"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new"
How can we produce as much clean energy as we need? Can we transition to a circular economy and free ourselves from resource scarcity? Is there a place for human workers in industry 5.0? Will AI become intelligent for real? Is the metaverse a fantasy or a reality?
These are just some of the challenging questions that engineering and technology leaders are wrestling with. The answers they find will shape the world of 2030 and the world our children and grandchildren will inherit.
Engineering, the creative and practical application of science and mathematics to bring about a desired change in the real world, on time and to budget, is experiencing a golden age. The reponsibility of those in leadership positions has never been more crucial.
As engineering and R&D partner to some of the most innovative companies and organizations on the planet, we are privileged
to play a part in these incredible transformational journeys. This book contains an excerpt of some of the most transformative moves at play and the associated challenges that the world's most brilliant and talented engineers are working on today. Our aim is neither to provide an exhaustive inventory nor a hierarchy of all the innovation challenges of our time. Instead, we aim to offer a snapshot of the breadth and diversity of the technological questions facing the current generation of industry leaders. Combining insight and illustrations on twenty-nine topics, we hope the book will educate, entertain and inspire you to get the future you want.
There has never been a more exciting time to be an engineer or technologist, and as we say at Capgemini Engineering, it's time for all of us to think big, be bold, and have fun.
_ Frédéric ArquierChief Marketing Officer, Capgemini Engineering