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Digitalisierung: Megatrend, selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung oder Mega-Gestaltungsaufgabe?

By: Tilman Santarius

22.02.2017

Megatrend

Megatrends, das sind grundlegende gesellschaftliche Wandlungsprozesse, die man meist nicht „voraussagen” muss, sondern die bereits seit längerem unsere Gesellschaften verändern und uns auch noch lange prägen werden. Informiert man sich, was alles so als Megatrend bezeichnet wird, so listen beispielsweise das Zukunftsinstitut, die Webseite zukunftsstark.org oder die Unternehmensberatung PriceWaterhouseCoopers – mit leichten Abweichungen – folgendes auf: Urbanisierung, Globalisierung, Individualisierung, Gender Shift, Bevölkerungsentwicklung (als netter Euphemismus „Megatrend Silver Society“), Klimawandel – um nur einige zu nennen. Auch genannt werden sodann SmartCities, Konnektivität, Wandel der Arbeitswelt, Internetkultur & Digitalisierung, Intelligente Produkte & Infrastrukturen. Weiterlesen auf dem Blog Postwachstum

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