The Big Shift

Author: Darrell Bricker
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443416479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their power—and most of them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and supported by immigrant voters in Ontario. How did this happen? Most people are unaware that the keystone economic and political drivers of this country are now Western Canada and immigrants from China, India and other Asian countries. Politicians and businesspeople have underestimated how conservative these newcomers are making our country. Canada, with its ever-evolving economy and fluid demographic base, has become divorced from the traditions of its past and is moving in an entirely new direction. In The Big Shift, Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson argue that one of the world’s most consensual countries is becoming polarized, exhibiting stark differences between East and West, cities and suburbs, Canadianborn citizens and immigrants. The winners—in both politics and business— will be those who can capitalize on the tremendous changes that the Big Shift will bring.

The Big Shift

Author: Marc Freedman
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610392086
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Marc Freedman, hailed by theNew York Timesas "the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life," makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are -- an entirely new stage of life, which he dubs the encore years. In The Big Shift, Freedman bemoans the fact that the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society when, in reality, most of the nation's 78 million boomers are not getting old -- at least not yet. The whole 60- to 80-year-old period is simply new territory, he writes, and the people in this period constitute a whole new phenomenon in the 21st century. The Big Shiftis animated by a simple premise: that the challenge of transitioning to and making the most of this new stage -- while deeply personal -- is much more than an individual problem; it's an urgent social imperative, one affecting all generations. By embracing this time as a unique period of life -- and providing guidance, training, education and support to the millions who are in it -- Freedman says that we can make a monument out of what so many think of as the leftover years. The result could be a windfall of talent that will carry us toward a new generation of solutions for growing problems in areas like education, the environment, and health care.

Big Shifts Ahead

Author: John Burns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781599327228
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Demographics determine the direction of your business. Demographic trends can be overwhelming, misleading, confusing, conflicting, and difficult to predict. Not anymore. John Burns and Chris Porter wrote this book to help make demographic trends easier to understand, quantify, and anticipate. Readers of this book will have a huge competitive advantage because they will be making decisions with facts, and they will be better able to adjust their strategies when unanticipated events shift prevailing trends."--book jacket

The BIG SHIFT

Author: Langdon Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781720470595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
This book tells the story of our changing world, and explores what it means for our future. It's organized as a narrative about the 83 most significant changes, or shifts, that are now occurring worldwide. But of course the individual shifts aren't nearly as significant as the fact that they're all occurring at the same time. While each one may be disruptive, 83 of them occurring all at once causes massive and unavoidable disruption. In case you haven't noticed, it's chaos out there. And actually it's more than disruption and chaos, it's the total transformation of the economy, society, and of our lives. My goal is to help you understand the emerging future, and how learn how to help your organization survive and thrive amid the chaos of the emerging future.

The Big Shift

Author: Jake Beniflah
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781647042233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Future growth will require that all corporations undergo... The Big Shift. This book proposes the unpopular: right size the traditional cultural silo and place multicultural consumers front and center of mainstream marketing to drive growth. The convergence of a changing demography, new technologies and a fragmented media ecosystem has transformed marketing as we know it, yet marketing to Latinos continues to lag significantly, bound by an outdated paradigm and a total market strategy that has failed to address an increasingly diverse marketplace. This book takes a critical look at the past, present and future of marketing to Latinos and advances a strategic framework of how marketers can take their business to new heights in the 21st century.

The Next Shift

Author: Gabriel Winant
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674238095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
Men in hardhats were once the heart of America’s working class; now it is women in scrubs. What does this shift portend for our future? Pittsburgh was once synonymous with steel. But today most of its mills are gone. Like so many places across the United States, a city that was a center of blue-collar manufacturing is now dominated by the service economy—particularly health care, which employs more Americans than any other industry. Gabriel Winant takes us inside the Rust Belt to show how America’s cities have weathered new economic realities. In Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, he finds that a new working class has emerged in the wake of deindustrialization. As steelworkers and their families grew older, they required more health care. Even as the industrial economy contracted sharply, the care economy thrived. Hospitals and nursing homes went on hiring sprees. But many care jobs bear little resemblance to the manufacturing work the city lost. Unlike their blue-collar predecessors, home health aides and hospital staff work unpredictable hours for low pay. And the new working class disproportionately comprises women and people of color. Today health care workers are on the front lines of our most pressing crises, yet we have been slow to appreciate that they are the face of our twenty-first-century workforce. The Next Shift offers unique insights into how we got here and what could happen next. If health care employees, along with other essential workers, can translate the increasing recognition of their economic value into political power, they may become a major force in the twenty-first century.

Big Shift,The

Author: Salt, Bernard
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742731309
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description

The Big Shift in IT Leadership

Author: Hunter Muller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119123259
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Learn the unique leadership strategies of the effective, essential CIO Beyond the Cloud provides a blueprint for leadership in an era of high volatility, rapid transformation, and amazing growth. An effective CIO is essential to the successful navigation of turbulent and uncertain times, and this insightful guide gives you the actionable framework you need to execute the leadership strategies that work. Focused on the major factors that are critical to modern global enterprise, this book delves into communication, collaboration, relationships, technology, innovation, talent management, and more to provide well-rounded guidance toward principled leadership. Simple, straightforward language explains the basics of each area, and is expanded upon by real-world stories and revealing anecdotes gathered from the author's exclusive interviews with visionary thought leaders from major organizations worldwide. You get perspective from the top on established and emerging leadership strategies, helping you put these ideas to work right away. CIOs are perfectly positioned to provide the leadership required to stay ahead of the competition in complex, rapidly shifting markets. They break down walls, align resources, and facilitate collaboration to drive business value and spur growth amidst an atmosphere of hyper-competition. This guide is your practical handbook for becoming the leader that you need to be. Establish trust and cooperation across the enterprise Recruit and retain the top talent in your field Leverage new technology for continuous business growth Inspire loyalty and optimal performance from everyone on the team The CIO has never been more crucial to the enterprise than right now. With clear guidance toward the unique leadership skills the role requires, Beyond the Cloud is the foundational executive guide for transformational leaders in the new business era.

The Great Shift: Catalyzing the Second Renaissance

Author: Robin Lincoln Wood
Publisher: Renaissance2 Foundation
ISBN: 144997788X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
"The Great Shift" is a key contribution toward our ability to evolve consciously. Covering major themes of self, social & systemic evolution, this is a comprehensive plan of action on all levels. Like a Medici of the 21st century, Robin Wood serves as a catalyst for the next Renaissance, for a global dream of a thriving civilization on a thriving planet. Gathering people, knowledge, creativity, innovations, know-how, and new systems, bringing business genius to the business of planetary evolution, he calls each of us to be an evolutionary pioneer. This book is a blueprint for planetary evolution: How to get from "Here," breakdown and collapse, to "There," breakthroughs to an actual new world. In time. You'll develop a 2nd Renaissance perspective, together with a set of practices that enable us to become "world-centric," to create, lead, strategize, engage, design & shift our own life, career & participation in the evolution of the world.

2012 - the Great Shift

Author: Chris Kasparis
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1481799959
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Are the London 2012 Olympic Games an Ascension event? We are at the tipping-point Earth is in crisis - can our positive, human energies help us transcend into a new enlightened Humanity? What have the Indigo Kids got to do with 2012? Ancient prophesies sacred number calendar systems time-change codes secrets of personal and global awakening are all revealed in this extraordinary book and useful 2012 diary. Chris sets out a positive vision of hope, world good-will and salvation for Humanity and planet Earth. His investigations provide conclusive proof of immense changes which the Ancient Mayan time-keepers prophesied over 2,400 years ago. Pain-staking research into ancient tribal teachings, astronomy, astrology, controversial cutting-edge science and esoteric wisdom teachings are presented in a practical, highly informative way. The 2012 diary sections give details of spiritual festivals solstices equinoxes and important moon phases. It will inspire you to focus your energies on positive initiatives to help bring about planetary transformation. Align with his uplifting message and help Humanity ascend into a new Golden Age of enlightenment.