The Future of Diversity

Cecilia Stanton, CEO & Melissa Adams, COO, Stanton Adams Consulting

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Cecilia Stanton,
Consulting Expert with a Niche for Developing Leaders who Build High Performance teams.
B.A. Psychology, M.A. Sociology, M.A. Industrial Psychology Over 10 years experience in adult learning & developing diversity strategies Recipient of the American Psychological Association award for excellence in stereotype research Daughter of immigrant parents from Honduras Born and raised in New York City

Melissa Adams,
Business Development and Marketing Consultant
Over 10 years experience as a regional/district manager leading organizations through the change process Successfully planned and directed the business operations of public and private sector organizations Incorporates Sociological, Psychological, & Market research to customize and design employee development curriculum First Generation College Student Born and raised in New York City

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Why Forecast the Future of Diversity

It provides the opportunity to
Develop a visionary mindset Make better, more informed decisions in the present Strategically prepare for change before crises hits Take a global perspective while remaining focused on solving local issues

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Four Forces of Change: a framework for thinking about possible futures and their implications.

Demographics

Governance
Technology Resources
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Mega-Trends: Factors that will likely occur under any scenario.

Demographics
Growing Middle Class

Governance
Diffusion of Power

Technology
Positive vs Negative

Resources
Growing Food, Water, and Energy Nexus
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Four Forces of Change: Demographics

Focus: What is the demographic mix, health & wealth of the population What we know: Generation Z is more ethnically diverse than any other generational cohort. According to U.S. Census projections 46 percent of them are people of colorand this group will grow to more than 50 percent by 2042 (US Census 2010). Today 30 percent of the U.S. population is nonwhite; in 2050 it may be nearly 50 percent. Latino and Asian populations are expected to triple.(Pew Research Center). By 2030 more than 70 Million Baby Boomers will have retired leaving 35 Million unfilled jobs.

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What the Future Holds

What can we Do
years old.

Z for 2030, when a majority of them will be 30

Now
to prepare Generation

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Four Forces of Change: Technology

Focus: What tools are available to us to get the most the environment has to offer. What we know. By 2020, universal language translation will be commonplace in every device. (Source: Cisco IBSG, 2009) By 2030, 3D printing and robotics will improve productivity, address labor constraints, and

diminish the need for outsourcing. (dni.gov)

By 2030 new health technologies will continue to extend the average age of populations around the world, by finding cures to debilitating physical and mental conditions and improving overall well-being.(dni.gov)

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What the future holds

Will technological breakthroughs in your industry be developed in time to keep pace with foreign competitors?

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Four Forces of Change: Governance

Focus: What are the rules/ laws that govern how wealth and assets will be distributed What we know: By 2020, innovative forms of online communities will result in more efficient and responsive governments. (Crowdsourcing, Social movements)

By 2030 we see the empowerment of individuals and diffusion of power among states: power will shift
toward networks that will influence state and global actions. (dni.gov) In the next 15-20 years we will see a poverty reduction and a huge growth of the global middle class, greater educational attainment, and better health care.(dni.gov)

What the future holds

Will governments and institutions be able to adapt fast enough to harness change instead of being overwhelmed by it?

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Four Forces of Change: Resources

Focus: How do we obtain food, water, shelter and comfort? What we know: One shift we will see is energy independence for the U.S. in as short a period as 10 to 20 years due to abundant quantities of shale gas.(dni.gov) In the next 15-20 years we will see genetically modified crops, precision agriculture, water irrigation techniques, solar energy, advanced bio-based fuels, and enhanced oil and natural gas extraction.(dni.gov)

By 2030 due to rapid urbanization in the developing world, the volume of urban construction
for housing, office space, and transport services over the next 40 years could roughly equal the entire volume of such construction to date in world history (dni.gov)
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What the Future Holds

What could we lose due to rapid urbanization? What could we gain?

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Mega-Trends: Factors that will likely occur

Demographics
Growing Middle Class

Governance
Diffusion of Power

Technology
Positive vs Negative

Resources
Growing Food, Water, and Energy Nexus
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Take Away
Think & Plan We encourage you as leaders and decision makerswhether in government or outsideto think and plan for the long term so that negative futures do not occur and positive ones have a better

chance of unfolding.

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Shaping the Future of our Workforce

Embrace Lifelong Learning as a process of Re-learning & Unlearning

Sharpen your ability to make quality decisions amidst increasing complexity

Commit to making Cultural Competency must-have skillset

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Share your own forecast for the future of diversity

http://www.pewresearch.org Pew Research Center

www.dni.gov Department of National Intelligence

www.wfs.org/futurist The World Future Society