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“The need for multiple scenario planning.” Covid-19 inquiry – Module 2 – emergency decision making
Baroness Hallett has recently published two reports ( Vol 1 and Vol 2 ) on emergency decision-making across the four UK governments during the Covid-19 pandemic. This follows on from Module 1 which we reported on in two previous posts ( UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1 and UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1 ). Her report highlights the need for multiple scenario planning: which should be up-to-date and adaptable. In this blog, we describe the reports outcomes
Dec 11, 20255 min read
The Age of Realpolitik: Why Net Zero Needs a New Logic
This blog is the first in the SIP blog series, a set of blogs shared among the partners of the Sustainable Innovation Pathways project. This cross-border, collaborative effort brings together foresight, financial forecasting and technology readiness levels to understand where companies, industries, and countries can best decarbonise. It has become fashionable to say that climate has “slipped down the agenda”. The headlines are about war in Europe and the Middle East, defence
Nov 21, 20258 min read
The UK Government Resilience Action Plan
The Resilience Action Plan , produced by the Cabinet Office, sets out the Government's strategic approach to resilience. The Chancellor...
Oct 2, 20256 min read
Why Growth? Between Necessity and Reckoning
Ask a minister how we’re going to pay for pensions, fund healthcare, equip the armed forces, support innovation, or build green...
Jul 17, 20255 min read
America or China - Who Starts Losing First?
Introduction It has become a fashionable provocation to assert that "China is going to win, so the question is how America is going to...
Jul 9, 20255 min read
Implications of Arctic ice melting
One of the challenges of Futures thinking is the way that trends and drivers interact with each other in complex ways, creating...
May 2, 20254 min read
Deeper into the Forest
Finding paths through the “World in Oak” These days you may find yourself waking up in the morning, switching on or logging into the...
Feb 20, 20256 min read
OECD Strategic Foresight Toolkit for Resilient Public Policy
The OECD has launched its new Strategic Foresight Toolkit . This features a five-step foresight process, designed to help policy makers...
Feb 13, 20254 min read
GO-Science Futures Toolkit launched
The new Futures Toolkit produced by the Government Office for Science in conjunction with SAMI Consulting , has been launched! Here's...
Oct 7, 20243 min read
UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1
“The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom” Part 2 In the first part of our review of the Module 1 Report of the Covid-19...
Sep 11, 20249 min read
UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1
“The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom” Part 1 – Five flaws The first module of the Baroness Hallett Inquiry into the...
Sep 4, 20247 min read
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