How do you plan in a world that is so uncertain? How do you prepare when so many different futures could emerge? The experience of the last few years has…
Category: Trends
Polycrisis – The View From Davos
The New World Order Changes…. The World Economic Forum has reconvened in Davos this week, after the Covid-19 pandemic led to its postponement in 2021, and a shorter meeting in…
Hype and rates of Technology Adoption
Technology advances at a remarkable rate, but even more dramatic claims are made for some innovations which never in the end deliver. Some are just a ridiculous idea in the…
Opportunities and risks for 2023
Last December we reported on our thoughts about the coming year. As we review those, and think forward another twelve months, we note that futures thinking is not forecasting. Generally…
COP 27 – the road to disaster
As COP27 has staggered to a halt, it’s time to revise your climate change scenarios. Keeping the increase in global temperature to 1.5˚C now seems to be an unlikely outcome,…