The future, is pure chaos. The seismic changes driven by tech and changing generations.

It is rare to come across a piece of literature that so succinctly and intellectually defines an intangible and far-reaching change to so many systems (human, economic, tech, governemental etc. etc. etc.) occurring worldwide.

I’ve built a career combining my love of communications and technology with the passion, energy and drive of my youth. Since early in my career it has been difficult to to effectively communicate, in a way easily received by many, just how broad and deep the changes are that occur each day. These changes to systems worldwide propel us forward by rapid technology advances and a change in power from one generation to another. Couple that with historic economic crises and revolutions worldwide, it can be intense.

Often, I’m forced to isolate an interest area and focus on a key element and system for that audience. If I’m talking to a business owner: focus on the bottom-line, lecturing to students: instill a curiosity for the changes, empowering them to continuously educate themselves to stay relevant in a changing workforce and media: focus on small steps towards big changes as a final move to stay alive in an age of falling advertising revenues and reader/viewer/listenership.

Regardless of my audience, I always begin with a quote for Mike Walsh, the author of Futuretainment,

“Yesterday the world changed, today it’s our turn.”

Up until today, that’s been about as close as I’ve gotten to a succinct comprehensive way to sum up the world of change we live in today. That is until I stumbled on this article from Fast Company.

Naysayers, this article should be proof enough that the old is gone and the new is here, not necessarily as a replacement, just a new way of thinking.

Early adopters, I hope you find this article as exciting as I did, enjoy all of the “OMG that’s exactly it!’ moments.

Ryan.