The World is Round
An optimistic master plan for the transformation of business and society
Jo Caudron
- For
- over
- twenty
- years
- sectors
- have
- been
- changing
- in
- the
- wake
- of
- digital
- disruption.
- Today
- banks,
- retailers,
- the
- media,
- taxi
- firms
- and
- so
- many
- other
- organisations
- are
- feeling
- the
- power
- of
- digitisation
- and
- the
- challenges
- it
- brings.
- All
- sectors
- find
- themselves
- in
- their
- particular
- perfect
- storm,
- in
- which
- digital
- forces
- compel
- them
- to
- adopt
- a
- new
- position.
- But
- what
- if
- that's
- just
- the
- beginning?
- What
- if
- seeking
- a
- futureoriented
- transformation
- plan
- solely
- in
- relation
- to
- your
- industry
- proves
- insufficient?
- What
- if
- the
- very
- core
- of
- our
- society
- changes,
- partially
- as
- a
- result
- of
- digitisation,
- but
- also
- due
- to
- major
- issues
- related
- to
- the
- future
- of
- work,
- housing,
- mobility,
- the
- climate,
- healthcare,
- education,
- globalisation,
- population
- growth
- and
- even
- people
- living
- longer?
In
- The
- World
- is
- Round
- Jo
- Caudron
- searches
- for
- links
- between
- each
- of
- these
- social
- transformations.
- He
- ultimately
- concludes
- that
- they
- collectively
- form
- a
- Metastorm,
- an
- all-transcending
- series
- of
- interwoven
- perfect
- storms.
- The
- Metastorm
- will
- have
- an
- impact
- on
- every
- decision
- we
- take
- at
- the
- company,
- policy
- or
- individual
- level.
The
- World
- is
- Round
- is
- an
- optimistic
- plea,
- for
- us
- to
- approach
- and
- tackle
- the
- problems
- holistically.
- If
- we
- succeed,
- the
- future
- awaiting
- us
- is
- definitely
- worth
- the
- effort.
Jo
- Caudron
- has
- been
- working
- as
- a
- digital
- entrepreneur
- for
- years
- and
- has
- been
- involved
- in
- a
- number
- of
- digital
- businesses.
- For
- the
- past
- ten
- years
- he
- has
- worked
- as
- a
- transformation
- strategist.
- With
- his
- strategy
- and
- innovation
- agency,
- he
- helps
- organisations
- in
- Europe
- and
- the
- Middle
- East.
- Jo
- has
- written
- several
- books
- that
- all
- provide
- a
- source
- of
- inspiration
- for
- individuals,
- companies
- and
- policy-makers
- in
- these
- times
- of
- transformation.
- He
- is
- also
- a
- popular
- public
- speaker.
Jo
- lives
- in
- the
- Flemish
- Ardennes,
- is
- happily
- married
- and
- has
- two
- children.
- They
- form
- his
- ideal
- laboratory
- for
- observing
- change,
- but
- also
- serve
- as
- the
- major
- driving
- force
- in
- his
- search
- for
- an
- optimistic
- outlook
- for tomorrow.
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