2012
20 Megatrends UPDATE
Our megatrends brochure is already a much-loved source of reference for many of our clients. The handy format sets out twenty of the most important megatrends that have become key strategic issues for many businesses. Now available in its third edition, you can download the latest update of the booklet here.
Delivering Tomorrow with Z_punkt - Deutsche Post DHL scenario study
"Logistics 2050"
The foresight study "Delivering Tomorrow: Logistics 2050" takes a comprehensive and detailed look at the long-term future of trade, the economy and society. Z_punkt designed and oversaw the scenario process, accompanied by an international panel of experts, and developed scenarios on the basis of a long-term analysis of defining key factors—ranging from climate change to new patterns of trade and consumption.
Germany 2030
Future Perspectives for Value-Creation
Working closely with the Innovation Strategies for Value-Creation working group at the Federation of German Industry, Z_punkt has produced a study entitled Germany 2030 – Future Perspectives for Value-Creation. Focusing on an analysis of potential future disruptions and paradigm shifts in value-creation, the study has broken new ground in terms of its contents and methodology.
Hay Group Leadership 2030
Managers should become apt for the future
Managers will need to undergo significant retraining in order to remain successful. Skills that once enhanced a person’s career will no longer be required in the future—in fact, quite the opposite will be true. The study entitled Building the New Leader: Leadership Challenges of the Future Revealed outlines six megatrends derived from analysis carried out by Z_punkt; it is clear that new skills and competencies will be needed. You can find out more about the cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges that business leaders will have to face over the next two decades here.
Article: Get better faster!
Emerging issues management
Emerging issues are strategic future issues in the early stages of their development. Recognising them in advance means a company can adopt suitable strategies and concepts to deal with relevant issues in the future. How? Holger Glockner outlines the methodology and opportunities in his article for Zukunftsmanager, a magazine published by the FAZ Institut.
Article: En route to sustainable mobility
Sustainable concepts of mobility will become a key factor for success, and not just in terms of regional competitiveness. Klaus Burmeister, Andreas Neef, Holger Glockner and Bert Beyers wrote a piece for Mobility, the current special issue of the German edition of Technology Review, arguing that sustainable mobility systems require new forms of political, social and economic cooperation in order to function properly.
2011
Article: The Future of Electricity Supply
Rising energy requirements, finite supplies of fossil resources, energy security and emissions reductions - the demands on future electricity supply are enormous. Restructuring is absolutely essential. Our energy industry experts Cornelia Daheim and Sven Hirsch explain how this restructuring can take place in a piece written for the Swiss Future magazine.
