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One Year Later: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists

One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

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Recorded 2026-09-03. One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

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Megatrends One Year Later – #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening (2026-09-03)

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TrendsCross-Disciplinary SpecialistsGrowing complexity rewards people who can combine deep expertise with the ability to work across disciplines.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesEducation & LearningThe central challenge in education is no longer access to knowledge. It is learning at the speed at which knowledge changes.IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesHealthcare, Pharma & Life SciencesHealthcare is moving from episodic treatment toward continuous prediction, personalization and accelerated biological discovery.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.

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ARTICLE · Wed Sep 02Megatrends One Year Later – #22: Cross-Disciplinary Specialists – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
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Publish Date2026-09-03
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-09-03
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