New Mega Trends [electronic resource] : Implications for our Future Lives /
Singh, S.author.
YOUR GUIDE TO A FULFILLING BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FUTURE Based on research by one of the world's largest growth-consulting companies, New Mega Trends identifies the ten most important global trends that will define our future, including business models, smart technology, connectivity and convergence and radical social trends. New Mega Trends will give you the tools to not only identify and evaluate these game-changing trends, but also help you to translate them into market opportunities for your everyday business and personal life. How will we travel to work in the cities of the future? Will Zero be the new big thing? How will we stay connected in the Mega Trends World? Will our Wellness and Well-Being top business agenda? If you are a leader with a corporate vision, or a strategic planner within your organization, or just plain curious about your future, New Mega Trends will provide you with stimulating stories, startling facts and thought-provoking case studies that will not only inform your future but entertain you today.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Charts and Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""1 Introduction to the New Mega Trends""; ""New Mega Trends: The definition""; ""Why are the New Mega Trends important?""; ""2 Smart is the New Green""; ""Defining Smart""; ""Smart connected home""; ""The Smart medical home of the future""; ""Smart cars""; ""Smart energy""; ""Smart meters: Making home chores intelligent""; ""Smart grid""; ""Smart city""; ""Smart Factories: Factories of the future""; ""Macro to micro""; ""Convergence of Mega Trends leads to convergence of competition""
""Case Study: Schneider Electric goes Smart""""3 eMobility""; ""The electric revolution""; ""eMobility is above and beyond cars""; ""Case study: Better Place as an eMobility integrator""; ""The macro to micro of eMobility""; ""Two- to six-wheelers all go electric""; ""Wireless charging""; ""Cradle to grave""; ""Will utilities be the new oil barons?""; ""4 Innovating to Zero""; ""Net Zero cities: Carbon-neutral capitals of the world""; ""Zero waste: From cradle to cradle""; ""Net Zero building: Zero 'home improvement'""; ""Carbon-neutral city: Arriving at 'destination Zero'""
""Case study: Copenhagen 2025 â€? first carbon-neutral capital of the world""""Zero initiatives at work: Faster, safer and flexible Zero work culture""; ""Zero hours contract: Working without time commitment""; ""Zero accidents: Super Zero to the rescue""; ""Zero at work: Zero latency, Zero emails and Zero incubation period""; ""Zero emails: A best practices case study""; ""Macro to micro""; ""Retail""; ""Manufacturing""; ""From Zero defects to producing perfect products""; ""Energy: Zero carbon countries""; ""Automotive and transport""; ""Health care""
""Conclusion: Countdown to Zero â€? much ado about 'nothing'""""5 Urbanisation: From Mega-Cities, Mega-Regions, Mega-Corridors and Mega-Slums to Mega Opportunities""; ""Mega-cities, Mega-regions, Mega-corridors and Mega-slums""; ""The vertical city""; ""Urban mobility 3.0""; ""The new hub and spoke enterprise model""; ""The macro to micro of urbanisation""; ""Case study: Siemens focuses on city as the customer""; ""Urban shopper will not come to stores, but stores will need to come to the shopper""; ""6 Social Trends that will Model our Future Society""
""Six degrees apart: Geo-socialisation""""Geo-socialisation: Who is on your block?""; ""Geo-social commerce: Connecting while buying and buying when connecting""; ""Macro to micro implications""; ""Location-based incentives: Check me out when I check in""; ""Catch me if you can: The Jimmy Choo campaign""; ""Gigwalk: Walking is my business""; ""Virtual dollar: Invisible good, visible me""; ""Augmented reality: I digitally manoeuvre my world""; ""Augmented social networking: I connect with people I see""; ""Online communities: Together we influence""
""Crouching social tiger, hidden digital dragon: Social appetite from Chinese consumers""
YOUR GUIDE TO A FULFILLING BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FUTURE Based on research by one of the world's largest growth-consulting companies, New Mega Trends identifies the ten most important global trends that will define our future, including business models, smart technology, connectivity and convergence and radical social trends. New Mega Trends will give you the tools to not only identify and evaluate these game-changing trends, but also help you to translate them into market opportunities for your everyday business and personal life. How will we travel to work in the cities of the future? Will Zero be the new big thing? How will we stay connected in the Mega Trends World? Will our Wellness and Well-Being top business agenda? If you are a leader with a corporate vision, or a strategic planner within your organization, or just plain curious about your future, New Mega Trends will provide you with stimulating stories, startling facts and thought-provoking case studies that will not only inform your future but entertain you today.
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