The Four Forces of Change
Looking Forward:Opportunities in an Open World
Cecily SommersMay 5, 2011
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SUSTAINABILITYBrundtland Commission of the United Nations, 1987
Development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Trends
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GOVERNANCE
DEMOGRAPHICS
TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES
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GOVERNANCE
DEMOGRAPHICS
TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES
FUTURIST
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Remembering the future
Learning, Memory
Senses
Left Hemisphere
Language
Right Hemisphere
Imagery
Motivation & Emotion
Autonomic System: Pain, Arousal
L: KNOW
R: NEW
L: DO
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Agenda
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PART I: KNOWPlaying to long-term needs and opportunities
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RESOURCES
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ResourcesFour Forces
DRIVERS:◦ Climate◦ Ocean◦ Space◦ Energy◦ Minerals◦ Water◦ Land◦ Food◦ Animals◦ Habitat◦ Forest
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law
resources
markets
food energy water
ISSUES
TRENDS
INTEGRATION
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TECHNOLOGY
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TechnologyFour Forces
DRIVERS:◦ Genetics◦ Robotics◦ Information◦ Nanotechnology◦ Health care◦ Education◦ Collaboration◦ Virtual reality◦ Games◦ Telephony◦ Manufacturing◦ Infrastructure
law markets
health energycommunications
technology
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DEMOGRAPHICS
DRIVERS:◦ 6.1 B in 2000◦ 9B in 2050◦ Developing ++◦ Industrial ---◦ Immigration◦ Multi-cultural◦ Multi-lingual◦ Nationalism◦ Conflict◦ Capital formation
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DemographicsFour Forces
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law markets
migration
laboryouth
demographics
mortalitymulti-ethnic
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GOVERNANCE
DRIVERS:
◦ Tribalism
◦ Market drivers
◦ Values
◦ Interests
◦ Beliefs
◦ Onlinecommunities
◦ Personalization
◦ Polarization
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GovernanceFour Forces
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PART II: NEWCreative problem-solving
• “Like That!”
• Play
• Time Out
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Pour & Stir
NEW
◦ Business need◦ Futures research◦ Brand experience◦ New technologies◦ Scenario
development◦ Outside experts◦ Experiential
exploration◦ “Like That”◦ “Fill the Box”◦ Having it all◦ “Duh!,” “Love it!”,
High Risk/Reward◦ Chunking it down◦ First Movable Piece◦ Deliverables,
resource requests, Q-2-Q
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ZONE OF DISCOVERY
Sustainability R3. O. I.
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Relevance
Resilience
Revenue
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Managing for Resilience
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Managing for Resilience
“Sustainability is the pivot for where we want to go--how we want to structure our processes, our thinking, our investments. Through redesigning the way we work and live, we consider sustainability as part of everything we do. We have learned one basic lesson, and that is that unless it is synonymous--business and planet--it doesn't get traction.”
Muhtar Kent , CEO, Coca-Cola
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Managing for Resilience
Investment in investment in three core areas: 1) business planning, 2) innovation, and 3) partnerships.
“Live Positively” program. • “Water Neutral” and reducing its carbon footprint
by 2015.• Biodegradable plant-based plastics. • Co-developed Truvia with Cargill• Partner with Greenpeace to eliminate all
hydroflourocarbon gases in venting machines
PART III: DOIntegrating ideas into action
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Duh!
Love it!OMG!
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Assumptions, Outcomes, Resources
• 10 Years• 5 years
• 2 years• 1 year
• 6 months• 3 months…
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Plan in Reverse
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Duh! Love it! High Risk/Reward
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“The to plant
a tree was ago.”best time20 years
Chinese Proverb
CHANGE AGENT
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