We normally work with clients on long-term futures and major megatrends, so we don’t usually pay a lot of attention to passing fashions. We do keep track of changing social…
Tag: trends
Tech Trends and More
Many of you will know that here at SAMI we are not overly sold on technology trends – no flying taxis for us. There is a tendency amongst those who…
Looking to the future – some themes for 2024
Futurists dislike short-term thinking. It doesn’t play well with our models, emphasises blips over trends, and gets in the way of dealing with the big issues in favour of dealing…
Flying taxis crash into reality
In “The Fifth Element”, Korben Dallas is visited by a flying street food stall at his apartment window. Only one of any number of flying cars – including the one…
EU Joint Research Council – 14 Megatrends
Like many large organisations and consultancies, the EU’s JRC maintains and monitors a list of megatrends. In their case they have identified fourteen in their “Megatrends Hub”. Although mostly these…
Drivers of change – on fast-forward?
We’ve noticed recently how SAMI’s six Drivers of Change seem to be super-charged, on fast-forward. We identified the major areas of change some years ago and still think they are…