Eight tech trends.

Regular readers of this column know that I enjoy perusing management literature, including such classics as Harvard Business Review and The McKinsey Quarterly. A recent piece in the Quarterly by James M. Manyika and his colleagues caught my eye.1 The authors name eight emerging trends that are transforming many markets and businesses, and they suggest that we explore these trends to shape outcomes rather than just react to the environment. The trends are divided into these broad areas: (1) managing relationships, (2) managing capital and assets, and (3) leveraging information in new ways.