This Never Happened
Future scenarios require a past, because there's no data about the future.
Scenarios for the Future of Medicine
For almost two years, FSG has been exploring the future of medicine and medical education, in support of the administration and board of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). As noted previously in these pages, FSG developed a set of four ‘future of medicine’ scenarios and facilitated a series of scenario-planning workshops to help guide ACGME strategic decisions at a time of significant uncertainty.
A Most Ironic Scenario
Some perspective from 93 years ago on Greece threatening not to pay back its monstrous debt to German and other banks.
Future Anti-Vaccinators
Opposition to proven preventive measures is not a left-right issue – and metaphorically, it also affects a lot of businesses.
In the past few days, a mighty attempt has been made by various Media Creatures to shoehorn a controversy over a measles outbreak and non-vaccination of children into yet another left-right bipolar fight.
New Year Scenario Irony Alert
2015 is starting out as a year of unexpected paradoxes and amusing contradictions.
How We Might Not Have Gotten to Now
Steven Johnson’s How We Got to Now – and why we might not get to Then.
A Purely Cognitive Argument Against “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”
Why torture almost certainly can't work in the real world.
Should We Be Worried about Plunging Oil Prices?
What's not to like about the dramatic fall in world oil prices? Here are some things to watch.
The Future of Medical Education
FSG recently completed a look at the future of medicine and medical education.
Some FAQs about Scenario Planning
We often get questions about how we do scenario planning and what clients get out of their investment. Here are our answers to some frequently asked questions.