During the first morning session of the conference, the attendees were treated to a presentation by Andrew Zolli, founder of Z+ Partners, curator of PopTech, and exploration fellow at National Geographic. His Z+ Partners bio says:
“Andrew Zolli is an expert in global foresight and innovation, studying the complex trends at the intersection of technology, sustainability and global society that are shaping our future. His firm, Z + Partners, helps senior leaders at some of the world’s preeminent companies, institutions and governments see, understand and respond to complex change. Andrew is alsothe Curator of Pop!Tech, the renowned thought leadership forum and social innovation network. Andrew serves as a Fellow of the National Geographic Society, where he is leading development of a global initiative to envision new scenarios for a sustainable world in 2030 and beyond. He was also recently named the first Business and Society Fellow of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship.”
In a presentation that was “engaging, clever [and] funny,” according to Lance Godard, Zolli focused on future trends affecting us both personally and professionally. Using demographics as evidence, he showed the audience that by 2025, there will be more elderly people and children at the same time than ever before in history. Additionally, the “Boomers” will be in the workforce even longer, which will cause “intergenerational chafing” between them and Generation X. Those who were born after 1970 are likely to take care of their mothers longer than their mothers took care of them. We are also seeing a shift in education, with statistics showing that the most educated man in the United States is 56, while the most educated woman is 28. These ambitious women are having a hard time finding ambitious men, and there are more single women buying homes. Continue Reading LMA 2010 – Keynote Event – Insights Into the Future
