I came across this on Forbes.com. Reprinted from the McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) January edition. Some highlights:
- Public-sector activities will balloon, making productivity gains essential. The unprecedented aging of populations across the developed world will call for new levels of efficiency and creativity from the public sector.
- The consumer landscape will change and expand significantly. Almost a billion new consumers will enter the global marketplace in the next decade.
- Technological connectivity will transform the way people live and interact. The technology revolution has been just that. Yet we are at the early, not mature, stage of this revolution.
- Ongoing shifts in labor and talent will be far more profound than the widely observed migration of jobs to low-wage countries. The shift to knowledge-intensive industries highlights the importance and scarcity of well-trained talent.
Fasten your seatbelts. We're in for an interesting ride.
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