New possibilities, new horizons: the next decade in Asia-Pacific, Japan

BUSINESS has always been about new possibilities, whether seizing and creating opportunities, forging new paths or finding opportunity within pre-trodden paths. What is different about the possibilities ahead of us in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) is that they are to be found in a context of new horizons and a new context. Faster than ever, industries or sectors are created, redefined, or destroyed. The criteria for what makes a successful business is being redefined. As a result, the opportunities businesses are seeking now are unrecognisable from those they sought a decade ago.

Technology is a driving force behind this change. I have long believed that technology has incredible power for good. This last decade has already seen tangible examples - whether medical technology, advancing genomic research, farming and agriculture, rethinking how entire populations will source food in the future, or in the transformation of how and why we work, creating a new understanding of what it means to work or be employed.

The power that technology has will see these new horizons and drivers creating new possibilities that will transform three key areas of business for the region.