World's Biggest Problems

1.       Gender Inequality—Poses a problem because of globalization, many cultures are having to face the reality that women are in the workforce. Also, the acceptance of gender equality can enable a culture or region to become a more viable area for development.

a.       Solution—Creating a non-profit organization or a for profit consultation firm that is aimed to aiding business in these areas recruit, hire, and develop campaigns around inclusion. Not to forget to aid in supporting these areas with more viable business development partners.

2.       Lack of Nutrition—The world continues to have a shift from whole foods to modern convenience foods, which lack nutrition. The lack of meeting human nutritional needs is costing the world with higher medical expenses.

a.       Solution—Developing relationships with larger brands for nutrition initiatives or medical providers to show the cost of bad nutrition.

3.       Society’s shift to Urbanization—With the world’s population becoming more modern, there has been a shift for people to move to more urban developments. This move creates a devastating outcome on many smaller towns and economies. Also, it creates overcrowding issues and strain on urban developments.

a.       Solution—Moving start-ups to areas, where the availability of resources meet their business model, and rebuilding small economies through job creation. Another tactic that could be useful would be inquiring on tax breaks for business that create new jobs.

4.       Distribution of natural resources—With newer technologies and other advances, natural resources are needed to create these products. The issue is that some countries around the world control the world’s supply of specific resources.

a.       Solution—Creating an alternative way to produce or utilize a different resource to create these products.

5.       Socio-political-cultural migrations—Migrations of people from their home countries to others can put a strain on their temporary hosts. These migrations can create housing issues and strain on food resources.

a.       Solution—Building in areas with ease of access to transportation and waterways in preparation for such events. Partnering experts in creating small township like communities with convinces of their homeland.

6.       Trade barriers—With the possibility of countries wanting to keep resources or wanting to become independent trade barriers themselves. Trade barriers could disrupt the world’s economy as a whole.

a.       Solution—Capitalizing on alternative products or solutions, creating a consultation firm of experts for businesses, educational, and financial institutions to utilize to overcome these obstacles.

7.       Water Pollution—Pollution of the oceans has taken a devastating toll on the quality of food sources from the ocean and the quantity of species ability to repopulate.

a.       Solution—Creating a need for change in regulations around oceanic pollutants and their clean up. The cleanup can create opportunities for job growth and development.

8.       Air Pollution—Depleting the Ozone layer and increasing world temperatures, with shifts in global weather patterns, air pollution with continue to be an issue in the future.

a.       Solution—Utilizing cleaner technologies in developing countries first since costs are lower initially with lack of switching costs.

9.       Age demographic effects on occupational outlook—With the rise of a larger elderly population, that is living longer with more disposable income, the occupational outlook needs to shift with more services and products geared to that age range.

Solution—Developing an occupational outlook to give to millennials. The outlook can provide an “app experience” that will show the future of possible income levels, educational requirements, and education consulting.

10.   Modernization of developing market—Shifting from a developed market to an emerging market can move jobs from one area of the world to another. With outsourcing being the main concern, preparing a developed market for this shift is imperative for continued growth and prosperity.

Solution—Using job market research to create an education program that will impact high school students thinking of what future jobs may be exhausted by the time they graduate college. Utilizing this program can give a developing market the opportunity to prepare for those occupational shifts because of outsourcing due to technological or educational developments in emerging markets.


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