Saturday, April 17th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Try to predict or just respond when change happens. Mining, pharmacueutical industry etc takes very long view. Pensions crisis seen decades ago. Telecom and IT trends are often relatively obvious. Moore's Law. Power of computing. Cost of phone calls. Cost of flying ...
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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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Sunday, March 21st, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Sub-prime real estate crisis and credit crunch explained in US and global impact on banking, mortgages, home loands and financial services. Why the banking system remains at risk from complex processes that most people don't understand. Regulators, changes in banking regulation, systemic risk, corporate governance, and ...
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com European chemical industry. Consolidation, mergers, acquisitions. Logistics and infrastructure. Efficiencies and cost savings. Shipping, road haulage, trucks, containers, freight and other challenges. Manufacturing energy use. Factories, production of bulk commodities, plastics, packaging, pigments, ethylene, polyethylene, dyes, nylon, polythene, PVC, recycling, oil efficiency. ...
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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
Gerald Celente has spent thirty years identifying, analysing and tracking the global trends that shape our future. As Director of the Trends Research Institute, Gerald is trusted by many large corporations to produce the most accurate, timely and comprehensive forecasts. Whether as a keynote speaker or a media pundit, he ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Emotion is more important than technology, gadgets, gizmos or inventions. Emotion is what will drive the future because it dictates how people feel and how they live. That's why market research is unreliable when it comes to future predictions - because people don't know how they will feel ...
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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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