Future Of The World 50.0
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i grew up
in the beautiful city of buenos aires
argentina
in the 70s where the skies are always
blue
a bit like on this picture as a kid i
was fascinated by two things
surfing and computers yes i was a bit of
a nerd i guess you could say that
and as such i was often sitting on a
beach and staring at the ocean
fantasizing about the future imagining
how the world would look like in 50 or
100 years
today we are writing 2020 just about 50
years forward into the future
and i’m recording this talk from france
confined to this studio
unable to travel to the countdown event
in person
i’m sure you would agree with me no
doubt that this
is a crucible moment in human history
in which leadership will define whether
we can meet critical
economic social political or
environmental challenges
but at the same time we seem to be a
little short
of true global leaders
but why is that maybe we are just
waiting a new type of leadership to
emerge
this august i participated with
600 fellow young global leaders from
more than
100 countries in the first ever virtual
young global leaders annual summit
organized by the world economic forum
sort of mini davos you can see me
there in the middle just above the
letter b i’m wearing my
nerdy glasses the theme of the summit
was
resetting our future coined by
klaus schwab the founder of the world
economic forum
and a young and the young global leaders
community
we talked about how to create a more
inclusive
sustainable future that contributes
towards the 2030 agenda
and also the fourth industrial
revolution
with the members of this community
fellow young
global leaders we conducted
an open crowdsourced research project
over the past years
with the title world at 50.00
which i want to introduce to you today
while we know that no person can predict
the future
individuals can see snippets our aim was
to collect
many of these snippets and piece them
together to answer
the question how will the world possibly
look like
in the next 50 years
using a variety of social media tools we
invited
selected global leaders both young and
old artists
academics university students to share
their own glimpse
of the future
and we also asked them what they thought
about the future of
leadership
you’ll be happy to learn that the grand
majority of
respondents were cautiously optimistic
about the future
this is what they had to say first
we are entering a human age or the
age of empathy where moore’s law can be
applied to the human potential curve
second humans will lose their natural
biological identities
and become homo nano technos
third it’s just a matter of time
before we can download ourselves fully
into the digital domain
and in doing so pull a plug on our
biological identities
fourth the future will be about the use
of technology and science to connect us
with nature
instead of thinking that we can control
it
now a rapidly changing future
will obviously call for a new type of
leadership to emerge
i will summarize for you the most
interesting ideas in this domain coming
out of the survey
current leadership styles are typically
trying to figure out how to transform a
top-down
hierarchical organization and answered
the question
how to lead in the period of change a
little bit
like right now during the covet pandemic
they rely on best practices and latest
research in cognitive and social
sciences trying to figure out how to
influence and persuade others
and they are longing for the new but are
raised
educated then still very used to the old
world
now let’s compare these with leadership
styles likely to emerge in the future
they will rely on neuroscience to
integrate mindfulness strategies
enhancing performance and resilience
they will be more aware of methods of
manipulation
ensuring that responsible leaders remain
ethical
and use their talents for good
they will try to transition towards flat
organic network organizations
based on connected autonomy improving
their ability to scale
not surprisingly according to our
results
future global challenges to leadership
will center around
the following four topics first
the emergence of conscious capitalism
and a stronger sharing and circular
economy
for seeing less power at the center and
more devolution
towards people resulting in a redesign
of global institutions
we will be pushing buttons on the screen
the democratic process will be far more
interactive votes will be cast not only
every four years
second disruptive industries
and entrepreneurship
the whole buttocks and connected
industries will be much more advanced we
could be looking
just the way we want at any given time
at
any age or your toilet will warn you to
be careful not to consume too much
unhealthy food because you are at risk
of developing diabetes
third thriving to find better ways to
live in harmony with nature
but the future will also pose new
challenges
to the human mind to control the
evolving machines
going potentially haywire just imagine a
machine harassing your spouse
and 14 the emergence of cities
with global influence as well as the
future collapse of
national borders
large city mayors could play a major
role
like in ancient times in fact big cities
have more in common
than nation states a new governance
model could arise giving the largest 40
cities
more power the citizens being able to
vote
instantly on major issues affecting
their cities fully connected
and aware of what’s happening in real
time
regarding the future of education our
respondents provided some stimulating
foresight as well first
we’ll see the hyper efficiency of human
capital
leadership education as well as general
education
will be radically reformed experiential
and internet-based
learning change will change the
classroom model as we know it
collaborating people across the world
will be the norm
second mapping the human potential will
be a
game changer
our education system will change
to put more focus on emotional
intelligence
collaboration discipline imagination
creativity empathy respect and morals
in the future the world will need people
with new life
skills third
every person will be able to apply their
unique
dna of talent how will companies
discover talent
they may come to you just by data mining
your social profile
and fourth and this is my favorite our
brains
and human knowledge will become eternal
we’ll have lifelong education
that is focused on enriching our
biological lives
before we transition entirely into
digital existence
our brains and knowledge will become
eternal
through networked learning
newton einstein mozart will be teaching
us themselves
imagine the opportunities we’ll know so
much about all of them
that we could digitally recreate them
almost resurrect them
so now you might wish to know how best
to prepare
and drive in the future here is some
privileged advice
from our wise survey respondents are you
ready
okay here it goes first follow your
passion
hassle hassle
technology will most likely not take
over basic human values
like tolerance love compassion
the world will never become a robot
second
exercise compassion resilence
and adept ethics will become much more
important as we unlock
the brain future leaders should inquire
going deeper and deeper asking questions
values are like muscles they grow and
are reinforced with
use third
spread and scale stuff
be adaptive and remain curious nobody
can predict what will
happen and adaptation is key to survival
keep something special that makes you
interesting
in the wake of change and fourth
do new things every day and practice
mindfulness
presence being kind we should ask our
kids
not what they want to be
but what problem in the world do they
want to
solve
to conclude the aim of the world at 50.0
project
is to build our future together and
faster
a better future that we want our
children and their children to inherit
i would like to leave you with a picture
of the future
where a family is sitting around their
smart dining table
all take a big breath and synchronicity
devices bring everyone on the same
wavelength before dining
cool right
well let’s try something like that okay
let’s take a big breath together behind
your masks if you are wearing one
close your eyes and imagine you are
staring at the ocean
and concentrate on picturing a better
and healthier future
you may reopen your eyes now and breathe
again
thank you thank you for your attention
take care