' Transition to the Quaternary will place greater value on intangible assets, from material to knowledge resources, from physical labour to mental effort and, perhaps controversially, from power to influence, heralding the dissolution of old bureaucracy-based information systems.'
' Access to real time, accurate information is enabling consumers to make far more informed and conscious decisions about every aspect of life. These technologies also give consumers the ability to monitor the actions of organisations. The role of trust and visibility within the system is crucial, and will influence how consumers manage the ever more intimate relationship with suppliers.'
' Many young people are living in the future. Their values, attitudes and behaviour are more in line with the way the world will work in future, than the way it works today.'
How Business Futures helps
- Single client projects on specific issues, markets, developments that are important to your organisation
- Multi-client projects to explore wider issues from diverse perspectives
- Process review and development to encourage futures thinking within management teams
- Workshops on specific themes involving key stakeholders such as customers or suppliers, or internal teams