A Concept
DIGITIANS are those who born in or after the year 2000 and will be a dominant force through 2075. They are completely different in usage of their left brain and motor nerves. They are different from the Millennial in behaviour, thinking and action.
The concept and the word “DIGITIAN” was first presented by Saugata Bandyopadhyay, Founder of DIGITIAN Group, in a Future Banking conference in February 2016 in Sandton Convention Centre , Johannesburg, South Africa. A book on DIGITIAN version 1.0 written by Mr Bandyopadhyay will be in the market soon.
The word “DIGITIAN” is a neologism.
The world is changing superfast — communications, banking, currencies, education, retail channels, health & medicines, travel and tourism, media, consulting, agriculture, manufacturing – every sectors facing disruptive innovations; Nano technology, internet of things, artificial intelligence and robotics will be overwhelmingly embedded. In this age, model disruption, extinction, miniaturisation, real time delivery, speed and virtualisation are here to stay.
They have born in and after 2000 with following intrinsic behavioural features :
- Embrace Technology Naturally
- They write in Computers /internet /boogie board
- They believe in Spell search than dictionary
- Siri, Google Now, or Amazon Echo are their robo-voice Aladdin’s Genie
- Use Internet and Youtube as reference Library
- Kindle as their story book
- Very short attention span suffering from ADHD
- Fingers move as fast as their Mind
- Youtube, whatsapp, are their expression tool
- They do not take photocopy they take photos
- Stores their documents/pictures in cloud
- Purchase online than to go shopping
- Share their thoughts in tweeter’s 140 words, snapchat, flicker, pinterest
- They do not use remote prefer voice recognition
- They prefer multi tasking
- Hyper Connected World (IoT)
- Fearless customers – ready to explore Potential
- Transparent – believe in WYSWYG
- Instant- Real Time offering and on demand delivery (Machine Learning)
- Integrated channels and customised value added offering (AI)
- Interactive with multi-level communications (V&FR)
- Convenience is the key
- Flexibility for personalisation
- Access – Anyone, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Any device
This is DIGITIAN Version 1.0. The effective life expectancy of the Version 1.0 will be atleast 75 years if not more from the present 65 years+. There will be many more distinct versions will emerge. It is expected that DIGITIAN V1.0 will rule the world from 2018 – 2075. The vision lines are as under : (Although we know this will be different 10 years from now)
| Age Period | Major Effect on Societies & Industry |
|---|---|
| 2000 -2017 | Build Up Phase : Already affected sector : Media & Gaming, Education, Communication |
| 2018-2029 | Launching Phase : Impact mostly expected in Banking/Financial Service, Insurance, Automobile (Electronic Car, Air Taxi, ) i-tronics, Sports, IoT V 1.0 & V2.0 |
| 2030 – 2049 | Real Growth Phase : Impact mostly expected in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Aviation, Agriculture, Green Energy, oil & Petroleum, logistics, Robotics V 1.0 IoT V 2.0 |
| 2050-2069 | Dominant Phase : Impact mostly expected in Investment Banking, Pensions, Space Travel, Health & Medicine, Not for profit NGOs, Robotics 2.0 , Virtualisation |
| 2070 onwards | Nirvana phase : Impact mostly expected in Wellness, Religion as a service, Robotics Helper V X, Time travel |
Read the Book DIGITIAN version 1.0 written by Mr Saugata Bandyopadhyay for the journey along the strategic path.