Can you see the future: what’s next for business innovation?
Posted by | Posted in Food for thought, ICT, Innovation, Private Sector, Trends | Posted on 04-08-2010
Food for Thought: I’ve been keeping an eye on McKinsey Quarterly to see what business is seeing as spaces for innovation, just to keep my finger on the pulse.
The future is the great unknown – “I never think of the future,” Albert Einstein once observed. “It comes soon enough.” Well, the prevailing winds are strong forces, and why not use them to shape your course?
“Confronted by the economic, social, and technological forces shaping the global business landscape, most managers assume that their ability to sculpt the future is minimal. But systematically spotting and acting on emerging trends [that are reshaping business] helps companies to capture market opportunities, test risks, and spur innovations. A McKinsey team that explored the key global trends defining the coming era has identified five forces, or “crucibles,” where the stresses and tensions will be greatest and thus offer the richest opportunities for corporate strategies.”
cool.. luxuriate in these ideas here at Global Forces home.
Why Trendwatching could save your business:
McKinsey director Peter Bisson explains the value behind tracking those global forces and how to build them into corporate strategy. check it out
But what really caught my eye today and that I had to post was this:
10 Tech Business Trends to Watch
• Distributed cocreation moves into the mainstream
• Making the network the organization
• Collaboration at scale
• The growing ‘Internet of Things’
• Experimentation and big data
• Wiring for a sustainable world
• Imagining anything as a service
• The age of the multisided business model
• Innovating from the bottom of the pyramid
• Producing public good on the grid
read all about it here and listen to podcasts of experts.
What do you think? Let’s discuss how these ideas could impact public health..



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