The market economy knows no uniform progression: instead, it regularly fluctuates between upswing and downturn, boom and bust, just like the changing weather.
Determining right challenges to address at the right time is therefore vitalAt a societal level the key challenges haven't changed:
- How might homes & families change?
- How might work change?
- How might hobbies & leisure differ?
- How might people travel & communicate?
- How might childhood & education differ?
- How might the environment change?
- How might government & economies differ?
- How might military responses change?
- What should be done to maximize opportunities for growth and minimize risks, time, and cost effectively?
But the environment has!
In fact, these clouds have already changed since the slide was made in August 2008. From being grey with the possibility of rain, the economy has morphed rapidly into a violent storm that threatens us all.
It's the latest example of increasingly uncertain tomorrows bringing:
- Increasing turbulence
- New risks
- Accelerating innovation
- Increasing surprise
A new response is required To cope organizations are increasing their resilience to surprise today through:
New key challenges for organizations Organizations now ask themselves:
Properly responding to future challenges can seem like a daunting task at the outset, particularly for the un-initiated. But, breaking the task into logically ordered pieces and following a high-level framework can speed up and help to ensure successful delivery of the answers.
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