[Dialogue] 7 revolutions -- the next set

[John Cock]

is there only coincidence in "7 revolutions"?

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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": 

1.	

	Population
2.	

	Resource management and environmental stewardship 
3.	

	Technological innovation and diffusion 
4.	

	The development and dissemination of information and knowledge 
5.	

	Economic integration 
6.	

	The nature and mode of conflict 
7.	

	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








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but whoever first thought of filling it 
with DREAMS was truly inspired. -- Ashleigh Brilliant

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