Disruption in the Boardroom: Leading Corporate Governance and Oversight into an Evolving Digital Future

Appendix A: Future Trends

How Do We Know What’s Coming?

You may be asking, what’s my source for all this information? How do I know what’s coming and how do you make reasonable predictions about the future? There is no crystal ball, of course. We can only look to sources and signals to make reasonable predictions about the future. Here’s how I approach thinking about the future and leveraging information available.

First, I aggregate and categorize daily news on the topics I have outlined here, as well as look for the emergence of new trends. I actually snapshot headlines and keep links in an electronic notebook as I track various trends. I always watch for bias and look for consistencies. When I find different reporters or sources report the same ...