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# Future Disruption: A Futurist Perspective on Open Innovation

Posted by [Admin](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/admin) on November 26, 2011

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In this espresso shot of ideas, Anders Sorman-Nilsson explores the future landscape of business, and examines what your organisation needs to do stay on trend. Learn how to think in order to deal with government regulation, double dip recessions and new advertising business models. Find out how **Open Innovation** can help your organisation move towards the future in an empowered fashion.

![State of Play of Social Media Disruption](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/file-1334488329-jpg/blog-files/5y0byemurcg5h5lr6u3q.jpg?width=580&height=410&name=5y0byemurcg5h5lr6u3q.jpg "State of Play of Social Media Disruption")

### Key take aways:

1. To remain future focussed, your organisation needs to ask itself the question: what industries are we really in (it's likely to be more than one...)?
2. What non-traditional players are likely to be competing with us by 2020? How will this impact our future business model?
3. What communication trends are likely to disrupt the way we connect with consumers and talent in the future? How can we best get on board with them?

To learn more about one of these disruptive forces - **social media **- why not download the [State of Play of Social Media Report](https://www.box.com/shared/static/ozhyhjhpf11dnv35gi4f.pdf), curated by Thinque and SR7 as a SWOT analysis of Social Media, [here](https://www.box.com/shared/static/ozhyhjhpf11dnv35gi4f.pdf)?

 Topics: [Disruptive Trends](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/disruptive-trends), [Future Trends](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/topic/future-trends)

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