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Vaccine nationalism?
4 February 2021in Foresight, Policy making, Scenarios0by Garry Honey

Vaccine nationalism?

Nine months ago I wrote an article for the Journal of Future Studies looking at four alternative post pandemic scenarios. This was also later carried on the SAMI website. Although…

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Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios
9 December 2020in Decision making, Foresight, Futures, Policy making, Risk Management1by Huw Williams and Jonathan Blanchard-Smith

Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios

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”,…

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Looking to the future from an uncertain present
26 June 2020in Decision making, Futures, Scenarios0by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

Looking to the future from an uncertain present

I was in a meeting a little while ago when someone asked “can we really make scenarios of the future when the present is so uncertain?” It’s a question I’ve…

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Pandemic-3.0 – from crisis to transformation – part II
20 May 2020in Futures, Scenarios0by Joe Ravetz

Pandemic-3.0 – from crisis to transformation – part II

The first part of this blog explored the context – ‘what if’ the pandemic is contained, OR it continues (with mutations, policy failures, medical gaps etc)? And then, ‘what if’…

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Pandemic-3.0 – from crisis to transformation
6 May 2020in Futures, Scenarios1by Joe Ravetz

Pandemic-3.0 – from crisis to transformation

At terrifying speed the Covid-19 global pandemic has brought a multitude of deaths, the lock-down of half the world’s population, and the decimation of its economy.  The material facts of…

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What do you do when a “wildcard” hits?  Thoughts from a futurist
15 April 2020in Foresight, Futures0by Huw Williams

What do you do when a “wildcard” hits? Thoughts from a futurist

We’ve all read loads of prognostications about how the coronavirus outbreak will change the world – or not. But it got us thinking more generally about “wildcards” and what to…

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What are the futures for world trade?

What are the futures for world trade?

24 February 2021by Jonathan Blanchard Smith

“Globalisation is dead.” It is argued that the rise of populism, and its two most obvious successes – the Trump…

What next?

What next?

18 February 2021by Keith Leslie

One of the most beguiling moments for a leader is when he (for, too often, the leader is still a…

World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021

World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021

10 February 2021by Huw Williams

Although the usual festival of the rich didn’t happen at Davos this year, the WEF did produce its usual annual…

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NEWS AND EVENTS

Upcoming events
16 Mar: 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, making it easy for public sector bodies 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
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

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

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