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GT Briefing May 2012: Creative Destruction -- The Rise of Distributed Innovation
May 2012: Innovation. Everyone’s talking about it – just take a look at the contents of any leading business journal in the last few months. Everyone wants to be at the... View Full StoryGT Briefing April 2012: Food, Water and Energy Security
April 2012: The weather seems to be going crazy across the globe, with man-made climate change seen by many as an important contributing factor. Preliminary findings from the World... View Full StoryFeatured Articles
SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate Clout Distributed: The Influence of the World's Largest 100 Economic Entities
Executive Summary Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities in 2010, 42 (42%) are corporations, versus 44% in 2009. If you look at the top 150 economic entities in 2010, the proportion of corporations... View Full Story
Redefining Wealth at Vancity, An Interview with Lory Block, Executive Director, Strategic Management, Vancity
When we heard from Lory Block about how she and Vancity’s Executive Team were using Global Trends recently, the thing that made us really sit up was her description of Vancity’s vision: “Our vision... View Full Story
Scientific Horizons: A Conversation with Professor Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman-Elect, The Carlsberg Foundation
The Carlsberg Foundation (Danish: Carlsbergfondet) was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876 and owns 30% of Carlsberg Group. According to the charter the Foundation must ensure that the Basic Capital always... View Full StorySPECIAL REPORT: Bringing Global Trends Alive in Your Organization Today Part 1
Does the current obsession with short-term, quarterly results limit our ability to bring long-term thinking into today’s reality? If so, what does it take to bring Global Trends into our business planning... View Full Story
Who's looking after you? The Challenge of Blurring Industry Boundaries
How do you think about the issues of health and wellness for yourself, for your children and family, for your aging parents, for society as a whole? Who is helping you to address the challenges you face... View Full StoryBREAKING NEWS - MOST CLICKED ARTICLES IN KNOWLEDGEBASE
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Power to the people: The future is distributed energy Is the potential of distributed energy on your radar yet? If it isn’t, it probably should be. Energy transforms economies and lives, so it should demand the attention of politicians,...
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Role Reversal: The New Gucci Generation It did not escape the notice of my partner as we walked down Nathan Road in Hong Kong that the local couple ahead of us were carrying a plethora of bags from Gucci, Chanel and a host other...
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Vietnam Calling: Growing Pains In my last blog post, I talked about the phenomenal rise and opportunities in Vietnam, but there are also challenges ahead. Some thoughts from discussions while there… While...
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Vietnam Calling: Open 24/7/365! Happy New Year! Just back from a fascinating trip to Vietnam and Hong Kong, so a few reflections to share… Standing on street corner in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi you can be...
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People and Power: 3 Numbers That Will Impact the World The headlines have been full of numbers recently, particularly as we have just passed a milestone where the 7 billionth person has now joined the world’s population (give or take a few...
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The Fight for the Interface: Who Will Be the Intermediaries of Choice? Information and communications technologies are advancing rapidly, reshaping all aspects of our work and lives, from telecommuting to how we find information to how we interact with others. ...
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The Power of Ideas Knowledge and information is being created and shared globally at a faster rate than ever before. In world of real-time news, consumer-ceased content and everything online we are even exceeding...
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A Renewable Future for Flying -- If We Want It Flying has always been a passionate interest with members of my family and I must admit I have enjoyed airshows myself, even if not the main instigator of visits. However, I do wish...
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Newly Privatized: The Race for Space NASA reported today that the final voyage of Space Shuttle Endeavour, originally planned for Friday, would be delayed by several more days due to technical problems. The Space Shuttle...
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Energy: Looking for a Cleaner World Under the shadow of the sobering anniversary of 25 years since the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Japanese workers continue to battle to contain the recent nuclear crisis in Japan. Today,...
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