We’re hearing a lot from Government about “reasonable worst-case scenarios” at the moment. At first sight it seems sensible. We need to think beyond the “base case” or “central case”,…
Category: Futures
The Future of Cities
A key “megatrend” identified by SAMI and many others is increasing urbanisation, globally. This interacts with a great many other trends and forces in complex ways. In this series of…
When oil demand peaks: thinking about the geopolitical impacts of peak oil.
What happens to oil producing countries when oil demand peaks? When petro-economies no longer are able to finance themselves through the extraction and export of oil products, what do they…
Changing drivers of change – social attitudes
We’ve seen how demographics, various macro-economic forces, climate breakdown and technology will cause change. The last of SAMI’s six drivers of change is changing social attitudes, a critical underpinning force. …
Changing Drivers of Change - Biotech
As well as the technological developments of digitalisation that characterise the “4th Industrial Revolution”, the field of biotechnology is shaping up to be just as dramatic. In our 2018 set…
Changing drivers of change – 4th Industrial Revolution
The increasing digitalisation of industry is bringing together advances in sensors, through the Internet of Things, other immersive technologies, Big Data analytical tools and machine learning/artificial intelligence. Together we regard…