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.…
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“Raising our game”: the EU’s new Strategic Foresight Network
On 18 and 19 November last year, the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) held its annual conference. “Thinking about the Future: Europe’s Road to 2030” took place entirely…
After the pandemic
At the moment we’re all trying to come to terms with the profound short-term personal and business consequences of Covid-19 but we also have to think about how it will…
Predicting the future
Predicting the future is not easy, there is more chance of getting it wrong than getting it right, so much is unknown or uncertain. Nevertheless we have an unquenchable thirst…
‘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,…
Megatrends and how to survive them – conclusions
Megatrends and How to Survive Them is the title of our book published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing and available on Amazon. This is the last of a series of blogs based on the work we…