The World is Flat

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The World is Flat

• Thomas L. Friedman

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Thomas L. Friedman

• New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist
• Books prior to the World is Flat
• Longitudes and Attitudes Exploring the World
  after September 11, 2002
• The Lexus and the Olive Tree, 1999
• From Beirut to Jerusalem, 1989
• Three-time Pulitzer Prize Winner
• The World is Flat
• While I Was Sleeping

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Nandan Nilekani, CEO Infosys Bangalore India

• Infosys Technologies Limited
• Intellectual work can be produced and delivered
  anywhere in the world
• Massive technology investment
• Worldwide broadband connectivity
• Dispersion of affordable computers
• Explosion of software
• Playing field is being leveled and countries like
  India can compete for global knowledge work

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Dalian, China

• Ohmae Associates
• Japanese Speakers
• 22 Universities Colleges and 200,000 College
  Students
• More than half graduate in Engineering Science
• China has the largest number of university
  graduates
• Outsourcing Operations
• Data Processing
• RD
• Software Development
• We will never forget that a historical war
  occurred between the two nations, but when it
  comes to the field of economy, we only focus on
  the economic problems especially if we talk
  about the software outsourcing business. - Xia
  Deren, Mayor of Dalian

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Challenge

• India, China, Russia are becoming part of the
  development product cycle, which used to be
  dominated by American or European multinational
  companies.
• Americans dont realize the challenge to the
  extent that they should. Win Liu Director of
  US/EU projects for DHC
• Homesourcing Off-siting Reservations

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Three Eras of Globalization

• Globalization 1 1492 until 1800
• Globalization 2 1800 until 2000
• Globalization 3 2000 to present

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Globalization 1 1492 until 1800

• Trade opened between Old and New World
• Dynamic Force - Countries
• Key Agent of Change Utilization of brawn,
  horsepower, wind power, steam power

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Globalization 2 1800 until 2000

• Shrank the world from medium to small
• Dynamic Force Multinational Companies
• Key Agent of Change - Hardware
• First half characterized by falling
  transportation costs
• Second half characterized by falling
  telecommunication costs

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Globalization 3 2000 to present

• Shrinking the world from small to tiny and
  flattening the playing field at the same time
• Dynamic Force - Individuals
• Key Agent of Change Software
• empowering individuals to collaborate and
  complete globally

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Flattening in the US Military

• Drone in Iraq
• Directed from Las Vegas
• Video viewed simultaneously in Iraq, Qatar,
  Tampa, the Pentagon, and the CIA.
• Technology flattens the military hierarchy by
  making information available at all levels.

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Flattening in Journalism

• Bill Ardolino, online reporter
• InDC Journal
• MP3 player/digital recorder
• Digital camera phone
• Glenn Reynolds
• Instapundit
• The splintering of media makes for a lot of
  incoherence or selective cognition (look at our
  countrys polarization), but it also
  decentralizes power and provides a better
  guarantee that the complete truth is out
  theresomewhere in pieces. Glenn Reynolds

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CHANGE

• Change is hard. Change is hardest on those
  caught by surprise. Change is hardest on those
  who have difficulty changing too.
• But change is natural change is not new
  change is important.
• David Schlessinger Reuters America

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Flattening the WorldFundamental Changes in

• Role of Individuals, Governments, and Women
• Way we Innovate, Educate Ourselves, Conduct
  Science and Research, Conduct Business, Fight
  Wars, and Express Ourselves Through Art
• Response of Religion
• Political Labels we Utilize

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Changes in Education?

• Hierarchies Challenged or Transformed
• from top-down to horizontal and collaborative
  structures
• Digitization, Virtualization, and Automation
• Staggering Gains in Productivity
• for those who can keep up with the pace
• Greater numbers of Innovators and Collaborators
  ( terrorists)
• Individuals Empowered?
• By software?

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What Does Education Leadership Look Likein
Globalization 3?

• Absorb changes in ways that do not overwhelm
  people but also do not leave them behind
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Flexibility
• Adaptability