Trends to watch: McKinsey
January 21st, 2006 by Jiri
McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) has an article predicting Ten Trends to Watch in 2006:
1. Global and regional moves in the economic activities
2. Increase in public sector activities, mostly in healthcare, and resulting need for productivity gains
3. Changes in demand of individuals due to big changes in demographics
4. Shifts in people behaviours due to technology changes
5. Globalisation in recruitment of knowledge workers
6. More public scrutiny over big businesses
7. Grow in demand for natural resources and resulting pollution
8. Global industry structures
9. Scientific management approaches
10. New information economics models