By 2020 there will be 200 billion connected devices on the Internet of Things. Organizations driven by purpose and values outperformed the market 15-to-1. By 2025 the total worth of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology could be $6.2 trillion — most of that value is in healthcare ($2.5 trillion) and manufacturing ($2.3 trillion).

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2. By 2020 there will be 200 billion connected devices on the
Internet of Things.
Digital Economy
Read more: The Internet of Things can revolutionize your business more than you think
Source: Intel, A Guide to the Internet of Things Infographic
Internet of Things

3. “Enterprise software used to be about making existing work more
efficient. Now, the opportunity for software is to transform the
work itself.” Source: Aaron Levie, @levie
Digital Economy
Read more: Keys to enabling the digital transformation
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization

4. 74% of companies believe business complexity hurts their
ability to meet goals, but only 17% believe current
simplification efforts are very effective.
Source: Knowledge@Wharton, Business Simplification 2015: The Unmet Strategic Imperative
Read more: Leading organizations out of the complexity wilderness
Future of Work
Master Complexity

5. Organizations driven by purpose and values outperformed
the market 15-to-1.
Source: BizShifts-Trends, Power of Purpose-Driven…Business, Leadership, Management:
Focus on– Reason to Exist, Vision, Mission– It Really Matters
Video: Having a higher purpose to improve people’s lives
Improving People’s Lives
Finance

6. 80% of premature heart disease, stroke and diabetes can be
prevented.
Source: World Health Organization
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Smart technologies and data to support aging populations

7. 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income
countries.
Source: World Health Organization
Read more: Revolutionizing genome analysis and personalized cancer care
Improving People’s Lives

8. The sharing economy is about owning the customer-supply
interface. Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no
vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner,
creates no content. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation
provider, owns no real estate.
Source: TechCrunch, The Battle Is For The Customer Interface
Read more: Taking advantage of the Sharing Economy
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization

9. Uber and AirBnB are just the start. The sharing economy
will grow 3,000% from 2015 to 2030.
Source: SAP Center for Business Insight 2015 calculation based on
PwC, The sharing economy – sizing the revenue opportunity
Read more: Making customer service work for the sharing economy business model
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization

10. Crowd funding will grow 200,000% from 2015 to 2030.
Source: SAP Center for Business Insight 2015 calculation based on
Crowd Valley, Crowdfunding Market: the Investors’ Double Role
Read more: Finding alternative funding for small businesses
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Finance

11. By 2025 the total worth of the Internet of Things (IoT)
technology could be $6.2 trillion — most of that value is in
healthcare ($2.5 trillion) and manufacturing ($2.3 trillion).
Source: Intel, A Guide to the Internet of Things
Video: Tripling operations without adding infrastructure
Digital Economy
Internet of Things

12. Emerging market consumers are nearly twice as likely to
trust storing data in the cloud is secure, as consumers in
developed markets.
Source: Euromonitor International, Consumer Attitudes Towards Storing Data in the Cloud
Digital Economy
Read more: Mitigating data privacy and security risks in the cloud
Cloud

13. Only 42% of companies say they know how to extract
meaningful insights from the data available to them.
Source: Oxford Economics, Workforce 2020
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Analytics
Read more: The top Big Data challenges

14. Private and commercial robot usage will grow 2,000% from
2015 to 2030, and could be a $190 billion market.
Source: SAP Center for Business Insight 2015 calculation based on
The Boston Consulting Group, The Rise of Robotics
Resource Optimization
Read more: Can robots save lives in the construction industry

15. 87% of finance executives believe they need to analyze
financial and performance data much more quickly.
Source: CFO Research, The Next Stage in Creating the Value-Added Finance Function
Resource Optimization
Analytics
Finance
Video: Enabling in-depth business analysis on-demand, rather than waiting hours, days or weeks

16. 73% of CEOs believe the lack of employees with key
technical skills is a threat to their company's growth.
Source: PwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: President Obama announces a new program to help expand STEM employment

17. 62% of Millennials want their career to have a positive impact
on the world, and 53% would work harder if their organization
was making a difference to others.
Source: Global Tolerance, The Values Revolution
Yet 75% believe businesses are focused on their own
agendas, rather than helping to improve society.
Source: Deloitte, The Deloitte Millennial Survey 2015
Future of Work
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Hiring people who want to change the world

18. “Ten years from now, when we look back at how this era of big
data evolved… we will be stunned at how uninformed we
used to be when we made decisions.” — Billy Bosworth,
DataStax CEO
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015 - Code Conference
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Big Data
Read more: Four V’s of Big Data: volume, velocity and variety used to achieve value

19. 50% of the U.S. jobs lost in the 2008 recession were middle-
skilled jobs, but only 2% of the jobs gained since the
recession have been middle-skilled.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Cratering of the Middle Class
Future of Work
Resource Optimization
Read more: How Millennials are reshaping the workforce

20. 74% of US and European retail, healthcare and manufacturing
companies have already developed smart products.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Developing Smart Products
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Read more: What is the future of self-driving cars?
Customer Experience

21. By 2018, the data created by the Internet of Things devices
will reach 403 trillion gigabytes a year.
Source: Cisco, Global Cloud Index
Digital Economy
Internet of Things
Big Data
Read more: Capabilities needed to take advantage of the Internet of Things

22. 78% of global CEO’s think cyber security is strategically
important for their business. Source: PwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey
Digital Economy
Read more: Cyber security drivers - information overload

23. Goods-producing jobs have been declining for decades and
now represent only 14% of all U.S. jobs.
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Future of Work
Read more: The growing jobs gap

24. By 2019, approximately one quarter of the entire U.S.
workforce will be independent workers (self-employed,
independent contractor, freelancer, temp contractor, etc.).
Source: MBO Partners, Independent Workers and the On-Demand Economy, & U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Future of Work
Read more: Free agent workers are becoming an integral part of the talent supply chain

25. People are increasingly creating supplemental incomes
through online platforms and marketplaces like Airbnb,
Etsy, Thumbtack, Uber and Upwork .
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Future of Work
Resource Optimization
Read more: How Uber and other on-demand workers are transforming our perceptions of work

26. “Generation Z is mobile first and mobile only, and they are
nothing like Millennials”
Source: Brian Solis, 25 Disruptive Technology Trends 2015 - 2016
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Customer Experience
Read more: Planning ahead for Generation Z

27. Generation Z wants to be engaged by real people, especially in
advertising where they are nearly twice as likely to want to see
"real people" than celebrities. Because of this desire, they are more
likely to visit YouTube than any other social site (85%).
Source: Deep Focus, Cassandra Report: Gen Z Uncovers Massive Attitude Shifts
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Why your teenager will leave you jobless

28. 65% of emerging market Millennials aspire to become the
leader or most senior executive within their organization,
compared to only 38% in developed markets.
Source: Deloitte, The Deloitte Millennial Survey 2015
Future of Work
Read more: The leadership aspiration gap

29. 87% of organizations cite culture and engagement as their
top challenges, but less than half believe they have good
programs in place to engage and retain employees.
Source: Deloitte, Global Human Capital Trends 2015
Future of Work
Read more: Unexpected costs of poor employee engagement

30. Companies with high employee engagement and enablement
can have net profit margins 4 times greater than companies
with low engagement and enablement.
Source: Towers Watson, The Power of Three: Taking Engagement to New Heights
Future of Work
Read more: Employee engagement and company culture sets your brand as an employer

31. 85% of CEOs whose organizations have a diversity and
inclusiveness strategy say it's enhanced performance.
Source: PwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey
Future of Work
Read more: Increasing organizational creativity through diversity

32. 86% of companies cite leadership as one of their most
important challenges, but only 10% believe they have an
excellent succession plan.
Source: Deloitte, Global Human Capital Trends 2015
Future of Work
Read more: Developing leaders and a leadership culture

33. 78% of CEOs are concerned about over-regulation.
Source: PwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey
Future of Work
Read more: Outsourcing in highly regulated environments

34. 78% of employees say it is very important to work for a
digitally enabled company or a digital leader.
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review, Is Your Business Ready for a Digital Future?
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: Factors affecting the future of work infographic

35. But only 39% of companies leverage social media data to
improve recruiting, engagement, and employer brand.
Source: Deloitte, Global Human Capital Trends 2015
The average internet user spends 1.72 hours on social
networks per day. Source: GlobalWebIndex, GWI Social Report 2015
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: Is social media taking over your employees workday?

36. Over two thirds of people think that businesses need to
deliver more social and environmental change. Nearly
three quarters want to see more transparency, and 81% more
accountability. Source: Global Tolerance, The Values Revolution
Future of Work
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Ideas for creating a culture of transparency

37. Airlines are pushing biofuels because they have no choice.
The number of airline passengers is projected to more than
double to 7.3 billion a year over the next two decades (up
from 3.3 billion in 2014).
Source: CBS News, Why airlines keep pushing biofuels &
International Air Transportation Association, New IATA Passenger Forecast
Resource Optimization
Read more: Eco-driving tips to reduce fleet fuel costs and emissions

38. There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years
than contained in all books ever printed.
Source: The Huffington Post, Is Twitter Bad For Language? Statistical Analysis Says No
(New Book from Christian Rudder, Dataclysm: Who We Are)
Digital Economy
Read more: Leveraging social data for social business

39. Mobile communication service WeChat is helping the Chinese
Government offer services to 549 million users.
Source: Mary Meeker – KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Expanding government data sharing to gain citizens trust

40. “Businesses are no longer the sole creator of a brand; it is co-
created by consumers through shared experiences and defined by
the results of online searches and conversations.”
Source: Brian Solis, 10 Brian Solis Quotes by Prezly
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Redefining and personalizing the shopping experience with innovative mobile apps

41. 70% of consumers are more likely to recommend a brand because
it provides a simpler experience, and 38% are willing to pay more
for simpler experiences.
Source: Siegel+Gale, Simplicity Index
Customer Experience
Run Simple
Read more: How you can deliver a coordinated and consistent customer experience

42. Brands that are loved by consumers, experience brand value
appreciation 10 times more than brands that are less loved.
Source: Millward Brown & WPP, The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands
Customer Experience
Read more: “Wow” your customers before your competitors do

43. 83% of North American consumers are more likely to continue doing
business with a company because of its loyalty program, and
70% will modify when and where they make purchases to maximize
program benefits. Source: Bond Brand Loyalty, The 2015 Loyalty Report
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Loyalty programs to retain hard-won customers who help evangelize products

44. A majority of U.S. consumers are multichannel shopping, with
69% Webrooming (browse products online and buy in-store), and
49% Showrooming (browse products in-store and buy online).
Source: Harris Interactive, Showrooming and Webrooming in the 2014 Holiday Shopping Season
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Providing personalized, relevant customer experiences across all channels

45. 70% of online consumers consider ads that track phone location
without permission an invasion of privacy, but almost 45% are
willing to their share phone location in exchange for discounts.
Source: Euromonitor International, Connecting with Hyperconnected Consumers
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Personalized location-based mobile marketing

46. Chinese and Indian consumers are more than twice as likely to
make purchases with their mobile phones, as consumers in the
U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany and France.
Source: Euromonitor International, Hyperconnectivity survey
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Innovation adopters and what differentiates them

47. In the U.S., in-store payments with mobile wallet apps will reach
$808 billion by 2019, more than 21 times the $37 billion expected
for 2015. Source: Business Insider, The Mobile Payments Report
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: What makes a leader in mobile payment adoption?

48. 57% of a B2B purchasing decision is made before buyers talk to a
sales rep.
Source: CEB, The End of Solution Sales
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Creating and sharing content for each stage of the buyer’s journey

49. 97% of B2B buyers trust content more if it includes peer reviews
and user-generated content. The top 3 content formats for B2B
purchasing research are 78% whitepapers, 73% case studies, and
67% webinars.
Source: SocialTimes, Marketing Trends Road Map for 2015
Customer Experience
Read more: Are you focusing on the buyers journey or selling?

50. At the current turnover rate, 75% of the companies in the S&P 500
in 2027, will be new (companies not currently in index today).
Source: Seeking Alpha, Increasing Churn Rate In The S&P 500
Digital Economy
Run Simple
Finance
Read more: Preparing your organization to survive in 2025

51. Asian companies using video in their content marketing mix had on
average a 66% higher website conversion rate: 4.8% vs. 2.9% if
video was not used.
Source: Aberdeen Group, The State of Video Content Marketing in APAC
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Tips on incorporating video into your marketing strategy

52. 92% of B2B buyers ranked “Ease of use" as the #1 factor that
influences their opinions of solution providers.
Source: Demand Gen Report, 2015 B2B Buyer’s Survey Report
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Run Simple
Read more: Embedding simplicity behaviors into your company

53. Latin American internet users are online approximately 3 times as
long as Asian internet users.
Source: comScore, The State of Social Media in Brazil
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Latin American technology adoption is outpacing the global average

54. 73% of the global population has a mobile phone, but only 39% of
the global population is connected to the internet.
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Why internet connectivity matters to everyone

55. By 2025, there will be 10 global virtual currencies that will be
considered mainstream. Their combined market value will exceed
$5 trillion, and Bitcoin will still be the largest.
Source: Startup Management, The Next 10 Years: 42 Macro Predictions in Cryptography,
Blockchains and Consensus Protocols
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Finance
Read more: Beyond Bitcoin - How the blockchain could disrupt our financial system

56. 96% of marketers say the ability to make data-informed decisions
is the most important capability to respond to disruptions; but only
13% of Marketers are taking action to address disruptions and
achieving measurable impact.
Source: McKinsey & Company, Marketing disruption: Five blind spots on the road to marketing's
potential
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: For marketers, value from big tech trends is really coming from new data
Analytics

57. 77% of Generation Z believe they will need to work harder than
past generations to have a satisfying and fulfilling professional life.
Source: OfficeTeam, A Robert Half Company, Generation Z: Five Surprising Insights
And 71% expect to experience significant failure before
achieving success.
Source: Deep Focus, Cassandra Report: Gen Z Uncovers Massive Attitude Shifts
Future of Work
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Educating Generation Z to lead the workforce of the future

58. By 2020, 70% of mobile consumers will access their devices
biometrically. Source: World Economic Forum, 5 predictions for technology in 2020
Digital Economy
Mobile
Read more: Security concerns need to be included in mobile strategies

59. Consumers in emerging markets are 2.8 times more likely to
purchase wearable technologies than those in developed
markets. Source: Euromonitor International, Connecting with Hyperconnected Consumers
Read more: Wearable products are being designed and developed for just about every market
Digital Economy
Customer Experience

60. The first decade of this century witnessed a historic reduction in
global poverty and a near doubling of the middle class, but 71%
of the global population still subsists on less than $10 a day, and
1 billion people live on less than $2 a day.
Source: Pew Research Center, A Global Middle Class Is More Promise than Reality
Resource Optimization
Read more: How is the new global middle class affecting your supply chains?

61. 38 million global deaths were due to noncommunicable
diseases. This invisible epidemic hinders the economic
development of many countries.
Source: World Health Organization
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Stopping diabetes in its tracks with connected care

62. Each month, over 2 billion people use global messaging
platforms: WhatsApp, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, or LINE.
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Insights into global mobile adoption and how to adapt

63. BRIC countries added 68 million internet users in 2014, 11 million
more users than there are in all of the United Kingdom.
Source: Internet Live Stats, Internet Users by Country
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: Entering emerging markets - 5 ways to balance speed with precision

64. 90% of the world’s population over 6 years old will have a mobile
device by 2020. Source: Ericsson, Ericsson Mobility Report
Digital Economy
Mobile
Customer Experience
Read more: The generation growing up with devices as babysitters

65. 86% of global CEOs are personally championing the use of digital
technologies in their company.
Source: PwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey
Digital Economy
Internet of Things
Big Data
Cloud
Mobile
Read more: How to plan for the convergence of digital technologies

66. The Internet of Things will have a potential economic impact of
$4 trillion to $11 trillion a year in 2025.
Source: McKinsey & Company, Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things
Digital Economy
Internet of Things
Resource Optimization
Read more: The Internet of Things powering safety, security and savings

67. By 2020, information will be used to reinvent, digitalize or
eliminate 80% of business processes and products from a
decade earlier.
Source: Forbes, Gartner Predicts Three Big Data Trends for Business Intelligence
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Preemptive digital disruption - the key to relevance in the Digital Economy

68. The use of sensors will grow 700,000% by 2030, in order to help
solve nearly every human need and want, from smart shoes to
cancer killing chips.
Source: SAP Center for Business Insight 2015 calculation based on SPB Global,
A trillion sensors is the equivalent of 150 sensors per human on earth.
Digital Economy
Internet of Things
Resource Optimization
Read more: Sensor sales are a leading indicator of IoT adoption witin industries

69. 3D printing usage will grow 2,000% from 2015 to 2030.
Source: SAP Center for Business Insight 2015 calculation based on
Forbes, Roundup Of 3D Printing Market Forecasts And Estimates
Resource Optimization
Read more: Perception vs. reality - Busting 3 myths about 3D printing

70. There is now widespread agreement and emerging evidence, that
access to technology can help improve quality of life and
accelerate development efforts at all levels.
Source: World Economic Forum, The Global Information Technology Report 2015
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Read more: Can technology help in the fight against global hunger?

71. Views of user generated or shared content is continuing to grow.
Most recently, Facebook video views grew to 4 billion per day, a
400% increase from six months prior.
Source: Mary Meeker - KPCB, Internet Trends 2015
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Customer Experience
Read more: 5 lessons in multichannel marketing from a global brand leader

72. Sequencing genomes could cost less than $0.10 as soon as 2020.
Source: Business Insider, Soon It Will Cost Less to Sequence a Genome than to Flush a Toilet
Digital Economy
Big Data
Resource Optimization
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Digital technology’s exponential growth curve is just about to take off

73. The 1.2 billion cars on the roads are used just 4% of the time. That
is 8.2 trillion hours of nonuse per year.
Source: The Daily, The Futurist: Uber, take the wheel
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Read more: Self-driving cars - The future of the automobile is about to change dramatically

74. Cargo drones could help Africa, a continent with only 16% of its
roads paved, avoid the need to build out transportation
infrastructure comparable to that of the U.S., China, Europe, India,
Japan and Mexico combined.
Source: J.M. Ledgard, Better Use of the Lower Sky in a Sharing Economy (published on Medium)
Resource Optimization
Read more: Radical changes to come from drones in the not-too-distant future

75. 97% of all consumers search for local businesses online.
Source: SocialTimes, Social Media Business Statistics, Facts, Figures & Trends
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: How can you ensure online customers see your company and products

76. Within the next five years, more than 90% of all data from the
Internet of Things (IoT) will be hosted in the cloud, reducing the
complexity of supporting IoT "data blending"
Source: IDC, Connecting the IoT: The Road to Success
Digital Economy
Internet of Things
Big Data
Cloud
Resource Optimization
Read more: Cloud technology can enable organizations to focus on and accelerate innovation

77. Success in the digital future will depend on your company's ability to
implement digital technologies innovatively, by rethinking
strategy, culture and talent.
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review, Is Your Business Ready for a Digital Future?
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: The 7 principals for your organization to master the Digital Economy

78. Hyperconnectivity is driving a move towards mass personalization
of products and services.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Hyperconnected organisations
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Read more: The Digital Economy is making mass customization more profitable than mass production

79. Although 90% of companies view advanced and predictive
analytics as important, less than 30% have currently deployed
them, and only 30% have plans to do so.
Source: Sandhill, Dresner Benchmark Study Reveals
Trends in Advanced and Predictive Analytics in BI
Resource Optimization
Analytics
Video: Providing personalized customer experiences with predictive analytics
Customer Experience

80. By 2030, 2 billion jobs will disappear, or roughly 50% of all the
jobs on the planet, as a result of technology advances.
Read more: What will we do when robots take our jobs?
Source: Futurist Speaker Thomas Frey, 2 Billion Jobs to Disappear by 2030
Digital Economy
Future of Work

81. Big Data in healthcare is a big deal. Analyzing streaming patient
data has been found to drive a 20% decrease in patient mortality.
Source: HealthcareIT Connect, When it comes to Healthcare, Big Data is a Big Deal
Digital Economy
Big Data
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: 4 ways Big Data can transform healthcare

82. By 2022, the population of India will surpass that of China, and
both countries will have over 1.4 billion people.
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects
Resource Optimization
Read more: Is global consumption of natural resources outpacing what is sustainable?

83. Trust is imperative in the Sharing Economy. 85% of Americans
are more likely to use a Sharing Economy service if the people
involved went through a background check.
Source: First Advantage, Start your story with trust - Being secure in the Sharing Economy
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization
Read more: Building trust and other key requirements for the Sharing Economy

84. Forrester Research predicts that by 2020, B2B e-commerce sales
will top $1 trillion.
Source: ZDNet, B2B ecommerce sales to top $1 Trillion by 2020: Forrester
Digital Economy
Finance
Resource Optimization
Read more: The B2B network with over 1.7 million companies and $1.9 billion daily transactions

85. “Complexity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern
business. It is slowing companies down, costing them on average
10% of their profits and harming employee morale.”
Source: Simon Collinson and Melvin Jay, From Complexity to Simplicity: Unleash Your
Organisation's Potential (book introduction on Amazon.com)
Finance
Future of Work
Master Complexity
Read more: How to lead your organization out of the complexity wilderness

86. 84% of global consumers actively seek out socially and
environmentally responsible brands, and 90% are willing to switch
purchases to brands associated with a good cause.
Source: Cone Communications/Ebiquity, 2015 Global CSR Study
Customer Experience
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: 11 simple actions to make your company more socially responsible

87. By 2020, half of Africa will be under 25 years old, and 18 million
new jobs will need to be created per year to employ this labor force.
Source: The World Bank, The African Competitiveness Report 2015
Future of Work
Resource Optimization
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: Africa Code Week - Providing workshops to 20,000 kids across 17 African countries

88. Sport has a unique power to attract, mobilize and inspire, and
has been increasingly recognized and used as a low-cost, high-
impact tool for humanitarian, development and peace-building efforts.
Source: United Nations, Sport for Development and Peace
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: How an innovative soccer ball can change the world

89. By 2030, 10% of the largest companies in the U.S. will be virtual
corporations (less than 10% of their workers will be in an office at
any point in time). Source: Staff.com, 20 Dramatic Predictions for 2030
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: The impact of working virtually on productivity

90. There are currently 700 million people in the world with no access
to safe drinking water. Source: Worldometers,Water
And water demand will increase 55% by 2050.
Source: OECD, Principles on Water Governance
Resource Optimization
Read more: It’s time to rethink how we manage our finite water supply

91. Analytics usage in sports is expected to grow to $4.7 billion by
2021, up from $125 million in 2014.
Source: SportTechie, Why the Use of Analytics in Sports Continues to Spread
Digital Economy
Improving People’s Lives
Analytics
Read more: How football teams are realizing the value of technology

92. 80% of people buy from companies they trust, and 68% will
actively recommend trusted companies.
Source: Edelman, 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Video: How do people develop trust online – a round table discussion

93. 72% of people trust information from friends and family, while
only 46% of people trust company CEOs, 40% elected officials,
and 34% celebrities. Source: Edelman, 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer
Digital Economy
Customer Experience
Video: What attributes to do leaders need in today’s world to be trusted

94. By 2050, rising sea levels could cost cities from Hong Kong to
Dhaka to New York trillions annually.
Source: The Guardian, Scientists predict huge sea level rise even if we limit climate change
Resource Optimization
Read more: How the Internet of Things can help combat global warming

95. It is projected that $1.77 trillion in counterfeit and pirated goods
will be sold globally in 2015.
Source: International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, Counterfeiting adds up
Digital Economy
Resource Optimization
Read more: Do patents still protect against IP piracy, or even promote innovation?

96. By 2025, half of world's companies with revenues exceeding
$1 billion will be headquartered in emerging markets, and China
will have more of these companies than either the U.S. or Europe.
Source: McKinsey & Company, The Four Global Forces Breaking all the Trends
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: Over 90% of high performing Chinese companies have this in common

97. At the end of 2014, the top 0.7% of the global population owned
44% of total global wealth, while the bottom 70% owned just 3%.
Source: Credit Suisse, Global Wealth Report (published by Inequality.org, Global Inequality)
Future of Work
Resource Optimization
Read more: How low wages are hurting the bigger economic picture

98. By 2060, the European Union population will have only 2 working-
age persons for every 1 person over 65 years old, compared to
the current 4-to-1 ratio.
Source: European Commission, The 2015 Ageing Report
Future of Work
Resource Optimization
Improving People’s Lives
Read more: The implications of an aging workforce force and how organizations can plan for it

99. To meet global electricity demand in 2040, 7,200 GW of new
generating capacity needs to be built.
Source: International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook Executive Summary
Today, there is only 5,800 GW of global generation capacity
across all energy sources (coal, oil, hydro, nuclear, wind, etc.)
Source: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, World Fact Book, Electricity - Installed Generating
Capacity
Resource Optimization
Digital Economy
Read more: How will we power our ever increasing energy needs?

100. “Within 15 years technology will exist that will allow human brains
to be connected directly to the internet."
Source: International Business Times, Ray Kurzweil: Human Brains Could be Connected to the
Cloud by 2030
Digital Economy
Future of Work
Read more: Scientists successfully send brain-to-brain message over the internet

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we unquestionably understand where it’s going... It
is time to simplify, time to innovate and time to
leverage digital connectivity.
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103. By 2020 there will be 200 billion connected devices on the
Internet of Things.
Digital Economy
Read more: The Internet of Things can revolutionize your business more than you think
Source: Intel, A Guide to the Internet of Things Infographic
Internet of Things

104. “Enterprise software used to be about making existing work more
efficient. Now, the opportunity for software is to transform the
work itself.” Source: Aaron Levie, @levie
Digital Economy
Read more: Keys to enabling the digital transformation
Customer Experience
Resource Optimization