CHAPTER 3

Social Renewal

One of the major drivers for change has been the rise of a millennial generation which has yet to truly define itself, although it is clearly making an impact and making a difference. There will be those who argue that they have not broken through as one would have hoped but this is mildly irrelevant.

In most of the advanced economies, the millennials are today the largest group in the working population but this is only part of the equation, for millennials are creating a strong basis for social renewal. They believe in the strength of communities, in local and in a barrier-free conversation when it comes to gender and race. This generation does view the world through very different eyes.

Some argue that the millennials ...

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