GBA’s Emerging Issues and Trends Committee, joined by GBA’s leadership, industry experts, and strategic-planning facilitators comprised the “Crystal Ball Workshop” held in July 2011 to identify and assess important issues and trends. This ASFE Practice Alert focuses on ten trends that Workshop participants believed will almost certainly materialize, meaning GBA-Member Firms need to either get on board or get out of the way. The trends involve:

IT,
technology’s ability to increase competition,
the impact of social media,
water scarcity,
climate change,
energy,
industry consolidation,
firm sustainability,
the coming “talent war,” and
becoming a purpose-driven organization."