16 Workforce of the future: The competing forces shaping 2030 Corporate is king: The Blue World Global corporates take centre stage. Consumer choice dominates. A corporate career separates the haves from the have nots. The net worth of the top 1% of Chinese households overtakes that of the top 1% of US households for the first time. Merger of the world’s biggest social media site and Africa’s largest telecoms company becomes the biggest corporate deal ever recorded. The world’s biggest employer agrees unique ‘borderless’ working for its employees across its six biggest markets in a ground-breaking tax deal with their governments. UN agrees its Ethical Charter on Human Enhancement. India’s largest tech company announces a 24% increase in annual revenue, largely attributed to its introduction of cognitive-enhancing drugs for its workforce. 2020 2021 2022 2025 2030 Blue World: The road to 2030