Creating the Horizon

The Worlds of the DotComs & Ferals

Annimac / Anni Macbeth Futurist & Trend Forecaster

www.annimac.com.au

Critical Horizons 07 Regional Futures ConferenceChanges in Society 16 Feb 07

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Annual Buzz Word

2005 Responsibility

2006 Passion

2007 Authenticity

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Intuitive consulting futurist & trend forecaster

outside scientific model outside academic model value driven - not wealth driven work in new paradigm

focus : human energy

: human evolution Pushing the Edge : understandings

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Intuitive consulting futurist

listen

watch

conversations

read Net stuff

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Rate of change

Change we have in 1 day

grandmother had in 1 year

Younger means faster

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I’m never having kids. I hear they take nine months to download.

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Generations

see the world

differently

The gap is w i d e n i n g

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Parallel

Universes

Is this

part of

YOUR

world ?

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By 2020

70 % of job types then

do not exist now

because

Degrees of change an example Technology

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By 2020

80 % technology then

not imagined yet

Degree of Change : Technology

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Japanese Robanoid 2006

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Likely jobs in next 15 years :

Director of Emerging Thought Chief Zookeeper - of people Creative Traffic Controller Virtual Personal Trainer Chief Imagination Officer Hacker Relations Manager Coach of Telepathy Knowledge Networker Human Interface Manager annimac

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Generations differ

how we see the world

how we operate the world

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Generations - arbitrary

Baby Boomers 1945 – 60 age 45 – 60 rounding

Generation X 1960 – 75 30 - 45

DotComs 1975 – 90 15 - 30

Ferals 1990 – now to 15

Generation X 1960 – 80 25 – 45

Generation Y 1990 – now 17- 25

wikipedia

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Baby

Boomers

45-60

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Baby Boomers 45- 60

Downsizing their lives

Material status

Competitive male paradigm

Security conscious

Believe own rhetoric

Defer to establishment authority

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Gen

Xers

30-45

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mobile single

childless

multi lifestyles

wired

personal journey

short term planners

risk takers fast decisions

defer to heroes

frustrated with BBers

Generation X 30 – 45 non BB

clones

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Gen X Dog - Lifestyles

Tai Chi class at the office

What !

No lemon wedge ?

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Generations - arbitrary

DotComs 1975 – 90 15 - 30

Ferals 1990 – now to 15

Generation X 1960 – 80 25 – 45

Generation Y 1990 – now 15 - 25

wikipedia

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DotComs

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DotComs

Technology feeds the

Need for Speed : find what need - info things

etc communicate create change relate move

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DotComs 15 - 30

Faster - on Own journey

No career concept

Many jobs

Temporary pairing

Group socialising

Parental home

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DotComs 15 – 30 contd

Internet relationships

Wired Immediacy

Temporary pairing

Group socialising

No home

I.d. from activity

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DotComs 15 – 30 contd

Multi channeled Multi actions

Planetary group mission

Defer as per useful Temporary deference

Need & welcome change

Cluetrain Manifesto

www.cluetrainmanifesto.com

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Ferals

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Ferals to 15

Technology feeds the

Need for Communicating : faster : SMS text, code, next ? wider : global deeper : multimedia multichannel

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Ferals to 15 wired

No limits no boundaries no patterns

Virtual reality parallel universes secret life no isms can be anyone heightened intuitive abilities

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Ferals

No

limits

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Ferals - 15 contd

Communicators push speed depth breadth push technology post SMS texting in code

Telepathy next evolutionary step honed by virtual world honed by technology basis for best relationships

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Ferals - 15 contd

Wired into Global Village global momentary relationships global id global self values connected universally

Planetary mission world most important future jobs not a concern non consumers

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Ferals

connected

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Ferals - 15 contd

No Deference respect when earned respect when useful superb spin detectors

Live change live rapid constant change ignore all barriers to change creating our future

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Ferals

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thank you www. annimac.com.au

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Thriving into the future

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Soleira Green, UK, www.newvisionaries.net

identifies 14 people as today’s :

“ New Visionaries

of connective,

transformative,

evolutionary

leadership”

Annimac is #6

ISBN 0 9529801 5 0

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Fav conversers : in alpha order Googleable

Person : General Topic :

Neil Croft Authenticity in Big Biz

Eduard De Bono Thinking

Soleira Green Evolutionary

Consciousness

Dalai Llama Values

Suzy Miller New Kids

Riley Global future (Autistic

6 yo)

Bruce Robinson Peak Oil

Peter Senge Human purpose

Peter Sheahan Generation Y

David Suzuki Global Environment