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Better Data, Better Future: Why the quality of foresight now depends on the quality of data
This blog is the fourth 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. In the first blogs in this series, we made the case that decarbonisation has firmly entered the realpolitik sphere, surviving not because it is
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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 UN Summit of the Future: Part 3
THE AFTERMATH In my two earlier blogs, I looked at what occurred at the Summit and the outcome document. In this third blog, I shall...
Jun 11, 20254 min read
The UN Summit of the Future: Part 2
THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE IMMEDIATE REACTION In my first blog on the UN Summit of the Future I considered the outcome document: “The Pact...
Jun 4, 20254 min read
The UN Summit of the Future: Part 1
THE OUTCOME DOCUMENT: “PACT FOR THE FUTURE” Introduction In September, 2021, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, published a...
May 29, 20255 min read
No solid place to stand – futures thinking in times of increasing uncertainty
For the past many years, future and foresight practitioners have been able to base their work on ground that is stable enough to support...
Mar 13, 20254 min read
Opportunities, risks and feedback loops
A tool which futurists often want to introduce into any comprehensive futures study is some form of feedback loop – run the outputs of...
Feb 5, 20254 min read
Why uncertainty matters to boards
We’re proud to have been able to publish excerpts from SAMI Associate Garry Honey’s new book, “Navigating Uncertainty” over recent weeks....
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Adaptive Planning in National Infrastructure
SAMI have long advocated the development of Adaptive Plans as a means of developing “robust decisions in uncertain times”. The concept is...
Oct 20, 20234 min read
China – A Superpower’s Growing Pains
In January 2022, we published a blog looking at possible futures for China. This was part of a series of blogs based on the scenarios...
Sep 28, 20237 min read
New National Risk Register announced.
The Government has formally announced and published an updated version of the National Risk Register. It is the external version of the...
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Widening Your Stakeholder Analysis
A good stakeholder analysis has always been an important part of policy or strategy development, especially in the area of futures...
May 11, 20233 min read
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