The very things we assume to be stable no longer are. We must change what we do and how we do it in order to respond to the rapidly changing situations.

Climate change is being reported everywhere often with some unexpected consequences. It is impacting food supplies. People in “rich countries” are going short of food while at the same time obesity is on the increase. Financial markets are “betting” on future food production , thus driving up costs.

Countries are increasingly shifting away from the US dollar as the primary reserve currency. The masses are increasingly dissatisfied with leaving solutions to those who govern and social disruption, often violent, is increasing.

The number of flights people make is increasing worldwide, while people are driving less miles by car.

Volatility in weather, financial markets, social wellbeing is increasing. The longer term trends are harder to predict. The temptation, and often the reward, is to react to the short term, to fix the immediate problem rather than address the root causes. Sharing our knowledge and learning with our peers becomes more necessary to thrive in an era of complexity.