Facilitator gets participants attention and immediately plays a video clip on the rotary phone. The video features kids who grew up with smart phones and never experienced using the old rotary phone and are clueless on how it works. They are even asked, if they know how to text on this phone. The purpose of the media clip is to demonstrate where the phone was 60 years ago and how it has evolved to where we are now, the present, with technological smart phones, and to ask the prevailing question, where will be in the future. After the clip plays, facilitator will speak to the video reminding the participants of the past, the present (where we are today), and ask the question, what will the future look likeFacilitator will introduce himself, …show more content…
It demonstrated how cumbersome it was in the past to dial a number. Now, we just hit our contacts and a button, and the number is dialed. In fact, we can face time (phone video) and see the person we are talking too; we text messages; there is a built in encyclopedia-we call it safari or google; we can play games; get GPS directions; take photos/make videos; and send and receive emails. I know I have missed much more than I can think of right now. Those kids in the video found it hard to relate and could not imagine going back in time and use the old trusted rotary phone. And 30 years from now, what will the future look when it comes to the smart phone or what will your, our, organization will look. What is the future and what will it look like; what kind of people will the organization be hiring, what will be the new technology that will be used to identify bad guys; will weapons be necessary to protect citizens and fight crime; and will the organization still be effective and …show more content…
In this step, factors such as interest rates, international trade, taxes, savings, inflation, subsidies, availability of jobs and entrepreneurship areconsidered.
Environmental: Environmental developments involve ecosystem factors such as water, wind, food, soil, energy, pollution and environmental regulations.
Political: The Political developments can highly influence individuals and organizations. It is important to be aware of likely upcoming shifts in power. Political developments can affect environmental, antitrust, financial markets, trade, and other kinds of laws. Factors to be considered include political stability, regulation of monopolies, tax policies, price regulations consumer protection, jurisdiction and trade unions.
The Foresight tool that will be used during the workshop is STEEP. Facilitator will asks participants if they have heard of or participated in a workshop where STEEP was used. Participants will be introduced to the Future Wheel. Participants will be provided with two examples of completed Future
Every one is scavenging for the next big gadget- the future is a standard that society strives to have in their grasp. However, Joel Achenbach a former humor columnist solves the mystery of the future in his article, “The Future is Now: it’s heading right at us, but we never see it coming” .he presents a sense of urgency describing that the future is not something that society needs to wait for it happens behind closed doors. He argues that the future is a fast pace entity that occurs all around us. Achenbach proves this point by sticking to his humorous style, with the use of witty allusions to Sci-Fi films.
Doctor Jean Twenge is an American psychologist who published an article for The Atlantic titled “Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?” in September 2017. The purpose of Twenge’s article is to emphasize the growing burden of smartphones in our current society. She argues that teenagers are completely relying on smartphones in order to have a social life which in return is crippling their generation. Twenge effectively uses rhetorical devices in order to draw attention to the impact of smartphones on a specific generation.
Technology will continue to improve therefore each organization has the opportunity to advance and take advantage of the new techniques and methods that are being used by successful organization that has proven themselves by continuing to provide excellent services for the community and each employee. Now when you see an organization that didn 't make it you ask yourself the question were they ready did they do all that could have been done to save the business, did they hire the correct people, was training offered to all employees, The factors that were stated will make and break an organization if these steps aren 't followed it could lead to failure in the organization.
Technology has always been at the forefront of the world’s mind, for as long as anyone can remember. The idea of “advancing” has been a consistent goal among developers. However, recently the invention of smartphones broke out into the world of technology, causing millions of people to become encapsulated in a world of knowledge at their fingertips. Jean Twenge elaborates on the impacts of the smartphone on the younger generation in her article “Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?” Twenge’s article is just a sliver of the analysis that she presents in her book “IGen.” Twenge, a professor of psychology at San
which is under the conservative government. Economic factors changes include changes such as a recession creating activity at the lower end of the product price range. Also for instance the rate of interest rates rising depressing businesses. causing redundancies and lower spending levels. Social factors change include changing lifestyles and attitudes.
Reason for audience to listen: Most of us did not have a lot of technology in school when we were younger, but we all can see how that has changed throughout the years.
The movie’s influence to teach children what is wrong and right, to the influence that television have on you without one even realizing it. The fact that people wants change in this society but is not changing that beginning of where it starts, to the video games portraying violence, the baby killers. The use of technology, the addiction that people created has made them into a psycho killer. Lastly, the use of social media, have torn us apart from each other. We are now in a screen, talking to screen, no longer would it be face to face. Gary Turk, the person who is voicing his concern about society, the fact that we’ll see kids with Ipads. That is not a bad thing but the way they use them, the chances that they miss by being sucked in to their little screen. Considering all that I have said and mention from others, technology is affecting our minds with or without us knowing negatively. In the end the people you were so blind to see will be there not your phones or that movie that keeps the children busy. So I am going to say what Gary Turk said, “So when you’re in public, and you start to feel alone, put your hands behind your head, and step away from the phone. You don’t need to stare at your menu, or at your contact list, just talk to one another, and learn to co-exist.” In other words let go of your virtual life and enjoy the real life that surrounds you, that you were born into, and that you will learn to
Technology is an important issue that my generation will face in the coming years if it is used inappropriately. Albert Einstein states his input on how technology will be an issue: “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”. Many people say that technology will affect people’s ability to think properly and claims that we will have a generation of people who are ignorant compared to earlier generations. Technology has shaped how people live their lives on a regular basis and it defines my generation as the technology generation. Technology has changed how we do things in our daily lives and has become a large part of our daily lives and has impacted each
These influences can be seen as the main cause of political change
Technology has, since the primitive years, always been used to invent tools in order to solve problems. This would, in turn, simplify and make man’s life easier. Through advancements in the field, man has become more efficient on both the macro- and microscopic level. Anything nowadays can be attained with either the flip of a switch or a click of a mouse. One particular technology that came about in this time was the smartphone. Since 2008, the smartphone, a device that combines a normal cell phone with a computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, e-mail capability, etc. all in your hand was deemed as ground-breaking technology and created one of the largest and most competitive market in terms of technology to date. Their increased popularity continued to grow and today, it is very hard to encounter someone without a smartphone. These devices allow people to disconnect from reality and grant them access to the world as a whole. People use these devices to manage their daily routine, dictating what they should do and when they should do it. The capabilities of this device had been unheard of before their time. However, is there more to this technology than what has been made aware to their owners? We have become overly obsessed with these devices that it has impacted our humanity – our interaction with others and society. Since its upbringing, the invention of the smartphone has come to negatively reinvent the way people go about their daily lives because we have become detached from society, let these smartphones govern our lives, and have become obsessed with these devices.
The author's point of view was to inform the reader of the technology change and how everyone will be affected by this change in every social aspect. I thought this chapter was helpful because it informed me of the past, and I realize we came a long way as far as technology is concern.
Economic growth and social development are complementary and they have a close but complex relationship. With the economic growth, it is clear that there are many environmental concerns in today’s society. Air, water, and land pollution have worsened; the environment of wild animals and plants has been seriously damaged; many species are threatened with extinction, deforestation and over-exploitation of mineral resources.
“What are some of the defining characteristics of the future workforce a decade in the future and beyond?” It is abundantly obvious that workforce requirements of the future will be radically different than they are today.
The political environment can affect organizations. Political components influence buyer certainty and purchaser and business spending. Stability of political environment is essential for organizations
To remain competitive and employable in the twenty-first century workplace, society today must conform to the changing demands. Technology is one of the principal driving forces of the future; it is transforming our lives and shaping our future at rates unprecedented in history, with profound implications, which we cannot even begin to see or understand.