| Trendwatching | page 1 page 2 | | | Will women rule the business world?
By Naseem Javed, Special to Gulf News - Published: March 06, 2008, 00:53
The American model clearly demonstrates that women all over the world could possibly lead the business world of the future. In the US alone, some 10 million women-owned businesses employ over 13 million people, grossing close to $2 trillion. These mostly privately held businesses have achieved double the growth rate than the rest. The same is occurring in most other G8 countries.
This is not to ignore men and their great contribution, but to explore the rationale behind women's increasing participation in universities and all walks of life, particularly the rapid global rise of business ownership. | Politie Intimidatie.nl
Angst is een illusie die hedendaags nog steeds misbruikt wordt voor macht.
Deze site is ontstaan uit de enorm toegenomen bemoeizucht van politie en andere ordehandhavers in de openbare ruimtes van Amsterdam. Buiten onze eigen ervaringen met politieambtenaren kwamen we er achter dat onze frustraties over de handelswijze van politieambtenaren bij veel meer mensen leven. | | | | eHub is a resource created to document, promote, inform and celebrate the next generation web. eHub provides daily listings of new web services and applications; weekly features and reviews, and interviews with the creators and companies behind these new web technologies. Started by Emily Chang in September 2005, eHub was the first Web 2.0 list and directory, launched the week before the first O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference. eHub v2 launched in July 2007 with the addition of a team of global editors. | For 2015, It's What's Inside That Counts - By Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page F01
The average family may be smaller than it was 10 years ago, but the average single-family house is larger -- and more luxurious. It has more bathrooms, higher ceilings, more elaborate master bedrooms, and bigger kitchens and outdoor space.
So what will the average home look like in the next decade?
More than 300 architects, designers, manufacturers and marketing experts interviewed by phone or surveyed by the National Association of Home Builders last year predicted that the average U.S. home in 2015 will not be any bigger. What it will be, they said, is much more luxurious. | Top 5 Trend Watching Tips from Trendwatching.com
Trend spotting as a profession has radically changed over the last five years or so. In a world that’s now fully connected, where thousands of smart professionals and amateurs are not only spotting, observing, thinking and innovating, but also putting their findings online for all to see, deliciously valuable resources are up for grabs. | Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used by some of its earliest adopters to support democracy and by others to coordinate terrorist attacks. The technologies that are beginning to make smart mobs possible are mobile communication devices and pervasive computing - inexpensive microprocessors embedded in everyday objects and environments. Already, governments have fallen, youth subcultures have blossomed from Asia to Scandinavia, new industries have been born and older industries have launched furious counterattacks. | Hallmark expert answers questions about tracking trends
Marita Wesely-Clough, trend tracker at Hallmark Cards, frequently is asked questions about trendspotting and characteristics that are conducive to interpreting cultural clues. She refers to "connecting the dots" – synthesizing a number of clues that seem to point to an emerging trend. A trendspotter should be open-minded, flexible, and intuitive. Intuition must be confirmed by what is discerned via patterns, repetitions, connections, etc. A balance of and dexterity in both right and left brain faculties and functions is essential. There must be a genuine curiosity, interest in people, respect for history, and skill in perceiving slight shifts in the social milieu, attitudes, behaviors, etc. | Modern Art Candy is a digest of Modern Art, Visual Culture, and Graffiti. We crave innovation, love the bizarre and seek to inspire. Modern Art Candy is part of the TREND HUNTER Network. | The World of Travel in 2020
The explosion in world tourism is one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena of the last half-century.
Tourism is now one of the world’s largest industries and accounts for 12% of international spending and generates 1 in 12 jobs worldwide. Europe’s tourism industry alone generates 32% of the world’s total economic output and is the major generator of outbound international tourism, accounting for 54% of global travel.
The WTO (World Tourism Organisation) forecasts predict steady growth for the global tourism industry in the next 15 years. In particular rising levels of prosperity across the globe and the emergence of a newly affluent middle class in China, India, Eastern Europe and the Americas would suggest a rosy future for the travel industry. However, behind these economic variables there are a series of underlying social, cultural, political and technological factors at work that are driving change in consumer attitudes and behaviour | | | | | | |
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