Part 1: Overpopulation: Causes, Effects and Opportunities
For three decades, the world celebrates the World Population Day on the 11th of July. This celebration aims to turn the world’s attention on the importance of population issues. According to a 2017 UN report, current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach…
Learning from Movies Inspired by Future Shocks
“To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots – religion, nation, community, family, or profession –…
Part 3: Predicting the Unpredictable
Areas of impact: Governance and generational divides The future is arriving sooner than we think. Truth be told, technological disruption’s imperial change will be hard to escape, even for the biggest of organisations. Changes in the pecking order provide some of the most formidable cautionary…
Part 2: Predicting the Unpredictable
Areas of impact: Climate change and resource scarcity, IoT and increasing cost of living Undoubtedly, climate economic and resource scarcity will put a severe strain on the earth’s limited supply of minerals, water, fuel, and other natural resources. For businesses, the balancing act will…
Part 1: Predicting the Unpredictable
Futures thinking to prepare ourselves for all future possibilities. How trends of today impact society in the future. Today, predictive tools are widely used to get a jump on future advantages. In practice, for eons, humankind have been attempting to predict the future. Our obsession…
Society 5.0: Reconciling social and business interests
What is Society 5.0? Enhancing technology application to improve well-being Given that previous iterations of society 1.0 to 4.0 had been largely shaped by agricultural cultivation and industrialisation, Society 5.0, by design, isn’t just another revamp. In short, it simply takes full advantage of what…
How Industry 4.0 can benefit Malaysian SMEs
Industry 4.0 is making headway in many business regards. SMEs, quite simply, are the most important composition of the SME ecosystem. To avoid falling behind the curve, the advancement of technology can help SMEs manage their resources effectively and transparently with Industry 4.0. Managing an…
What you know about leadership might be wrong
By and large, today’s economic landscape depends on the leadership of tech savvy entrepreneurs for growth. It depends on their knowledge, on their vision, and on their responsibility. Below we look at seven things successful leaders in the digital age do differently. Following on from…
Leadership 4.0: Digital leaders taking the 21st century by storm
Oh how times have changed from ye old age of how we perceive on what the requisites in becoming a King have been. Gone were the days where blood is shed and challenges are overcome. No more do we see where Kings are determined based…
Part 3: Transformative technologies of tomorrow that will disrupt today: Advanced materials
For the past few decades, the scramble for competitive advantage has largely revolved around finding new sources of materials. A confluence of forces, for example, the improvement in building materials are likely to be the catalysts for the next economic lift. To learn more about…
Part 2: Overpopulation: Leveraging Entrepreneurs’ Greatest Asset
Overpopulation is the difference between overall birth and death rates in populations. As a rule of thumb, if the number of children born each year equals the number of adults that die, it is fair to deduce that the overall population size will stabilise. However,…
Future Workplace Realities
The workplace of the future will be an environment where technology advancement aids diverse working ability and skills. In short, the workplace of the future is all about the future of people. By creating an inclusive workplace—a team of people can thrive in and be…