Megatrends

Globalization of Business
Demographics
Technology
Media
Energy
Decline of the Nation State
Climate Change
The 21st Century Workforce

Shift Happens: The Article

Shift Happens:The Great Network Inflection Point is Just Ahead
Article about trends for the future. Good, short bibliography too.

Insead Summit

Is Europe Still Relevant?
A bibliography of books about Europe in the 21st Century
We can Print this as a resource for participants!

5 mega trends

http://www.ceridian.com/myceridian/article/1,2481,13919-62651,00.html

The 21st century world of work: Five megatrends shaping the future

By Jim O'Connell, Ceridian vice president of Government Relations and HR Policy

Only a half a dozen years into the 21st century the outlines of a new world of work are already emerging. Like our children and grandchildren growing before our eyes, the signs of change are unmistakable.

Change is evident in technology, the organization of work, the employer-employee relationship, the role of labor unions, skills, demographics including immigration, the role of government, competition now on a global scale with China rising, and in benefits, health care, pensions and compensation. And the pace of change is quickening.

Five megatrends will shape the 21st century world of work:

1. Productivity is king: The More With Less Economy
2. Uncertainty in the workplace: Who Can You Trust?
3. The new independence: From Entitlement to Ownership
4. Consumer-directed health care: Rx for Rising Costs?
5. Retirement security: Pension Deficit Disorder?

Did You Know 2.0

A Glimpse Into The Future of Technology