Work
Passion
Make personal
new middle job
CQ + PQ > IQ
Creativity
Education
combine technical with creative arts
better social skills
CQ + PQ > IQ
Demographics
Baby boomers
lifted mandatory retirement
shortage of workers
9.9 M
Baby-boom echo
Health care
Cosmetic surgery
Ophthalmology
Increased need
new health care professions
unhealthy life styles
unwillingness to wait
two-tier system
Decrease in workers due to boomers retiring
anticipated shortage of workers
Stock market
investment in ideas/future
Leisure & rec
gentler activities
birdwatching
golfing
walking
> Money, < time
afford more services
willing to pay for better customer service
Real estate
home renovations
boomers: rec properties
Tourism
Leisure & rec
Retail
Boomers - no box stores
Gen X - box stores
Re-engineering of corporation
Spiral
Transitory
Work
flexible
Immigration
Technology
Higher level jobs
Reduce unskilled jobs
Work flow software
streamlined work
reduced repetition
Consumers doing work for corporation
WiFi
better outside North America
Steroids
Education
Higher education more attainable
strive to be "untoucable"
Higher education required to sustain economy
Math & engineering
research funding
high school students PISA scores
integration of subjects
liberal arts
North Americans need to maintain competitiveness
India
zippies
Russia
China
Teachers/faculty/PhD
More grad students required to be competive
Creative opportunities + education
socialization
increased social skills required
Entrepreneurship
new inventions
unknown needs
small businesses
lots of job opportunities
often overlooked by job seekers
require multi-taskers
Globalization
Equalization eventually
increase work for some countries
decrease work for some countries
equalization of wages
Homesourcing
JetBlue
Outsourcing
call centres
loss of jobs
higher value jobs
increase in jobs for some
lower wages
seamless (behind scenes)
Fibre-optic cable
India
Offshoring
cheaper products
> purchase power, lower wages
China
Insourcing
UPS
UPS Capital
provide financing
FedEx
Intellectual property
North American advantage
24/7
Increased global economy
WWW
Uploading
open source
YouTube
Wikipedia
credible resource?
Informing
Web-enabled platforms
world catching up
population
Search engines
navigation
credible resources
in-forming
search engine optimization
24/7
Equalization of knowledge
credibility of resources
Communication
IM
blogging
podcasting
social networks
VOIP
Retail
Supply chaining
Wal-Mart very successful
copy catting
Inventory access
Wal-Mart
laying the groundwork
controversial
low benefits/wages
own employees can't afford products
very publicized
very affordable
impact on local economics
Subtopic
+ impact
- impact
Economy
Global
Flat
Trade services
Communications & transportation (ease of trade)
Environmental issues
New careers
New products
green products
New problems
Work from home (4 day work week)
Transportation issues
Company values
Global
Domestic
Companies profit, nations don't
cheap labour
ethics
Employee benefits/wages
decrease profits
decrease loyalty