Knowledge Networking: Creating the Collaborative Enterprise

Chapter 10

Forward to thefuture

The future is full of uncertainties. During the course of writing this book, the Asian economic miracle has taken a battering, the whiz kids of Wall Street took a hedge too far, and some commentators are questioning whether the new knowledge economy is really any different from the old. While some of these changes may seem remote to our daily lives, various interdependencies mean that they are ultimately likely to affect us one way or another. Thus, we may find more Western jobs migrate to Asia or we may find it more difficult to borrow money from our bank. So what can we say with certainty about the future of the knowledge agenda?

I spend much of my time analysing developments in technologies and business practice ...