Making the Most of Our Punctuated Equilibrium
Leaders should be readying their strategic reflexes for a post-Covid future that will arrive uninvited but arrive just the same.
Society and Culture
George Floyd and the Arab Spring
Why do particular events capture the public imagination when other almost identical events have failed to do so?
When this is behind us, how will we think about privacy?
And it may not matter.
Life after Covid — some Millennial perspectives
The new largest generation shares its hopes and concerns.
Scenario Planning for a Wicked Problem – Climate Change
Wicked problems resist resolution, but as guest contributor Mark Trexler argues, the uncertainties surrounding climate change should not prevent organizations considering the implications and planning accordingly.
Capitalism and the Long Term
The stability of capitalism is threatened by an excessive focus on the short-term. The long term must be a part of decision making, and scenario planning can help.
23 and Me, You, Everything
Biology is not destiny, but the field of genomics is chock full of powerful implications — for science, medicine, commerce, society and just about anything we can think of.
Scenario Planning for Sustainability
Scenario planning and alternative futures are powerful tools for building corporate consensus around sustainability policies.
40 million people go missing in the future
Demographics, unlike many other scenario-planning factors, is not prone to serious uncertainty, right? Hang on…
Older and Wiser?
This is the second of two pieces about demography, focusing on another aspect, less to do with the population’s overall size than with its structure – specifically the changing composition by age group.