[Dialogue] Notes related to 7 revolutions -- the next set

[James Wiegel]

Jim

About Seven Revolutions 




Leadership is compressed. Greater connectivity across the world
means broader perspectives are more important than ever before, but
leaders—no matter what their sector—have far fewer opportunities to
think beyond their short term priorities and immediate
responsibilities. Instant information flows are bringing planning
horizons closer and closer to the present; pressures from multiple
stakeholders are eroding prospects for consensus. It is increasingly
difficult for leaders to act in the short term in ways that will yield
long-term results. 
SEVEN REVOLUTIONS is a project led by the Global Strategy Institute
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to
identify and analyze the key policy challenges that policymakers,
business figures, and other leaders will face out to the year 2025. It
is an effort to promote strategic thinking on the long-term trends that
too few leaders take the time to consider. 
In exploring the world of 2025, we have identified seven areas of change we expect to be most “revolutionary”: 

Population

Resource management and environmental stewardship 

Technological innovation and diffusion 

The development and dissemination of information and knowledge 

Economic integration 

The nature and mode of conflict 

The challenge of governance 
Each of these seven forces embodies both opportunity and risk
in the years ahead. Together, they will transform the way we live and
interact with one another. That is why we call them the “Seven
Revolutions.” 

The key points of this research have been captured in an
exciting, fast-paced, multimedia presentation that has been taken
around the world. Erik Peterson, the project’s founder and director,
has presented to every sector—from governments to private corporations
to academia to nongovernmental organizations—and in every setting—from
local boardrooms to huge auditoriums overseas. SEVEN REVOLUTIONS is
constantly updated to reflect the latest data analysis and available
technologies. It is an effective tool for pushing audiences to think
outside of their areas of expertise and beyond their familiar planning
parameters. 


SEVEN REVOLUTIONS continues to be the focal point of a running
debate at CSIS and other organizations on the most important forces
shaping the world and the policy challenges they engender. It is a
challenge to leaders—a challenge to think seriously about events that
are over the horizon and a challenge to formulate and carry out
policies in the near term to effect longer-range benefits



SLEEP was a marvelous invention,

but whoever first thought of filling it 

with DREAMS was truly inspired.  -- Ashleigh Brilliant



Jim Wiegel

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