MEGATRENDS

AND GAME
CHANGERS
JIEMALYN ACALAL
MEGATRENDS
•It is a large, social, economic, political,
environmental or technological change
that is slow to form. Once in place,
megatrends influence a wide range of
activities, processes, and perception; both
in government and in society, possibly for
decades (Saritas, 2011). They are the
underlying forces that drive trends.

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Megatrends differ from trends in three ways:
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CATEGORIES OF
MEGATRENDS
• Moody (2005) sees megatrends as
always in the scale of the global, emerging
as “macroeconomic and geostrategic
forces that are shaping our world and our
collective futures in profound ways”.
These forces create implications that are
far-ranging and varied, bringing with them
both risks and opportunities.

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Shifts in Human Densities and Movements

•This refers to changes in

population sizes, migration,
ethnic and racial compositions
of societies, birth rates,
mortality and morbidity rates
even geographic distribution of
groups.

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 Changes in
Economic Systems
This reflects changes in
market behavior - in the manner
of exchange of good and services
between low, middle, and high
income - among regions and
capital outflows - among nations
and continents. The effect and
impact of these changes can be
felt globally.

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Changes in
Political •This refers to the shifts in the power
Structures and configurations among nations and
regions. It may also reflect in the
the Rise of conduct of governance and citizen
Social representation.
Movements

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Advancements in
Science and Technology
• It denotes research and
development in various
fields of the physical and
natural sciences, as well as
new inventions, herald a
new future that is more
reliant to these advances.

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Development in the Sociocultural Landscape

This could be shifts in the

value systems or the emergence
of new values and social
practices, thus leading towards
a reorientation of the moral
compass.

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Changes in the Earth’s
Geology and Ecosystems
•This covers the environmental pressure
caused by development, including fuel
emissions, loss of forests, the increasing
impact of climate change manifested by
the warning of the increased temperatures
of oceans and the atmosphere, even the
rising sea level.

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Example of Megatrends and Trends
Classification of Trends

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Classification of Trends
Megatrends Macrotrends Microtrends Fads

are events that are specific phenomena that opposite of

occur over a variations of are born in small trends. They only
longer period, megatrends. They communities with keep for a short
and of which we describe partial a clear identity, period of time.
can be sure about. trends that feature most often in
They have an a different degree opposition to the
influence on all of effectiveness. mainstream in the
the aspects of long run, they
life. may transform
into more mass
trends.
Game changers
•Game changers are conscious
acts from humans to direct the
course of a megatrend. They
can be people, organizations, or
entities that see a new way to
turn the course in favor of
growth and development.
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