The Challenge

If you have not seen the video/slide show called "Shift Happens" you should - it speaks to a rapidly changing world in which knowledge and access to knowledge will change rapidly and, in doing so, so will the balance of real power. Take a look at this video by clicking here.

But that's not all. The world is being changed by climate change, technological innovation and instant communication. Think about these likely developments:

• Demographic shifts changing the pattern of work, leisure, retirement
• Health care demands rise faster than our ability to pay for the system
• Innovations in health include robotic medicine and personalized delivery of drugs matched to our DNA
• Global warming impacts on water, crops and food supply
• Moves to a clean carbon economy increase fuel and transport costs by 40%
• By 2015 an iPod should be able to carry all the books in the library of congress and all movies ever made..
• Russia, Brazil, India and China will become the major engines of economic growth in the world

So the future isnt what it used to be.

In fact, the future is already here, it is just not widely distributed yet,