Vectors of Disruption: a framework to clarify the key forces of change - Ross Dawson

Yesterday I gave a briefing on Technology Trends and the Future of Work to a group of Non Executive Directors of major corporations, organized by a large professional services firm for its clients. The group was the first to get a run-through of my new concept framework Vectors of Disruption, shown below, which I used to introduce and frame the rest of my presentation. The first comment is that I – as many others – am not a fan of the word'disruption', which has lost much of its meaning through misuse and overuse in recent years. However I cannot find a better word for what is meant here. Overall the intent of the framework is to distinguish between the different layers that are driving disruption, from the underlying forces, through the high-impact developments and finally key structural shifts.