Trends in business

Here are some of the trends that Thomas Frey, futurist and director of the DaVinci Institute, says will change the way we do business in the future. The effects of global crisis, the disruptive influence of new technologies, the emergence of new business models and aggressive search for new alternatives.

1) Systemic Crisis
Many of the systems we have today are global to the brink because they were not designed to cope with the speed and volume of today's society. We need an absolute change of national systems will lead to global systems. In the coming years, massive failures in most systems, including taxation, judicial, security, monetary and much more, and as they fell, new opportunities arise.

2) "one-person Empires"
With financial markets in danger, the most popular form of enterprises will be the "one-person Empires," a business run by a single person with a broad spectrum of influence. This outsourcing business models all its operations to various organizations around the world. The high costs of employment and deposit the power of new technologies on individuals create the perfect conditions to grow this model.

3) business Colonies
Corporate colonies, as colonies of nanotechnology, video games, alternative medicine, there will be an incubator of specific industries as drivers of economic development. Will be formed in cities as industrial centers and nurseries entrepreneurship. Will be both virtual and physical, of different size and structure. Will unite around a shared resource and thus share equipment or materials that are too costly for any one person take over.

4) Cloud Computing
The ability to connect to your workspace in portable devices, wherever you are, avoiding complex and expensive systems is very interesting and, although some way to go, is quite advanced. In the last few years has made great strides with the advent of programs such as Amazon's Web Services and Google's App Engine. But for this movement to reach its full potential, still missing a few years.

5) Battle of alternative energy sectors
Although oil remains the main source of energy, the race for alternative energy is booming. In the coming years, will expand exponentially, reaching new ground in the production, transmission and storage.