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Tag: future of Africa

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 4 – Environment
22 May 2019in Uncategorized0by David Lye

Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 4 – Environment

In the first blog of this series, we set out a quick overview of the factors that might make Africa the most important continent by the end of this century.…

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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, notably on devolution, it is worth considering the current dynamics of city financing. Cities contribute massively to the economy. London…

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 for planning for the future. That said, in this blog, Garry Honey, a SAMI associate and founder of Chiron Risk,…

The Future of Cities - 2

The Future of Cities - 2

16 December 2020by Huw Williams

In this second blogpost on the future of cities, we look at the impacts of new technology.  The application of technology to city development often goes by the name of “smart cities”.  But it’s important to look at the unintended…

Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios

Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios

9 December 2020by Huw Williams and Jonathan Blanchard-Smith

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”, but no-one wants to bother with the most extreme case.…

The Future of Cities

The Future of Cities

2 December 2020by Huw Williams

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 posts, I’ll look at the factors affecting the future of…

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NEWS AND EVENTS

Upcoming events
19 Jan: SAMI Futures Cohort

22-26 March 2021: Online Futures Thinking course

Government Office for Science Futures Framework – SAMI Prospectus
SAMI is on the GO-Science Futures Framework, meaning that a wide range of public sector bodies can easily to commission futures projects from us.  For more information go to our Government page or download our Prospectus.

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.

Training
We are now running our  public Futures Thinking  course online. The next 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

We also run a one-day workshop on cognitive bias for Boards and senior management.

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