We normally work with clients on long-term futures and major megatrends, so we don’t usually pay a lot of attention to passing fashions. We do keep track of changing social…
Tag: Huw Williams
Reasons to be anxious
We have noted changing attitudes and behaviours of different generational cohorts since we first produced our Drivers of Change document back in 2017. We noted then that “Generation Z smoke…
Tech Trends and More
Many of you will know that here at SAMI we are not overly sold on technology trends – no flying taxis for us. There is a tendency amongst those who…
WEF Global Risks Report 2024
The World Economic Forum published its annual Global Risks Report in January. This is based on its survey of the perceptions of around 1,500 experts across academia, business, government, the…
When the fire alarm rings - lessons from the Covid Inquiry on moving from contingency plans to action
We previously looked at the lessons from Module 1 of the Covid Inquiry about preparations for future risks. In Module 2 the Inquiry covered how the Government reacted when the…
“Risk tipping points”
The UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security has come up with a new characterisation of future uncertainties – “risk tipping points” (RTP). An RTP is defined as “the moment…