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THE FIVE FORCES THAT WILL SHAPE THE DISRUPTIVE FUTURE

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Everything we know is changing - how we live, communicate, entertain and inform ourselves. Those changes are confronting for today’s business and community leaders, but with an increasing proportion of the population who have never known a world without the Web, defending the past is no longer be possible.

However, this is not a story about cutting edge science or futuristic gadgets. As much as the Web has changed the world, the world is also changing the Web. The forces reshaping our communities are human in nature. They are driven by the dynamics of anthropology not technology.

As our citizens become more connected, more aware, and more empowered through mobile and digital platforms - we have a unique opportunity to also re-imagine the role of government. After all, as interesting as it is when things change, the real magic happens when people do.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

M I K E W A L S H

Mike Walsh, best selling author of FUTURETAINMENT and CEO of innovation research lab Tomorrow, is a leading authority on the digital future.

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IF YOUR KIDS WERE IN CHARGE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHAT IS ONE THING THEY WOULD DO?

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DEMOGRAPHICSF O R C E O N E

In the future countries will compete with demographics not resources. The next generation may challenge business and community leaders, but they will be the engines powering growth.

S U M M A R Y

Instead of a report, create a youth lab. Give them the toys, resources and profile to answer your big question - how will you engage with them in the future?

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IF YOU WERE DESIGNING YOUR CITY AS A VIDEO GAME, WHAT OUTCOMES WOULD YOU REWARD?

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SUPERCITIESF O R C E T W O

The city will remain humanity’s primary cluster, and will challenge governments to find sustainable solutions that scale with hyper density

S U M M A R Y

Upgrade your city operations command with real time feeds, data visualisations and cross functional response teams. Then start to look for patterns in the noise.

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IF THE WORLD’S NEXT BIG COMPANY STARTED IN YOUR REGION, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO KEEP IT?

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SHANZHAIF O R C E T H R E E

The future of innovation is messy, organic and consumer driven. You can’t plan or legislate for it, only support it when it emerges

S U M M A R Y

Identify clusters of disruptive, unlikely innovation in your community. Are your entrepreneurial rule breakers currently law breakers?

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IF YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT WAS A PERSON, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THEIR FRIEND REQUEST?

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REVOLUTIONF O R C E F O U R

Social media has created the hyper-networked state in which all decisions are transparent, but context can be easily lost in the digital world’s abbreviated attention span

S U M M A R Y

Create a clear social media engagement policy and build your experience base well before crisis gives you a crash course in it

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IF GOOGLE WAS DESIGNING YOUR IT DEPARTMENT, WHAT WOULD THEY CHANGE?

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BIG DATAF O R C E F I V E

Unlocking and making available relevant data will unleash innovation in your community and start to position your government as a platform rather than a policy vending machine

S U M M A R Y

Organise a regular event where developers and local businesses can pitch what they would do with your data if they had access. Then let the best ones do just that!

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