Vi översvämmas nu om spaningar och rapporter om hur krisen kommer förändra hur konsumenterna agerar för all framtid. Vi kommer till till exempel aldrig mer jobba från kontor, alltid konsumera medvetet och nu blir allt digitalt. Men stämmer det verkligen. Utifrån tidigare profetior om framtiden kan man konstatera att många varit rena spekulationer eller försök att påverka utifrån hur ens egen affär skulle gynnas bäst.
En annan personlig favorit är hur man de senaste åren pratat om att röstsök kommer dominera. Deloitte skriver:
"Our analysis revealed they shared a set of common flaws:
For one, many of the predictions were self- serving—they had been made by industry or company leaders focused on selling a service and were based on commissioned surveys, white papers, research projects, etc., all of which usually drive toward a predetermined conclusion. customer adoption, the economic reality, and regulatory hurdles in achieving that future. In fact, we couldn’t identify a single technology that arrived and achieved significant industry disruption within a five- to seven-year time horizon.
Many also failed to specify a clear time horizon when talking
of the “future,” thereby limiting their value for retail and consumer products companies as to when they could effectively incorporate these insights into their strategic planning.
Others seemed entirely prophetic with headlines stating outlandish predictions for the future of retail without robust supporting analyses or data.
Finally, and perhaps most common, were predictions based on the rise of a specific technology—such as virtual reality, mobile payments, or drone delivery—that ignored customer adoption, the economic reality, and regulatory hurdles in achieving that future. In fact, we couldn’t identify a single technology that arrived and achieved significant industry disruption within a five- to seven-year time horizon."
Som jag skrev i en tidigare artikel - med alla storheter som är inblandade i ekvationen är antalet möjliga framtider just nu många och utvecklingen i världen står och väger. Budgetdiskussionerna inför 2021 bör innehålla flera alternativ och bilder av framtida utveckling på marknaden.

