Terry Young

This speech covers the rise of Generation Z, born after 1995 and wired for the collaborative economy. Terry Young compares and contrasts Millennials and Generation Zers and explores real-time shifts that are impacting this generation, from new semantics and the crowd economy to emerging technology and an evolving world view. This is a fast-paced discussion around the key trends that are shaping and disrupting organizations, industries and communities.

In an always-on, fast-moving world, it is business-critical to let the outside in. The traditional walled, top-down business model that results in the suffocation of ideas and ingenuity does not work anymore. We believe, instead, that ideas can evolve and make quantum leaps when they are shared, freed and built upon. We believe in a connected world, in open source, in collaboration and in co-creation. In short, we believe in unblinking, radical transparency. In this speech, Terry Young explores the key values embraced by open businesses and looks at how this fundamental shift will transform business over the next several decades.

This fast-paced discussion covers eight trends that are disrupting global consumers and, therefore, reshaping communities, organizations and industries. The issues that will be discussed include the crowd economy, driverless cars, new semantics, eSports, the future of health care, open business, Generation Z, armchair exploration and the modified class.