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Sitra’s Megatrends review presents an interpretation of the directions of the global change.
Megatrends 2023 update: understanding an era
of surprises
What has already changed, how are the current changes interlinked and how can they be influenced? The Megatrends 2023 review provides an overview of trends that illustrate broad arcs of change and highlight the phenomena that are currently prominent around us. Through megatrends, we can understand the changes that are happening in the present and reflect on the future we want to be build.
Megatrends 2023:
- Nature’s carrying capacity eroding
- Growing well-being challenges
- The battle for democracy intensifies
- Competition for digital power gears up
- Economic foundations are cracking
What’s it about?
Megatrends describe long-term, slowly evolving and often interconnected major phenomena that do not change overnight. Sitra’s megatrends review highlights these phenomena from a Finnish perspective. It is worth looking at megatrends together, because they are not isolated from one another but influence each other. The aim of the megatrend report is to give an overview of the trends affecting our future and thus enable different ways of thinking about and discussing the future and influencing it.
Megatrends do not make it possible to predict the future, but the megatrends review can serve as a tool and basis for discussion when looking at changes in the world around us, for example when making decisions, supporting learning, working on strategy or even framing a news story. Looking at megatrends benefits everyone, because the future belongs to us all.
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Megatrends 2023:
Megatrends 2023 describe the big picture of change through five themes: nature, people, power, technology and the economy.
- Nature’s carrying capacity eroding
- Growing well-being challenges
- The battle for democracy intensifies
- Competition for digital power gears up
- Economic foundations are cracking
Once again, the 2023 report focuses on the big picture of future developments from the point of view of Finland. The report aims to offer an understanding for the time of surprises: what has changed, how are the current changes linked and how can they be influenced? The report also outlines different possible futures, as even though the challenges are major, another kind of a hopeful future is also possible.
To help you make the most of megatrends, you can use tools such as the megatrend cards and a range of templates.
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Sitra’s trend work
Sitra’s trend report has been published since 2011. In addition to the written report, over the years, there have been slide shows, videos, trend cards, tool boxes, background memos – you name it!
Sitra’s megatrend report is based on several sources, and it is therefore always one interpretation of future developments. It aims to bring together different visions, future reports, future debates and perspectives in an easily understandable and usable format. The megatrend work also uses the expertise of Sitra experts, international and national statistics, academic research, news articles and expert statements, and the work of the national foresight network.
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