Gigatrends: Six Forces That Are Changing the Future for Billions - Hardcover

by Thomas Koulopoulos (Author), Nathaniel Palmer (Author)

Gigatrends offers a roadmap for navigating six of the most disruptive trends shaping the future.

Humanity stands at the precipice of a remarkable new era in global history filled with both immense opportunities and daunting challenges.

Gigatrends examines how six disruptive trends can be harnessed to create new social, economic, and organizational solutions that will usher in the promise of a human-centered future for billions of people.

But moving forward won't be easy. Gigatrends will disrupt nearly every existing socioeconomic system built over the past three hundred years. Navigating these seismic shifts will require a new set of skills, frameworks, and tools to help us move forward.

Gigatrends will provide you with the insights to:
- Understand how each of the six Gigatrends will shape your future
- Predict how digital workers and AI will reshape the workforce
- Create new social, economic, and organizational global ecosystems
- Navigate the seismic shifts of a rapidly changing and uncertain world
- Achieve a human-centered future that works for all of humanity
- Recognize how digital identity will create a new era of prosperity

The world is at an inflection point. It's time to understand and embrace the revolutionary power of Gigatrends to shape a future that's filled with hope and opportunity for all of humanity.

Author Biography

Thomas Koulopoulos is Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, a thirty-year-old Boston-based think tank that focuses on disruptive technology innovation. He is also the founding partner of Acrovantage Ventures (which invests in early-stage technology startups), the author of thirteen books, an Inc.com columnist, the past Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Business Innovation, and a professor at Boston University.

Nathaniel Palmer is a pioneer in automation and digital transformation, serving as Chief Architect for some of the largest and most complex initiatives across government and private industry, with several involving investments over $500 million. He is the co-author of fifteen books on process improvement and the business impact of emerging technologies. Palmer was the first individual named as "Laureate in Workflow" as well as the "#1 Most Influential Thought Leader in Business Process Management." He is also a recipient of the Innovation Pulse Award and the 2019 Marvin L. Manheim Award for Significant Contributions in the Field of Workflow.