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One Year Later: The Five Generation Society

One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #24: The Five Generation Society as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

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Publish Date2026-09-08
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-09-08
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Observed in Jim Carroll’s archive on September 08, 2026.

One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #24: The Five Generation Society as part of my 30 Megatrends series. Time to grade myself.

Source: Megatrends One Year Later – #24: The Five Generation Society – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening.

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TrendsThe Five Generation SocietyLonger lives and changing work patterns are creating societies in which five generations are active at the same time.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesHealthcare, Pharma & Life SciencesHealthcare is moving from episodic treatment toward continuous prediction, personalization and accelerated biological discovery.IndustriesFinancial Services & BankingMoney is becoming embedded, intelligent and increasingly invisible as AI, digital platforms and new forms of value reshape finance.IndustriesRetail & ConsumerRetail is shifting from moving inventory to orchestrating attention, experience, prediction and fulfillment across physical and digital worlds.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsHealth, Biotech & LongevityThe convergence of medicine, biotechnology, genomics, connected health, predictive care and longevity science.

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ARTICLE · Mon Sep 07Megatrends One Year Later – #24: The Five Generation Society – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening