Global Technology – May 2014

The central premise of the book Ride the Wave by Fred Rogers and Richard Lalich is that mankind is at the beginning of a new stage in societal development in which digital technology will irrevocably and dramatically reshape virtually every industry and institution. This month's Global Technology Briefing focuses on a wide range of developments that promise to do precisely that.

Consider recent advances in "predictive modeling techniques." It is reasonable to argue that it's becoming possible to predict anything from customers.....