It's a Complex World

The Context of Modernism

Stop the World – I Want to Get Off

• 1419 - the rise of Capitalism and private ownership by right of circumstance

• 1945 - the spread of globalism and neo-liberalism

• Bi-polar globalism - West vs East

• Decolonisation

• 21st Century - rise of global crises

• Global Warming/deforestation

• 3rd world poverty/inequalities

• Migration & Nationalism

• Inflation & the Cost of Living

• International Debt

• 2019 - COVID

• 2022 - Russia and Ukraine

• 2026 - USA and Iran

Common theme throughout history - The rise and fall of empires

Is the world struggling to cope with the pace of change using outmoded political and organisational models?