The business world is undergoing rapid change … again.

We see change being driven by many factors, including;

• Evolving technologies such as social media, smart phones and tablets,
• Cultural flattening caused in part by inexpensive world travel, globalization and cross border media access,
• Changing attitudes towards employment,
• Rapidly changing social and economic conditions, coupled with evolving outlooks on wealth and security in World’s fastest growing economies – China, India, Brazil and others,
• Upward pressure on the price of oil, despite recent fluctuations – and growing concern about CO2 levels (400 ppm and growing) and their implications, and
• The recent financial disruptions that have rippled across the highly connected world of business.

Rapid change has happened before; it was once triggered by the industrial revolution and again by social changes spurred by two world wars and the rise of cheap oil.  Continue reading →