The growth of hybrid working following the pandemic led to many suggestions of a fundamental and permanent shift in the demand for offices and their design. Given the long lead…
Tag: Huw Williams
Prepare or Prevent: causes and events in futures thinking
There’s been a lot of discussion about the origin of the Covid-19 virus in Wuhan – did it appear in an animal market or did it escape from a laboratory? …
EU Joint Research Council – 14 Megatrends
Like many large organisations and consultancies, the EU’s JRC maintains and monitors a list of megatrends. In their case they have identified fourteen in their “Megatrends Hub”. Although mostly these…
Drivers of change – on fast-forward?
We’ve noticed recently how SAMI’s six Drivers of Change seem to be super-charged, on fast-forward. We identified the major areas of change some years ago and still think they are…
Widening Your Stakeholder Analysis
A good stakeholder analysis has always been an important part of policy or strategy development, especially in the area of futures thinking. Understanding whose interests to take into account, their…
The future of water – fertile futures
One of the critical challenges that the climate crisis brings is managing scarce resources, most notably water. Droughts, storms and floods are all expected to increase in all global warming…