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How to make sense of the future – futurist methodology

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:22:51 +0000

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 and process of globalisation. Older generation knew form globalization and global communications. Internet was around in late 1970s. But Google and YouTube leaders recognise that behavior can be very hard to predict. Trends analysis. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:4:31

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Why ships will dominate global trade

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:22:43 +0000

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. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:2:54

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Education trends in fast changing world

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:22:09 +0000

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 unexpected events. Our future world. Example of bird flu. Emotion is key to the future. Video on future of education, high schools, colleges, universities, curriculum, syllabus, exams, assessments, business schools, MBAs, degree courses – by Dr Patrick Dixon, conference keynote speaker for NAIS.

Duration : 0:3:36

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Market research – how to get great results

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:38:17 +0000

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. Techniques for scenario building. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:3:36

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Growth Trends within the Hedge Fund Industry

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:37:00 +0000

Growth Trends within the Hedge Fund Industry

Duration : 1:8:9

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Intellectual copyright: many businesses will give ideas away

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:41:13 +0000

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, future of music and music industry. How to understand future trends. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:1:50

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Sovereign funds – national tensions – future trends?

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:08:12 +0000

http://www.globalchange.com China, Russia, UAE and other nations buying national assets. Sovereign wealth funds size and growth. Investment policy, transparency, reaction and regulation. National interest and conflict. Controversy. Link to private equity and buyouts. Rescue of banks and financial institutions. Future fund manager decisions and government policies to hold dollar or euro reserves. Switch from dollars to euros. Oil revenues boost sovereign fund wealth. American foreign policy interests. Foreign ownership of utilities, ports, airports, stock exchanges and other national assets. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:3:2

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Oil prices and aviation industry trends

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:08:00 +0000

http://www.globalchange.com Future of aviation industry with higher oil prices. Operational efficiency and budget airlines, capacity, turnaround time, cost reduction, seat occupancy, load factor increase, fuel efficiency with new planes. Future of airline travel for business, leisure and tourism. Transport competition from road and rail. Total fuel element of travel cost small. Discounted air fares. Aviation industry profitability, crisis, mergers and acquisitions. Long haul flights and short haul flights. Carbon offset travel carbon dioxide emissions — airlines. Air freight carbon offset for DHL, UPS and Fedex. Average cost per passenger seat. Dollar price of oil. Future oil price trends. Impact of higher oil prices on aviation. Use of biofuel and alternative fuels. Business class tickets, image and public relations. Alternatives to commercial travel for meetings.Video by keynote conference speaker Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist and author of 12 books on global trends including Futurewise and Building a Better Business.

Duration : 0:4:4

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Economic Analysis of the Solar Industry

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:18:03 +0000

(October 28, 2009) Annie Hazlehurst, graduate student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and in the E-IPER program, discusses the current state and future of the solar photovoltaic industry from an economic and business perspective with a specific focus on when the price of photovoltaic-generated electricity will be competitive with other generation methods.

Stanford University

http://www.stanford.edu

Stanford Graduate School of Business

http://gsb.stanford.edu/

Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources

http://e-iper.stanford.edu/

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Duration : 0:50:26

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Chemical Industry Future Trends – conference speaker

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:25:15 +0000

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. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.

Duration : 0:2:19

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