What's Changing? - Society
Please see below recent society-related change.
June 2018
- Without succumbing to politically-motivated "Big Society" mantras, we can nevertheless realise that there is a huge untapped potential in civil society and the individuals within it. If we listened more to the surviving members of the "make do and mend" generation that got through the 1930s, WWII and its bleak aftermath, might we learn again not just self-sufficiency, but also a way of pulling together towards a common purpose? But what should that common purpose be anyway? The fat years (for some) of recent times seemed to lead to increasing isolation from one another, as we retreated inside both our traditional brick and our new digital fortresses, so who is now going to articulate a non-utopian shared vision of what "getting better" should mean for society as a whole?
January 2018
- What would it take to build a more just society? In contemporary debates about justice, identity is frequently front and centre, but the 20th-century American philosopher John Rawls thought that looking past identity was the key to more equality. In his book A Theory of Justice (1971), Rawls argued that if we could build a society from behind a ‘veil of ignorance’ that kept us from knowing anything about our identity, we would make choices resulting in a fairer society than we now have – one in which all would benefit from greater freedom and ‘fair equality of opportunity’.
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2018
January 2018
2017
July 2017
- Battling modern slavery - Raconteur
- Buying time promotes happiness - PNAS
- Future Workplace Special Report Published in The Times
- How will you drive talent strategy in the digital age?
- How work changed to make us all passionate quitters | Aeon Essays
- Independent work: Choice, necessity, and the gig economy | McKinsey & Company
- India is a migration superpower. Here's why | World Economic Forum
- Jinfo Blog: Jinfo for knowledge management
- Policymaking must become more empathetic rather than continuing its current overreliance on economic measures - LSE
- Preparing for a new era of work | McKinsey & Company
- Superfluid Labor Markets — Tapping Into Skilled Talent Anywhere and Everywhere - EYQ
- The cost of universal basic income might be lower than you think | World Economic Forum
- The Era of Ownership Is Ending - Futurism
- The World's Broken Workplace | Gallup
- These are the most peaceful countries in the world | World Economic Forum
- This is how a universal basic income can end financial exclusion | World Economic Forum
- Universal basic income could work in Southeast Asia — but only if it goes to women | Responsible Business
- You might not believe it, but the world just got a bit more peaceful | World Economic Forum
- Navigating through new forms of work | Deloitte University Press
- Navigating the future of work | Deloitte University Press
- The changing nature of careers in the 21st century | Deloitte University Press
- Tom Friedman interview: Jobs, learning, and the future of work | Deloitte University Press
- Workforce of the future - The competing forces shaping 2030:PwC
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August 2017
- Inadequate sleep costs employers $7 billion a year: How to look after your employees' wellbeing - Deloitte
- The cost of universal basic income might be lower than you think | World Economic Forum
- The future of jobs: is decent work for all a pipe dream? | Tim Jackson | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian
- The rise of philanthropic investing - Raconteur
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September 2017
- 'Inspirational' robots to begin replacing teachers within 10 years
- British Social Attitudes: Record number of Brits with no religion
- The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle Ages
- Why economic growth doesn't mean social progress | World Economic Forum
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October 2017
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November 2017
- Companies That Lead on Societal Impact Reap Financial Benefits - BCG
- IGP's Social Prosperity Network publishes the UK's first report on Universal Basic Services | UCL Institute for Global Prosperity - UCL - London's Global University
- Refugees are not the creators of the crisis. They are the victims | World Economic Forum
- Robots will drive us to rethink how work is distributed - FT
- The 2017 Best for the World Honorees 846 Companies Leading the Way to a Shared and Durable Prosperity for All - BCorp
- The progressive case for immigration - Free exchange
- The rise of inequality: Can it be reversed? | LinkedIn
- To fix income inequality, we need more than UBI—we need Universal Basic Assets — Quartz
- What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages | McKinsey & Company
- Women in the Workplace 2017 | McKinsey & Company
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December 2017
- 10 Trends Shaping Migration - European Commission
- AI isn't just taking away our privacy—it's take away free choice, too — Quartz
- Inequality is a threat to our democracies - FT
- What does your country think about globalization? | World Economic Forum
- What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages: Jobs lost, jobs gained | McKinsey & Company
2016
October
- 4 Megatrends in the World of 2030 - SOSV
- A world without work is coming – it could be utopia or it could be hell | Ryan Avent | Opinion | The Guardian
- Approaches to Leveraging Female Talent - World Economic Forum
- The jobs of the future – and two skills you need to get them | World Economic Forum
September
- Future jobs: How many will they employ? - Book of the Future
- Check out these 10 jobs of the future - Silicon Republic
- China Eclipses the US to Become the World's Largest Retail Market - eMarketer
- I already live in the future — and so should you - The Washington Post
- Map of Global Mega-Trends 2016 - What's Next: Top Trends
- The decline of cash? - raconteur.net
- Three Paths to European Disintegration by Philippe Legrain - Project Syndicate
- Universal basic income is an idea whose time has come at last - Workplace Insight
August
- All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines - The Atlantic
- An end to facile optimism about the future — FT.com
- BBC - Capital - Is full-time work bad for our brains?
- Could we be our own biggest obstacle to health care reform? — Quartz
- Economic decline is leading to political instability. What's the solution? | World Economic Forum
- Fully cashless society by 2036, study projects | Network World
- Future Agenda
- How to identify a mega trend | Business Standard News
- Mega-Map of Global Mega-Trends | What's Next: Top Trends
- Shaping Tomorrow : Megatrends
- The lag between demography and the concurrent social systems - EIU
- The surprising solution to inequality: economic common sense | World Economic Forum
July
- All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines - The Atlantic
- An end to facile optimism about the future — FT.com
- BBC - Capital - Is full-time work bad for our brains?
- Could we be our own biggest obstacle to health care reform? — Quartz
- Economic decline is leading to political instability. What's the solution? | World Economic Forum
- Fully cashless society by 2036, study projects | Network World
- Future Agenda
- How to identify a mega trend | Business Standard News
- Mega-Map of Global Mega-Trends | What's Next: Top Trends
- Shaping Tomorrow : Megatrends
- The lag between demography and the concurrent social systems - EIU
- The surprising solution to inequality: economic common sense | World Economic Forum
May-June
- Big business moves into co-working spaces - FT.com
- Does future growth depend on the universal basic income? - Prospect
- Education trends towards 2030 - The Economist
- On the future of taxes - Reddit
- Realising gender equality’s $12 trillion economic opportunity - McKinsey & Company
- The Future of Humanity’s Food Supply Is in the Hands of AI - WIRED
- U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to all antibiotics - Reuters
April
- How will workplaces change by 2025? - Wired
- On the ongoing rise of smart homes - Book of the Future
- Six trends shaping the evolution of health and wellness in 2016 and beyond - Trend Briefing
- The coming $1.5 trillion shift in healthcare - strategy+business
- The ‘connected work’ market will be worth almost $US63bn globally by 2020 - PwC
