How megatrends influence and affect each other (2)

In a previous blog post I was searching for effective ways to show how megatrends influence each other, how they strengthen or weaken one another, and how they might generate some unexpected consequences, due to the indirect effects they would have.

I just tried out a new way of presenting this. Hereunder is an example of how this would look like, starting from the Ageing Population trend:

The timeflow between the trends is represented by the colors connecting them (from light blue to dark blue). When the cone is growing bigger it means that the ‘receiving’ trend is being reinforced by the previous one, and vice-versa. I also tried to represent how ‘events’ (in the clouds) would reinforce or diminish certain trends.

There are probably ways to improve this, though obviously I don’t want to over-engineer this…

Any ideas or suggestions are welcome!