By Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies
Trends Shaping
Tomorrow’s World
Forecasts and Implications for Business,
Government, and Consumers (Part Two)
INTRODUCTION
For more than four decades, Forecasting International (FI) has conducted an ongoing study
of the forces changing our world. One of the values of tracking major trends over such a long
period is that we usually can see whether sudden shifts are indicators of seismic transitions
or merely temporary anomalies or fads. This has made it possible for us to anticipate many
specific developments in fields ranging from terrorist studies to the future of commercial
laundries.
This is Part Two of FI’s periodic trend report. It covers technology, management, the labor
force and work, and institutions. (Part One, published in the March-April 2008 issue of THE
FUTURIST, tracked economics and society; values, concerns, and lifestyles; energy; and the
environment.)
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