Last week, I was fortunate enough to spend some time at a local Growth Summit focused on emerging business. This was great not only because of its location literally over the water from our fantastic new head office, but it was also a terrific opportunity to meet some entrepreneurial champions of the future.
Anyway, while there was plenty of food for thought, there was one image that stood out for me among the various presentations – and it came courtesy of David Thomas while he was telling the now familiar story about the emergence of the BRIC economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
The image said it all – and while I don’t have the original slide, the wonders of Google allow some quick replication…
Shanghai (Pudong) in 1990…
Shanghai (Pudong) now…
If you look carefully you can even see some of the original buildings! 1990!
Impressive. Staggering. Compelling
