Change of era

1. A Change of Era 10
Transition Perspective 11
Previous Big Transition 12
The Big Transition Today 17
The Transformation of Our Society 20
The Transformation of Our Economy 36
A New Power 49

2. The Energy Transition 54
Clashing Worlds 55
Tipping Point Phase 58
New, Clean Economy 63
Europe 65
Germany 67
The Netherlands 70
Energy Agreement 72
Urgency 73
How to Stimulate the Energy Transition in the
Netherlands? 74
1. Abandoning Natural Gas in 15 Years: Plan B 74
2. The New Slochteren 75
3. Energy-neutral Built Environment 77
4. Make Energy Conservation Hot and Sexy 78
5. Stimulate Bottom-up Movement 79

3. The Healthcare Sector in Transition 82
The Dutch Healthcare System 83
International Context 84
Why Must Things Be Done Differently in
Dutch healthcare? 88
The Silent Revolt in Dutch Health Care 94
What is the Alternative? Health Care 3.0 96
Healthcare Insurers and Their Power 98
Decentralization of Care 101
What Can Local Government Do? 103
What Are the Practical Implications? 104
Social Neighbourhood Teams and Their Pitfalls 106
What Are the Implications for Care Businesses? 108
The Zorgeloos Initiative 110

4. The Education System in Transition 112
The Dutch Education System 113
Dutch Education in an International Context 116
Persistent Problems in Education 117
Education 3.0: How to Renew the System? 125
Roads Leading toward Education 3.0 130
The Netherlands 131
AGORA School 131
Bildung Academie 132
Finland 133
Themes instead of subjects 133
Spain 133
Julio Verne Bilingual School 133
Luxembourg 134
Lycée Aline Mayrisch 134
Switzerland 134
The KaosPilots School 134
How to Realize a Transition in Education? 135

5. How Can We Turn Around the Financial Sector? 138
A Bird’s Eye View of Financial History 139
The Financial System 141
Why Does the Financial Sector Need to Change? 144
Deadlock 151
The Current Phase of Transition of the Financial System 155
The Alternative: The Financial System 3.0 158
Financial System 3.0: The New Public Role of Financial Institutions 158
Transition Pathways and Trends 159
In Conclusion 163

6. What Does That Mean For Us? 164
Society in Transition 165
Our Economy in Transition 169
Social and Economic Synthesis 173
What does this mean for Business? 175
Which Businesses Will Survive? 178
Permanent Change Strategy 180

What does this mean for Government? 183
What does this mean for People? 190
The Netherlands in a Tipping Point Phase 195