From PSMJ's A/E/C Industry Summit: Fast Future! Ten Uber-Trends Changing Everything

John Doehring
Posted on: 06/29/16
Written by: John Doehring

Every year, PSMJ brings together the architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry’s top leaders and most successful firms to provide a glimpse into the future of our industry. Here, we present the first in a series of blog posts that samples the best of PSMJ's A/E/C Industry Summit breakout sessions and keynote presentations—with clickable links to professionally produced videos of each session.

BREAKOUT SESSION:  Fast Future! Ten Uber-Trends Changing Everything In Our Business And Our World

By John Doehring, CMC/Executive Leader of Advisory Services and Training - PSMJ Resources, Inc.

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Are you and your business ready to succeed in the Fast Future? The Fast Future isn’t coming - it’s already here.

Over the next 25 years, grand-scale, “uber” change will profoundly transform virtually everything in our world. Amazing opportunities lie ahead for forward thinking and agile organizations, while killer threats await those unprepared or unwilling to change. Businesses in every sector, industry, and market must take action now to define new enterprise goals, strategies, and action plans - or face the likely consequences.

In Fast Future! Ten Uber-Trends Changing Everything In Our Business And Our World, John Doehring reveals the top ten uber-trends that are already revolutionizing our world and explores the implications that business leaders and entrepreneurs must consider for success in the 21st century. He concludes with an action plan that A/E firms should consider  in order to thrive in today’s fast changing business environment.

  1. Educate: Learn more about the Fast Future ahead.

  2. Debate: Consider trend implications on the organization and team.

  3. Audit: Conduct assessment of conditions, capabilities, opportunities.

  4. Create: Build or improve the strategic framework of the organization.

  5. Align: Focus specific attention on clarity, consensus, and team alignment.

  6. Initiate: Take action to strengthen organization performance: marketing, operations, people.

  7. Call: Find out how we can help you to plan for the future, grow your business, and make more money! 

Speaker bio: John Doehring is Executive Leader of Advisory Services and Training at PSMJ Resources, Inc., and is responsible for the company's consulting and in-house training business worldwide. In addition to his role as a strategic consultant, John is also known as an accomplished speaker, author, and educator. John is the author of two books: Fast Future! Ten Uber-Trends Changing Everything in Business and our World (2015), and The BackPocket! Business Plan: Outrageously Simple Business Planning for Extraordinary Business Results. John Doehring a keynote speaker at the upcoming Thrive 2016 – The A/E/C Industry Summit to be held in Nashville on October 12-14, 2016. 

CLICK HERE to watch the video of John’s session Fast Future! Ten Uber-Trends Changing Everything In Our Business And Our World


AEC_INDUSTRY-SUMMIT_2016_FULL-PAGE-ANNOUNCEMENT_FINAL8090.jpgWe hope you find this presentation informative, and that you walk away with more than a few good tips. Most of all, we hope it makes you eager for the extraordinary content we have planned for our upcoming Thrive 2016 – The A/E/C Industry Summit.  We are looking forward to seeing you in Nashville for two powerful days with the world’s most successful and influential A/E/C visionaries!

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