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By James Lee
"Understanding long-term trends is an important tool in identifying opportunities and risks. STEEP analysis looks at the world through five different perspectives – Social, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Political.
"The following are the major themes that are presently shaping the future..."
Quite a deep synthesis of emerging trends. What is most interesting to me is the second part of the article, in which the 7 trends are conidered in combinations with one another, creating reverberating trends upon trends.
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2012 might be the year which we reached 'peak infographic'. You can’t have an issue or a piece of data without putting it into a picture so it’s easier for people to understand. While this has mostly resulted in a glut of ugly graphics that don’t actually do anything with data (and you’ll see some of these below), it’s still an incredibly simple way to get information to you fast. And this year, some of our most compelling content has appeared in the format. These are some of our favorites. Via Lauren Moss 
Lauren Moss's curator insight,
December 21, 2012 5:40 PM
A curated infographic gallery from FastCompany... 
Dennis T OConnor's curator insight,
December 21, 2012 10:09 PM
How do you tell a story with statistics? How to you make visible the hidden and complex ideas hiding in the numbers? Infographics is a solid answer for these questions. Take a look at some of the best! Delete the scoop?
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Educational changes predicted include online education as a Government cost cutting imperative, urbanisation leading to the demand for more education, the need for education to drive necessary innovations, Gray boom looking to teaching and mentoring as a second career.
It is important to observe and work with trends. I think the greatest challenge will be to know when to let go. What works and what does not work? Those will become essential questions.