destx:

The global population is on track to reach 9 billion by 2050. What are all those people going to eat? With billions of people adding more animal protein to their diets — meat consumption is expected to double by 2050 — it seems clear that arable land for raising livestock won’t be able to keep up.

That’s one reason why I’m excited about innovations taking place now in food production, which especially interests me as someone who worries about the poor getting enough to eat.

The science of certainty involves a scientific method of separating Hard Trends – trends that will happen – from Soft Trends – trends that might happen. This method is currently being used by many Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Deloitte, and Pratt & Whitney to name a few, to provide an accurate roadmap of the opportunities that are ahead…

Some key points by fellow futurist David Burrus- must read! March 14, 2013 at 02:02AM

futuristlab:

The entrepreneurial or “start-up” economy is growing and starting to take down “too big to fail” companies in its path. But how? Aren’t those big companies set up with internal innovation labs of their own? All companies spend money on R&D right? Why do big companies dislike innovation?

 

List of 50 companies and the innovative activities that keep them busy. Wow.

Existing players are often good at what the Harvard scholar calls “sustaining” innovation, but they are rarely good at disruptive innovation. The latter is the kind that transforms something that used to be complicated and expensive — and therefore available only to the wealthy or those with special skills — and makes it available to a much broader group of users. March 04, 2013 at 08:54AM