After our report to the European Commission to develop a system for using foresight to develop EU R&I in which we developed four global scenarios for 2040 and expanded on these…
Author: Huw Williams
POSTNOTE Report on Smart Cities
The UK’s Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) produces well-researched and well-written reports on a good range of subjects. In September (No 656) it produced one focused on Smart…
Alternative Future Views
This summer saw the publication of an interesting range of futures work, with different approaches and perspectives. OECD: Global Scenarios 2035: exploring implications for the future of global collaboration and…
Beyond Resilience
In recent posts (here, here and here) we have looked at building corporate or government “resilience” as a way of dealing with the unexpected. Throughout these analyses, it seemed that…
The Resilience Imperative
The uncertainty generated by the pandemic has led McKinsey to follow BCG’s attempt, that we commented on previously, and focus on resilience. Their recent report, “Succeeding in uncertain times”, identifies…
Thinking the unthinkable
A recent EC Joint Research Council paper, “Thinking the unthinkable”, explored the question of whether technological accidents caused by natural hazards (Natech accidents) are real “Black Swans”. A “Black Swan”…