Trends Identified
Transformation or repositioning of global energy markets
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Increasing societal demand for
corporate action to address resource and environmental issues
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Potential slowing
and/or reversal of financial globalization
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Increasingly global markets for labor and talent
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Shift of economic activity between and within regions
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Beyond globalization
Globalization is still progressing, but also facing powerful headwinds. “Anti-globalization” sentiments are growing, and governments are responding: the United Kingdom is moving ahead with Brexit implementation; the United States has already stepped back from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and may now have changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in its sights. Meanwhile, traditional globalization metrics are slowing.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey
ICASA: The force of billion-person markets
There are three geographic entities—India, China, and Africa—in which urbanization is empowering populations that exceed one billion people, and a fourth, Southeast Asia, with more than half a billion. Together, these enormous “ICASA” (India, China, Africa, and Southeast Asia) markets hold the potential for significant continued expansion . They also pose some of the biggest risks to global growth as they confront internal obstacles.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey
Resources (un)limited?
The world’s natural-resource equation is changing as technology boosts resource productivity, new bottlenecks emerge, and fresh questions arise about “resources (un)limited?”.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey
Combinatorial-technology explosion
Digitization, machine learning, and the life sciences are advancing and combining with one another to redefine what companies do and where industry boundaries lie. We’re not just being invaded by a few technologies, in other words, but rather are experiencing a combinatorial technology explosion.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey