thecorporaterockstar.blogspot.com: For the last few years, we’ve compiled year-end lists of trends to watch for. Looking back over our predictions, it’s clear that trends with real significance can’t be assigned to just one calendar year. The trends explored here, which we believe have real weight and momentum, are shifts that are likely to be with us for a long time.

Technology continues to be a common thread among many of the trends we’re highlighting. It drives the serendipitous randomness that throws up chance connections, groundbreaking discoveries and great business ideas. It gives new meaning to the words “instant” and “transparent,” and enables sharing like never before. Technology also seeks to control the harm that can result from or be hidden in huge and complex interactions (think tech-fueled medical advances)—and it is pushing some levelheaded investors to abandon pragmatism. [ read more ]