I have been invited to lead the Association of Strategic Planning’s Virtual conference (ASP2-21) with a keynote address on the role of ethics in strategy. The keynote starts by asking…
Category: Foresight
Global Trends 2040 – Emerging dynamics
This latest post in our series on the US National Intelligence Center Global Trends report – “A more contested world” covers the section they call “Emerging Dynamics”. Having looked at…
Global Trends 2040 – Structural forces
We recently posted an overview of the US National Intelligence Center produces its Global Trends report – “A more contested world”. In this post we look in more detail at…
The Future of AI UK: Alan Turing Institute
Hosted over two days and across two alternative stages, the Alan Turing Institute hosted AI UK; a tour d’horizon from the brightest and best that the Institute had to offer…
Futures Literacy and Anticipation
Anticipation is a growing trend. In January, Jonathan Blanchard Smith reviewed the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) Conference in November 2020, which launched the EU-wide strategic foresight network.…
Factors in developing scenarios for the future of London
The combination of the UK’s departure from the EU, and the coronavirus pandemic, has caused uncertainty across the UK business ecosystem. As the UK’s largest city and the contributor of…