
Humans as the most intelligent beings?
How very 20th century!
Our history has not prepare us for these changes, Our cultures, ideologies and religions provide no answers to many of the new questions we are faced with. Trying to impose old world views or ways of doing things on a new world is a recipe for failure, whether you are a company, government or individual.
For businesses the challenge will be to provide valuable product or services in a world where many things that were expensive, high-margin, in the recent past quickly become very cheap or essentially free. Governments will struggle remaining relevant in a world that moves much faster than they and where geography is becoming less and less important for the individual citizens identity, income and social network.
All of us will be challenged to rediscover what being human means in a world that is constantly changing by new technology we cannot really control. Do we try to stop these changes or can we adapt to them? What are some of the risks we face if we use all these new technologies? What are the rewards we might miss out on if we decide to not use them?
There are no simple answers but a greater awareness of what is on the horizon will allow us to find solutions that will make the future a lot better and interesting for all of us.
- Become aware of the radical new speed at wish the world is changing
- Learn to see the edges of your own thinking, then step over them
- Understand the fundamental impact on your profession and business
The futureshock workshop will make you more aware of the depth and rate of change in the world and how it will affect you, your business and the expectations you have for the future. We look at the history of strategic change and see what we can learn from them. What worked in the ast and why? Who should be involved in strategy development? What taboos prevent you from seeing clearly?
During Christmas 2000 I made the original version of a presentation to help people outside the technology field understand what the possible mid-to-longterm impact of tech really is. It was based on many of the online discussions I'd had over the previous four years. It deals with both familiar issue's and thing often unknown outside a small circle of specialized researchers and thinkers. I expected it to be outdated within 18 months but instead it is still a useful tool today to open people's minds to the possibility that our future may be very different from the fundamental rules we are used to. But why not judge for yourself?
