10 Trends That Remain Intact Post Election

In the midst of this ongoing presidential election, now stretching into the third day of vote counting, there is a lot of uncertainty about the political future of this country at the executive level. Change is in the air, it’s anxiety inducing, and the unknowns stretch from coast to coast.

For distraction sake, let’s play a game. When all is said and done and the smoke clears what isn’t changing? What will remain intact after the election?

Some call it first principle thinking. In a similar way, let’s boil things down into the simple trends that we can feel confident are not going anywhere over the “long” term. Long term meaning 10+ years. That’s plenty long enough for any news, investment cycle, party or parrot in the Oval Office:

  1. The digital transformation marches on
  2. There remains a shortage of competent people
  3. Communication is an essential skill in companies and leadership positions
  4. America is the best place in the world to conduct business. See the week Jack Ma has had
  5. Working remotely will be an ongoing option
  6. Working in offices in startup hubs will return after COVID
  7. Every company is, or will be, a technology company
  8. Climate change is a massive problem not going anywhere
  9. Low rates = continued investment in growth assets with great margins. Software has great margins
  10. Barriers to entry based on gatekeeping will continue to fall. Democratization of media, financial assets, and all sorts of other tools will continue to proliferate

As the election process marches on, let’s continue to ask ourselves what other trends will continue in multiple environments regardless of the electoral outcome. There’s a lot going on out there. Keeping it short and sweet, have faith there’s some consistency on the other side of this vote counting marathon.

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