Speaker event – A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come
We are excited to host a thought-provoking session based on a new McKinsey Global Institute mega research effort that explores the advances of the past century and what drove them and then investigates the possibility of a world of plenty by 2100. The session will feature Chris Bradley who is a McKinsey Senior Partner and co-author of the book A Century of Plenty. It promises to be an event packed full of substance plus time for social interaction.
About the session
Topic: A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come
Speaker: Chris Bradley, McKinsey Sr Partner and book co-author
Date: Thursday 30 April
Timing: 5:00 arrival drinks & nibbles, 5:30 start, 7:00 finish
Location: McKinsey offices, Level 35, 88 Phillip St, Sydney
Zoom: 5:30 start
Format: Presentation, Q&A, group discussion
Cost: $35 for members, $45 for guests
About the research & book
Perspective from McKinsey Global Institute…
Can you imagine even the poorest country in the world achieving the prosperity and quality of life of today’s Switzerland—by 2100? Seems crazy, doesn’t it? After all, we live in uncertain times. But we have pulled off marvels before. Human advances over the past 100 years have been unprecedented. Can we achieve another century of progress?
This book, a major research effort from the McKinsey Global Institute, explores the advances of the past century and what drove them—what we call the progress machine. It then investigates the possibility of a world of plenty by 2100 in which every person lives at, or above, the levels of prosperity only enjoyed by the top few percent today. Such a future would require the global economy to be eight times bigger than it is today. Is this realistic? Will we have enough energy, food, metals, and minerals? Can we keep innovating quickly enough? Can we deliver plenty while protecting our planet?
We ran the numbers, and the answer is yes.
But progress is a choice. Making what is possible probable needs a new narrative. A story in which growth is good, plenty is achievable, and people are inspired to innovate and build. Again and again, optimists have been on the right side of history. We believe they will be once more.
About Chris Bradley
Chris Bradley is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company where he has worked for 25 years across every sector of the economy. He serves as a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), where he leads research on the economic and business issues most critical to the world’s companies and policy leaders. He previously led McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice across Asia and developed many of our firm’s modern strategy frameworks.
With MGI, Chris leads research on productivity and growth, industries of the future, demographics, and the energy transition. In his home market of Australia, he is at the forefront of the debate about how to restore productivity growth. He is a coauthor of the just-released book A Century of Plenty: A Story of Progress for Generations to Come, and a coauthor of the internationally best-selling book Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick.