Perth W Australia

RIMPA WA 2015 AGM

15 July 2015

Informing the Future :

Frightening &/or Fantastic

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Anni Macbeth

Futurist &

Trend Forecaster

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Exponential speed of change

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Unpredictable Severe Climate Change

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Positive proof of global warming

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Population vs Resources

One water tank

Swimming pool

97% of water on Earth is undrinkable

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Grounded

Queue for petrol - California

Peak Oil Oz 2000

Petroleum products: furniture textiles computers iphones pharmaceuticals clothing …..

Transport costs soar

We are reliant on plastics

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Technology

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Technology in Oz Industry

• Biotech + Nanotech + IT

convergence

• Big Data analytics

• Real Time Info

• Augmented Reality

• Cloud

• 3-4D Printing coming : Hologram wristband with full interconnectivity

Data :2020 = 10 x today2025 = 100 x today

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• History or

• People or

• Technology

Which has been Driving Change ?

Which is Driving Change now

?

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• Baby Boomers 1945 -1960

55-70

• Gen X 1960 - 1975

40-55

• Gen Y 1975 - 1990

25-40

• Gen Z 1990 - 2005

10-25

nb: approx

Millennials

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b 1990 - 2005

Now theGreatestInfluencerOfChange

www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Business-As-a-Teenager “Always try to make a profit, but make friendly service and quality products your top priority first.”

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Gen Z10 - 25

Gen Y Millennials 25 - 40

Gen X40 - 55

Baby Boomer55 - 70

is diverse celebrates diversity

accepts diversity assumes diversity

realist optimistic/realist

pragmatic/practical

pragmatic/idealist

self driven self inventive self involved self expansiveno rules re write rules desire rules reject rulesuses/ignores institutions

irrelevance of institutions

mistrusts institutions

topples institutions

self made kids nurtured kids latchkey kids laissez faire kidshighest expectation

high expectation

no link between hard work & success

freedom to seek to achieve

making the future future is open future is closing future is nowegoless personalisation

& customisationlabels (as security)

categorisation (mass)

Generational Characteristics Now

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2 billion enter workforce

2015

• largest cohort group

• hyperconnected

• self motivated for usefulness

• sling shotting technologies• Augmented Reality VR biotech

• live intelligent cities

Digital in their DNA

The Influencers

Gen Z 1990 - 2005 10 - 25

DigitalIntegrators

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• v conservative v serious

• v ambitious v principled

• ignore obstacles

• live mobile

interconnectivity

• network people

• personalised messaging

• reject idea of fixed place

• expect robotics / androids

The Influencers

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Key to thriving

Relationships

• people to people

• people to networks

• people to social media

• people to technologies

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Key to thriving

Attitudes & Values

• Honesty no spin

• Integrity walk the talk

• Respect peoples + planet

• Responsibility personal + professional

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GenZ Walking their Talk Examples

Gift Economy give time, energy, & creativity away

• National Regifting Day (Dec in USA, Canada)• Project Pay It Forward by Student Body of America

Assoc education with a pay it forward concept• Copyleft vs Copyright

open sourcing, file sharing eg Linux, Napster, Wikipedia• Give Away Shops, Swap Shops, Free Shops, Free

Storesin 40+ countries

Online World• www.dailygood.org/ www.kindspring.org • www.huffingtonpost.com/good-news/• www.randomactsofkindness.org/• www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Business-As-a-Teenager “Always try to

make a profit, but make friendly service and quality products your top priority first.”

• Cloud funding, crowd funding

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