Bernard provides a pacey and dynamic expose of cultural change and demographic shifts focusing on the outlook and implications for business over the next two decades.  

Global Financial Crisis

• The Demographics of the Global Financial Crisis
• How the GFC is Shaping Consumer Trends and Preferences
• How the GFC will Transform Generation Y Staff
• The GFC, Financial Services and Retirement: New Consumer Thinking

From Baby Bust to Peak Humanity

• Who will pay for Baby Boomers retirement?
• The global scramble for food, energy, resources at 9 billion by mid century
• Which countries will benefit from these shifts?
• What is Australia’s role and value in a crowded world?

The Rise of "Big Australia"

• What does it mean for business if Australia grows to 35 million by 2050?
• Arguments for and against … who will win out?
• Business challenges and opportunities 

Workforce Trends

• What will Customers and Workers Look Like Beyond the GFC?
• The Looming Demographic Faultline: Why Government Must Invest in Immigration
• The Rise of the Home Office and Telecommuting
• Jobs and the ‘Brave New World’ of Technology

Consumer, Social and Generational Trends

• Evolution of Australian Consumer Cultures
• The Rise and Fall of the Portfolio Lifestyle
• Generation X as Agents of Social Change
• The Man Drought and the Fella Filter
• Seachange and Treechange Shifts

Urban and Regional development

• Sponge Cities and Regional Growth
• Demographic and Social Change across Australia.