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May 26, 2013

Disruptive Technologies


McKinsey Global Institute, May 2013.
Advances that will transform life, business and the global economy.

McKinsey Global Institute InfographicToday, we see many rapidly evolving, potentially transformative technologies on the horizon-spanning information technologies, biological sciences, material science, energy, and other fields.

The McKinsey Global Institute set out to identify which of these technologies could have massive, economically disruptive impact between now and 2025.

They also sought to understand how these technologies could change our world and how leaders of businesses and other institutions should respond.

Their goal is not to predict the future, but rather to use a structured analysis to sort through the technologies with the potential to transform and disrupt in the next decade or two, and to assess potential impact based on what we can know today, and put these promising technologies in a useful perspective. They offer this work as a guide for leaders to anticipate the coming opportunities and changes.

You can read the full report here.