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Life After COVID Pandemic. Impact on Business and Industry Strategy- accelerating older trends. Long term picture, business survival + recovery. Virtual board strategy, virtual keynote speaker, video seminars and leadership. Futurist keynote speaker

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Business strategies for a post-coronavirus world. As a physician by first training and a Futurist advisor / keynote speaker on industry trends and strategy to over 400 of the world's largest 2000 companies, with a proven track record of longer term forecasting over the last 25+ years, here are some guiding principles to business life beyond Coronavirus / COVID-19. Global Crisis will accelerate pre-existing business trends Most mega trends described in my books, including The Future of Almost Everything, will continue to shape the world as before, but the Coronavirus pandemic will bring forward the timings of many key events in many industries. Examples:

Airlines will consolidate more rapidly in Europe because of COVID-19, following US picture over the last decade. Larger airlines will be most likely to be rescued by government. Borderline-non-viable airlines will be allowed to fold. Physical retail will lose out even more to online shoppers, with big jump in online sales which will only partially reverse after the pandemic has ended. Many Shopping Malls will struggle to re-open in developed nations. Even faster growth of virtual working and virtual teams. Faster introduction of virtual learning into college education, MBAs, Business Schools and High Schools etc.

Here is more on Coronavirus / COVID-19 impact on business strategies for travel, transport, retail, leisure spending, entertainment, manufacturing, logistics and supply chains, banking, payments, health care, pharma research, energy and green tech etc.

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How China will dominate the world, and why most business leaders are blind to China's impact. Future of China, economy, trade, manufacturing, consumers, retail, e-commerce, military and security. Futurist Keynote Speaker

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By 2040 China will dominate almost all global markets. Most business and government leaders are blind to China's gigantic future impact. China already has the world’s largest banking assets of $42 trillion, and China is the world’s largest economy when measured by Purchasing Power Parity, which takes into account how much the same basic items cost in each nation.

China is the world's largest manufacturer, the largest exporter, the fastest growing consumer market. China is the world leader in digital innovation, high-speed rail and green tech. China generates 40% of all global e-commerce transactions, and files more patents than any other nation. Mandarin is the most common first language spoken by 800 million web users, and China is the world’s largest e-commerce market with 40% of global share. Chinese people will spend which $1.8 trillion online by 2022....

The TRUTH about the Global Economy, Wholesale Finance, Future Interest Rates, Real Estate Development and the Future of Banking - Futurist Keynote Speaker

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We may debate the economics of the world over the last decade, which have been largely driven by growth in emerging markets (where 85% of humanity live), but the fact is that many corporations now have huge cash mountains and no idea what to do with it. Trillions of dollars of cash is sitting in bank accounts of large companies doing nothing at all - more than $2.3 trillion in large Japanese companies alone. $12 trillion was made available a few years ago by Central Banks to the largest banks in their own nations. $3.7 trillion was by the US Federal Reserve alone. In addition $10 trillion of government bonds were issued with negative rates of interest (see below). Yet despite all this, many banks have refused to take cash offered by governments to help stimulate their economies, even when they are effectively fined by Central Banks for doing so...

Future Trends - impact on Portugal and rest of world. Managing risk and uncertainty, robotics and AI, and future ethics. Summary of keynote.

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Interview for AESE Business School in Lisbon - about to give a keynote on global trends - 19th October 2017. Here are major issues that are impacting very large numbers of companies across the world. I usually group them as six factors that spell the word FUTURE, each of which forms one face of a cube. The energy which spins the cube is EMOTION – reactions to events or trends are usually more important than events themselves.

“The world can change faster than you can hold a board meeting”, you said in a presentation. Among the hundreds of possibilities of change and innovation, what are the key trends do you foresee as having the most impact in business and personal life in this new World 4.0?"

The truth about Northern Ireland’s borders after Brexit – passports and customs - and how demographic shifts will hugely alter political balance. Comment after keynote.

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29th September 2017

A lot of nonsense is talked about Brexit. Here is the truth.

Sorting out all Brexit issues affecting the borders of Northern Ireland could take many years to fully resolve. At the same time, the EU has made it clear that until a practical solution is agreed, even if such a solution is fine-tuned in future, discussions on a trade deal post-Brexit, will be on permanent hold.

There is a small chance that the entire Brexit process will be halted by a further vote in the UK, which could form part of an election manifesto commitment at the next election. However this is becoming less likely at the moment, because opinion polls across the UK as a whole are more in favour of Brexit than when the original vote to leave took place. (At the same time, paradoxically, opinion polls in other EU nations are becoming more positive about being part of the EU.)

For the purposes of this article, let us assume therefore that Brexit happens.

The EU has made absolutely 100% clear that they will not under any circumstances tolerate a breach anywhere in the EU wall controlling goods, services and movements of people across the border into the EU. That is, unless

The truth about North Korea, President Trump, the real risk of war, and why options for the Pentagon and rest of world are so limited. What is likely to happen next.

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Despite all the hot words from President Trump and some of the absurd commentary in the media, here is the truth about North Korea’s rapid military direction and about the complete impotence of the rest of the world. And all taking place at a time when there are more geopolitical risks globally than for 30 years.

The fact is, that as we see every day in the failed state of Zimbabwe, or Afghanistan or more recently in the chaos of Venezuela, or in Syria or Iraq, the most powerful military forces in the world can be humbled and humiliated by the resilience and complexity of the tiniest of nations, however chaotic or weak they may appear to be.

The Truth about Brexit - part 2 - what is likely to happen next and why, real impact likely to be very different than most expect. Why a second vote on Brexit is still a real possibility.

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Update 4th September 2017

Before and shortly after the Brexit vote I correctly predicted that the UK economy would NOT go into immediate meltdown as so many had falsely forecast. A lot of people are still talking a lot of nonsense.

Here is the truth about the current situation and what is likely to happen next:

Life after Brexit: why I was right about immediate impact of the Brexit vote and what next. Why Brexit impact on trade, services, visas, banks and retail sales will be less than many fear

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Why I was right about immediate impact of the Brexit vote– and what next. We continue to hear toxic nonsense about life after Brexit. Here is the truth: As I predicted, the impact of Brexit has been slight so far – despite some market turbulence to start with. Most analysts have had to eat their words, together with many political leaders, the IMF and a host of global CEOs – after being proven so spectacularly wrong. Despite constant warnings before and after the vote of instant economic meltdown, chaos, immediate recession, national and EU crisis, we have seen the exact opposite.

Forecasts I made re Brexit were correct: short term and long term. Impact on your personal life, house prices, brexit business strategy, community, EU and wider world. Cut through toxic nonsense. Keynote speaker on geopolitics and economy

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We are in completely uncharted waters in troubled times globally and across the EU. Over 96,000 reads of this page.

(Futurist comment written 24 June 2016 - you can judge for yourself how accurate it has turned out to be)

The decisive vote to divorce the UK from the EU will influence the future of an entire generation of business people. There is no official mechanism for leaving the EU: it has never been done before and there are no guidelines or procedures defined in law - in either the UK or in Brussels. (Comment by Patrick Dixon, Brexit keynote speaker - Brexit strategy advisor).

Brexit will have a profound impact on the future direction of the EU and is likely to trigger multiple, complex global events. Just the fact that such a Brexit vote took place was already having an impact elsewhere across the EU before voting began. For example, on 26th February 2016, an opinion poll in Denmark showed that most Danes want to have a vote of their own.

And there is a significant risk of contagion - spread of uncertainty and fear, into chaos, into instabilities in currencies and economies, radical shifts in business strategies... In a globalised world, such things can spread at the speed of light.

The longer term future of the EU and the future of the UK will both be driven by a single word, more powerful than economics, or innovation, and that word is of course “emotion”, linked to the most important single human force in the world today which is TRIBALISM.

* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books. It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world.

Huge Brexit shock to global economy? Truth about Brexit impact on UK, future of Europe, Eurozone, exchange rates, migration, business and wider world. Predictions written in 2016 and were very accurate. Futurist Keynote Speaker

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Leaders of G20 Nations have declared that Brexit would be a shock to the global economy: hype or fiction? Whatever the result of the British EU referendum on 23rd June 2016, the UK vote will be fiercely contested, and will have a profound impact on the future direction of the EU. Just the fact that such a Brexit vote is taking place is already triggering events elsewhere. For example, on 26th February, an opinion poll in Denmark showed that most Danes now want to have a vote of their own. The truth is that a lot of nonsense is being paraded as fact in the heated Brexit referendum campaign. Here is a guide to your Brexit-related future by Brexit Keynote Speaker Patrick Dixon

The Future of (Almost) Everything: Impact on Saudi Arabia economy and business. Global Competitiveness Forum - Saudi Arabia Futurist keynote for international investors - VIDEO

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Keynote in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - starts at 1 minute 20 seconds: use scroll bar. Global Competitiveness Forum 2015 - covering wide range of global trends and their impact on the future of Saudi Arabia, Gulf States and wider Middle East. All included as part of Patrick Dixon's latest book: Order The Future of Almost Everything from Amazon.

Topics covered: Future of the Middle East, future of competitiveness and innovation in Saudi Arabia, outlook for the global economy and why leadership agility will be so important in managing uncertainty. Future of demographics, health, biotech, ageing and the growing global population, rise of emerging markets, changes in pattern of globalisation, future of manufacturing and robotics, future of banking and retail, e-commerce. Big Data, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing - new cybersecurity risks. Future of the energy industry: oil, shale gas, coal, solar power, wind power, smart grids and next-generation nuclear power. Need a world-class global competitiveness keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

Can a Futurist REALLY predict the future? Here's loads of predictions I made over last 20+ years in 16 Futurist books and as a Futurist keynote speaker

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My new global trends book is out now: The Future of Almost Everything. But it takes at least 20 years to evaluate how good a trends analyst was / is – so what about forecasts made by me in previous books, about what to expect over the following decade or two or three? How did those forecasts measure up? I had to answer that question for myself by re-reading what I wrote in the past about the future, before writing my latest book. Read FREE SAMPLE of The Truth about Almost Everything.

So you can judge for yourself, here are loads of predictions I made in the past - and the book in which they were made plus date. Every one of these is already a reality or looks like it soon could be, as of August 2015....And yes I got some things wrong - not many fortunately.

Future of the Turkish Economy: Turkey economic outlook, growth, inflation. Futurist Speaker - VIDEO

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Video comment on the future of the Turkish economy, economic growth, inflation, by Futurist keynote speaker, Patrick Dixon - author 16 books on global trends and Chairman of Global Change Ltd - is an international inspirational lecturer, and expert, on leadership, management, supply chain, innovation, trends analysis and business strategy. He has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50). For more articles and videos please visit: Subscribe to Patrick's Channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=pjvdixon Google+ https://plus.google.com/PatrickDixonFuturist LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/patrickdixon Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickdixon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drpatrickdixon. Need a world-class keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now

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My latest book was published just a few weeks ago and has already been reprinted twice with several foreign language rights already sold. This has been a lot of fun to write. Read FREE SAMPLE of the book. Packed into it are insights from every keynote, workshop, seminar and strategy session I have done in every industry, in every nation, over the last five years. After months of preparation and research, the writing process itself was the fastest I have ever done (for a book of this length, around 110,000 words), compared to the other 15 over the years.

"Absolutely brilliant. I love this man's exhilarating thinking and writing. Here are far-sighted insights into the tangible and intangible horizons of future change, underpinned by wisdom abut its ultimate driving force - human nature." Nigel Nicholson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School

“A brilliant guide to our future, which should be read by every decision-maker, packed with deep insights on a huge number of trends. Patrick Dixon has a great track record over many years in forecasting opportunities, risks and challenges that will affect us all.” Sir Brian Souter - Chairman, Stagecoach Group Plc

Just published - my AudioBook of The Future of Almost Everything. Click here to listen to a sample. Download entire AudioBook from Audible for free! I recorded the entire book myself: every key message I have given recently to CEOs and business leaders around the world, from every industry, and in every region, about urgent issues, challenges and opportunities facing us in the next 20-50 years.

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5 reasons why every business needs to know about "The Future of Almost Everything" - my latest Futurist book. Discover your Future

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The Future of Almost Everything, my latest book, is packed full of key survival and success factors for every business, whether you work for one of the world’s largest corporations, or a small family-owned enterprise. This forecast of the future will transform how you think about tomorrow, and guide vital decisions you need to take today, in 5 key areas. Buy The Future of Almost Everything today.

10 trends that will really DOMINATE our future - all predictable, changing slowly with huge future impact - based on book The Future of Almost Everything by world-renowned Futurist keynote speaker. Over 100,000 views of this post. Discover your future!

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Over 100,000 views of this post, based on Futurist keynotes around the world.

Read FREE SAMPLE of The Truth about Almost Everything. Our future will be shaped by hundreds of trends which are changing relatively slowly and predictably despite frenetic media hype and sudden disruptive events. Here are ten of the most significant. Fall in technology and connectivity costs. Universal access to global web. 1 billion children alive today. 85% of humanity living in emerging markets in 10 years. Huge growth in life expectancy in many nations. Huge growth in multinational mergers and global trade. Increased automation in cars, homes, factories and offices. Tribalism feeding radicalism and terrorism. Search for purpose, meaning and spirituality, coupled with worries about sustainability.

But watch out also for disruptive Wildcards - I warned in the same book that Number 1 on my Wildcard list was risk of "viral plaque, cases spreading rapidly in every continent" - written several years before COVID. Another of my listed Wildcards was a major "miscalculation by a powerful nation leading to sustained regional conflict".

I also warned about these and many other likely evens in my keynotes to multinationals in many nations.

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