Saturday, April 17th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Ships and shipping, ports and globalisation. International trade and logistics. Just in time. Manufacturing supply chain management and distribution. Lorry, road, rail. Air freight and container ships. Container terminals and stock control management. Industry, emerging markets and developed world. Global trends. ...
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Speed of change. Syllabus changes -- relevance to workplace of new teaching methods. How do we prepare students for future? World changing faster than you can plan a syllabus. Teaching methods and trends. Teaching materials. Preparing students for uncertain world. Wild cards, preparing for ...
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Customers suddenly change behaviour. New technology and mobile phone companies. Banks and financial institutions. Going why market research does not predict future trends reliably. How to get accurate results from market research, polls, surveys and focus groups. Consumer trends prediction. Futuring and futurists. ...
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Future of futurists bright because future trends soon become the past. Giving away intellectual capital. Wikipedia and YouTube world. Intellectual property only has power when released and used by others. Future is about giving away knowledge and ideas. Future of universities and research institutions, ...
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Take hold of your future or the future will take hold of you: conference keynote speaker on managing uncertainty, risk management: why low probability risks happen more frequently than most expect. New market opportunities. Rapid changes in consumer behavior. First mover advantage, multiple scenarios and business ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Market research of parents or pupils cannot tell you the future of education. Video on future of education, high schools, colleges, universities, curriculum, trends, syllabus, exams, assessments, business schools, MBAs, degree courses - by Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist conference keynote speaker for NAIS.Duration : 0:2:18
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
2015 scenario: Future by 2020. http://www.globalchange.com communications, marketing, management, leadership, virtual teams and virtual organisations. Customer focus in product design, advertising, brand development, software and hardware. Mobile marketing and positional advertising trends. Consumer use of personal organisers and mobile devices, mobile phones and other technology. Virtual switchboards, virtual meetings ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Most older consumers are women and most online sales are to women. Female consumers as pressure group and major economic force. Women and online banking. Why women own most of America and most of the UK -- living longer than men and wealth in pension funds ...
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Better and different -- convergence and divergence
http://www.globalchange.com Divergence or convergence? Consumer focus, IT systems, software and mobile phones. Multiple devices and systems. Multiple capabilities and features. Innovation, divergence, new products and services. Customer choices and consumer satisfaction. How multiple features can win market share ...
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
http://www.globalchange.com Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile ...
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