European Futurist Gerd Leonhard often compares the current times to the turbulent years between 1968 and 1973, when the world last underwent a series of seismic shifts in the way things were done. During this period, not only was there a sense of instability, but also one of liberation, and ultimately, progress. It was a time when 'everything changed'. Gerd proposes that we are entering a similar era, today. American Futurist Peter Leyden similarly sees the coming decade as marking a rare juncture in history, bringing an unusual number of fundamental system changes that will require a series of paradigm shifts in how the world will now work. He sees these system changes as largely positive and adding up to what he calls The Great Progression that will play out over the next 25 years. For this special event, Gerd and Peter are teaming up to look closer at a dozen of the most important paradigm shifts of the 2020s that everyone should better understand. Watch it via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7029820925021691904/ Watch it via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jERF9iW98 or an 18 min excerpt here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z8s5ByTNVs&t=0s Download the slides here https://www.futuristgerd.com/2023/02/join-gerd-leonhard-peter-leyden/ The future isn't science fiction anymore - it is already here, and it is already having an impact on the world around us. Here are the 12 shifts: The Mega-Challenge: From a focus on economic issues to a focus on climate and planet Energy: from carbon (fossil) to clean Transportation: from combustion engines to electric Politics: from conservative to progressive and inclusive Culture: from Boomer/GenX-centric to Millennial/GenZ-centric Capitalism: from shareholder to stakeholder Economics: from private sector to public sector Work: from physical and white collar to digital & virtual (new collar or no collar) Production: from industrial to biological Intelligence: from IQ to EQ, from logic to human agency Geopolitics: from countries and nations to global consciousness Medical: from sick-care to health care