With all the events occurring in the world at the moment we can see how fast everything changes. Nonetheless there are always some things we can be optimistic about –…
Tag: Gill Ringland
Global Warming – Is The Ship Turning?
This blog first appeared last week as a Pamphleteer in the Long Finance series, https://www.longfinance.net/news/pamphleteers/global-warming-is-the-ship-turning/. As COP26 approaches, we are wondering if there are any signs that the jugg.ernaut of global…
Planetary Limits – fresh choices
The 1970’s classic volume Limits to Growth has influenced futurists and policy makers for a generation. Recently the assumptions in the computer model behind the conclusions, and the conclusions themselves,…
A world of few children
This blog first appeared, in July 2021, as a Pamphleteer in the Long Finance series, https://www.longfinance.net/news/pamphleteers/world-few-children/. Demographers are starting to talk about global population decline, with alarm. Why is it…
The Role of Ethics in Strategy
I have been invited to lead the Association of Strategic Planning’s Virtual conference (ASP2-21) with a keynote address on the role of ethics in strategy. The keynote starts by asking…
After Covid-19 the world WILL be different
This article is written in May 2020 and explores some potential impacts – beyond the immediate – of the current Covid-19 pandemic. It is based on an original (longer) piece…