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Tag: David Lye

Covid-19: the Economic Consequences of the infection, and what it tells us about the frailty of the global economy
19 February 2020in Futures, Risk Management, Trends, Uncategorized0by David Lye

Covid-19: the Economic Consequences of the infection, and what it tells us about the frailty of the global economy

Many column inches have been filled with the unfolding story of Covid-19 since its emergence in the city of Wuhan last month.  There is much speculation about what it means…

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Civil Unrest: the “New Normal”
8 January 2020in Futures, Trends0by David Lye

Civil Unrest: the “New Normal”

At the end of 2017, I asked in a blog whether 2018 might be the next “Year of Revolutions”. As is usually the case in journalism and blogging, a headline…

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ESPAS 2019 - Challenges and Choices for Europe
6 November 2019in Horizon scanning, Policy making, Strategy, Trends0by David Lye

ESPAS 2019 - Challenges and Choices for Europe

This ESPAS (European Strategy & Policy Analysis System) Conference took place in Brussels on 14/15 October.  As ever, the Conference was packed full of excellent presentations and panels.  This is…

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Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 6 – Governance
11 September 2019in Foresight, Futures, Governance0by David Lye and Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 6 – Governance

  This is the last in our series of blogs on Africa.  In previous blogs, we have looked at how African society might change in the 21st century, at how technology…

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Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 5 – Economy
10 July 2019in Foresight, Futures, Horizon scanning, Scenarios0by David Lye

Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 5 – Economy

In previous blogs, we have looked at how African Society might change in the 21st century, at how technology will affect Africa, and the big environmental issues Africa faces.  In this blog we…

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‘The Beautiful Ones’: Writing about the future: a conversation between O.M. Faure and David Lye
1 July 2019in Foresight, Scenarios, Trends0by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

‘The Beautiful Ones’: Writing about the future: a conversation between O.M. Faure and David Lye

‘The Beautiful Ones’ trilogy comprising Chosen, Torn and United, was published on 15 June by O.M. Faure, a Principal of SAMI Consulting. Since publication it has become #1 in Dystopian Fiction, #1 in Action Adventure Travel,…

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“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network

“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network

21 January 2021by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

On 18 and 19 November last year, the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) held its annual conference. “Thinking…

The Future of Cities - 3

The Future of Cities - 3

13 January 2021by Huw Williams

In this third blogpost on the future of cities, we look at city economics. Although tied up with political decisions,…

Predictions for 2021?

Predictions for 2021?

18 December 2020by Garry Honey

Regular readers of our blogs will know that single point forecasts are not scenarios – and so pretty much useless…

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New book
SAMI Associate Keith Leslie’s new book “A Question of Leadership “ is to be launched on the 18th February. He provides a wide range of illustrative case studies derived from both research and his first-hand experience in the public and private sectors as a former partner at both Deloitte and McKinsey.

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Our next public Futures Thinking  online course will run from 22-26 March 2021 in five sessions, starting at 10:00am (UK time) each day and lasting one and a half to two hours each. The course fee is £490 + VAT, and discounts may be available for self-funded individuals. For more information, or if you wish to make a booking, please email us at training@samiconsulting.co.uk

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