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July 27-29, 2012 • Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Preconference Courses: July 26-27, 2012 • Professional Members’ Forum: July 30, 2012

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Transcultural Roundtable 2012

portrait of Dave Stein
portrait of Tiffany Pressler
portrait of Juanita Hardy

Dave Stein is president, Center for Transcultural Foresight, specializes in identifying hidden assumptions in diverse disciplines, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Tiffany Pressler Tiffany Pressler is a member of the World Future Society who currently resides in Conway, Arkansas. Mrs. Pressler is an inventor and entrepreneur who teaches and models the values of leadership, accountability, ingenuity, and altruism. Her work spans the multi-faceted areas of engineering, biophysics, government, healthcare, financial markets, and education, Conway, Arkansas, USA

Jack Smith is an adjunct professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, and director, Proteus Canada Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Juanita Hardy, managing principal, Tiger Management Consulting Group, delivers intercultural training and management consulting services to public and private sector clients and serves on the boards of several art organizations, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

How will people in your part of the world live, work, and think in 2025? Which values, lifestyles, and structuring institutions will prevail? Will lifestyles be more complex or simpler? Which professions will be the most highly valued, and which personality types will best adapt? What culture-based hidden assumptions define the boxes in which you think and your notion of personal identity? What can we learn from other peoples and cultures of the world that can help humankind meet the challenges of the future? In what ways do different peoples view the future? What countercultures may arise in your part of the world or elsewhere? And what is the future of cultural diversity itself, including values and lifestyles?

These questions are among the topics that the presentation will explore.

Highlights

Participants will leave this session with an understanding of:

  • Which lifestyle options may or may not be readily available and the possible alternative future value systems that may emerge.
  • Mind-sets that can limit foresight thinking.
  • The future customers of transnational businesses and businesses seeking to expand.

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