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Generational Trends The Worlds of the DotComs & Ferals

July Morning Tea Aquinas College Keynote Presentation 1 st July 2005. Generational Trends The Worlds of the DotComs & Ferals. Annimac Futurist www.annimac.com.au. Rate of Change. 10 minutes - new technology

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Generational Trends The Worlds of the DotComs & Ferals

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  1. July Morning Tea Aquinas College Keynote Presentation 1st July 2005 Generational Trends The Worlds of the DotComs & Ferals Annimac Futurist www.annimac.com.au

  2. Rate of Change • 10 minutes - new technology • 10 days - new product / service • 10 seconds - new web site • Million new web pages a day Change we experience inone day Our Grandparents had inone year Younger means faster

  3. Driving all change Technology : 70% of job types in 2020 do not exist now because 80% of technology in 2020 hasnot been imagined yet

  4. Likely jobs in next 10 years : • Director of Emerging Thought • Chief Human Zookeeper • Creative Undertaker • Thought Jockey • Chief Imagination Officer • Hacker Relations Manager • Human Interface Manager * • Valuer of Intangible Assets * • *Exists since 2003

  5. Multiple Intelligences : Eight • Linguistic - language • Logical mathematical - number / reasoning • Spatial - physical relationship • Bodily kinaesthetic - body & movement • Musical - music • Interpersonal - people relationships • Intrapersonal - self aware • Naturist - nature / spiritual relationships • = Masculine - traditional classrooms • = Feminine - business & virtual worlds

  6. Four Generations : Baby Boomers 45 - 60 yrs b 1945 – 60 Generation X 30 - 45 1960 – 75 DotComs 15 – 30 1975 – 90 first wired gen Ferals 0 - 15 1990 – now fewest- half GenX

  7. Baby Boomers 45 - 60 Empty nesters Downsizing lives Retired or pt workers Male Identity from job Set relationships Sense of community Material status Travellers or homebodies Seek new but safe experiences Security conscious Health conscious Defer to authority Love / hate change

  8. Generation Xers 30 – 45 Single & Childless Net Dating Mobile No Fixed Address Renters Varied lifestyles Global i.d. Materialism assumed Personal journey Multi careers SOHO Risk takers Fast decisions Environmental values Defer to heroes Expect accept change

  9. DotComs 15 – 30 Wired Own path No careers Temporary pairing Group socialising Parental home Global I.d. Net relationships Non consumers Immediacy Multi channeled Multi actions Planetary group mission Temporary deference Need & welcome change The Cluetrain Manifesto

  10. Ferals 0 – 15 No patterns Wired to global village Global momentary limitless relationships Global i.d with self values Future jobs unimportant Planetary mission Non consumers Unlimited mind channels Telepathic communicators VR world Very immediate & long term views No deference Respect when needed Live change & ignore barriers

  11. Summary :DotComs & Ferals • huge rate of change - young driving • technology driven - unimagined • parallel universes & telecommunication • societal values shift to more spiritual • unknowable workforce requirements • business world relationship focussed • individual responsibility • individual pathways • young creating their own VR world

  12. Best way to cope with the future ? . . .

  13. thank you www.annimac.com.aufree Trendsletter

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