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ON OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE
The million dollar questions remains how do we envision a world that seems impossible by today’s rules. Business as usual continues to be what organizations globally
gear themselves for but the challenge that history has taught us not to ignore is
how do we imagine what seems like an impossible future before it is upon us
overnight. Glancing back at a decade of transformations we have watched as the
world has transitioned,
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From a once Rural environment to a Radically Urban Society
From large scale manufacturing to Just In Time Lean Production
From mobile phones as a means of communication to its evolution as a
Social Tool
From a point where Boy bands ruled the charts completely, then disappeared and came back stronger than ever
From telephones and TV to an era where Blogging platforms grew and
social media took over our lives transforming the digital marketing space
From the Sony Walkman to Steve Jobs and Apple that revolutionized the
portable music space
This story of transformation has seen old patterns die and new patterns emerging
and yet as we immerse ourselves in the new a very different world is also taking
shape. As a new decade looks to unfold before us the familiar will grow distant and
a as yet unchartered territory will come into focus. The emergence of a two curve
problem takes form : The Incumbent Curve which gives way to the Emergent Curve.
The gap between these curves will highlight the potential for innovation and new
possibilities creating the opportunity for making the impossible – possible.
FUTURES
03 BREAK THE ACCEPTED RULES OF
REALITY
04 DEPEND ON ALIEN CONCEPTS
• THE WORLD ELECTRIC Wireless energy
is useful at a large scale as the Casimir
effect is harnessed and open-source
“Tesla boxes” proliferate.
• YOUR MIND IS THE PRODUCT As ideas
and dreams can be recorded directly
from the brain to the cloud, intellectual
property is extended to thoughts.
• B.I.G. ENDS POVERTY
A global basic income guarantee
challenges conventional wisdom that
productivity depends on the promise of
money.
• METAMETROPOLIS Multisensory virtual
street experiences render most global
cities the “same place.”
Source : Institute for the Future