The Future Face of Enterprise

What are the opportunities and trends that will shape enterprise in the future?

To mark the fourth annual Enterprise Week in November 2007 we kick-started a discussion on the Future Face of Enterprise.

We asked over 50 entrepreneurs, business people, industry experts, social commentators, academics what they thought would shape the future face of enterprise in the UK. The result was this explosion of fantastic opinions.

At the same time, we asked the think-tank Demos to explore some of these trends in more detail by inviting a range of people to write articles. The resulting collection was launched in July 2008 and is available to download. A massive thank you to all those involved - particularly this impressive range of authors. The summary sets out some of the main themes that emerged.

Trends

“The work will help to shape our future campaign and the thinking of coalition partners working to inspire an enterprise culture across the UK.”

The starting premise, posed to each contributor, is that each new generation develops entrepreneurial ideas based on its own priorities, ambitions and passions. As such what are the likely trends for the coming years? For example, what impact will social media have in the way that ideas are developed? What will be the impact of climate change, social enterprise and ‘good business’?