People and Connections: Global Scenarios for 2020
This report explores how global scenarios up to 2020 might unfold, with a focus on the influence of interconnected elites versus the power of diverse cultural and historical connections. It examines the potential for a globally integrated meritocracy versus a world of multiple networks shaped by local values.
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| Report location: | source |
| Language: | English |
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Shell |
| Geographic focus: | Global |
Methods
The research method involved creating global scenarios to anticipate changes in the business environment and test strategies. These scenarios were built on understanding globalisation and its interaction with diverse motivations and cultural values. The scenarios were designed to be challenging, coherent, and credible alternative stories about the future, incorporating a spectrum of ideas.
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Key Insights
Shell International's scenarios to 2020 examine challenges from changes in the business environment. The report contemplates globalisation shaped by diverse motivations and cultural values, contrasting a world led by global elites and U.S. influence with one reflecting varied approaches to modernity and regional structures. It discusses the diffusion of power, the role of technology, and the importance of connections in shaping the future.
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Additional Viewpoints
Categories: English publication language | Global geographic scope | business environment | cultural values | economic integration | energy systems | environment | global scenarios | globalisation | mining | petroleum | power diffusion | regionalism | resource | scenario planning | technology