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30/04/2024

A risk that isn't much spoken of... our latest blog for Long Finance

The world is becoming increasingly dependent on digital services. In this connected world, we ask: are these services fit for purpose? In this Pamphleteer we give evidence that they’re not, we use a metaphor – Fractured Backbones - that helps us understand the underlying causes; and we suggest s...

20/09/2023

Delighted to share our latest blog on 'Fractured Backbones'. Do you wonder what they are? Have a read and find out.

We discussed four major threats – in addition to Global Heating, Collapse of Global Health, and Breakdown of International Relations, we introduced ‘Global Backbone’.

06/07/2023

A new Pamphleteers blog on how Software Risk affects .

In “Global Risk – is Software the ‘Vlieg in de soep’?” we first flagged a potential new threat to the economy and society. In addition to threats from war, volcanoes, global heating, we could see that our digital society exposed us to a less remarked upon threat. This is the threat from so...

21/06/2023

Please enjoy and share a case study from the European Trade Union Institute

The multiple crises that the world is facing have diverse and unequal impacts on society at large. Uncertainty reigns as these crises continuously evolve in many different directions. The fast-paced change that we are experiencing challenges societal structures and triggers social unrest.

03/04/2023

Our latest blog. Not as optimistic as the last one, but there are still opportunities to be found!

The anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a flurry of articles in the UK and international press on the potential outcomes of the war. As futurists, we are not exempt from worrying about the near term future. We also spend time with groups of managers and executives exploring the ...

21/12/2022

Our last blog of 2022 - on why we are optimists... a good way to end the year I think.

Really? How can anybody stay an optimist today? It has been a rough year. Many people are feeling even greater uncertainty and fear for the future than before. So to brighten up your thoughts, we’d like to share a few things that make us optimistic, that happened this year.

23/09/2022

About a week ago, the following article came out from HBR in which I was interviewed. About the importance of . Not to mention foresight muscles.

enjoy!

28/06/2022

Our latest work is exploring and ...

Digitalisation is in the news. Recent topics include whether Google’s LaMDA system shows sentience[1], and on the legal and other issues raised when robots or AI systems have agency[2], that is make decisions which cannot be checked by humans. There has also been a flurry of articles on the lack o...

29/04/2022

The pandemic has changed much - and here are some changes that most people don't consider:

https://www.longfinance.net/news/pamphleteers/the-covid-19-pandemic-a-force-for-change/

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues into its third year, it is becoming ever clearer that it has had a wide range of effects. Many commentators have discussed the economic effect[i], the effect on the travel and hospitality industries[ii], and on education - the rise of online education has been worl...

25/03/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/satellite-data-shows-entire-conger-ice-shelf-has-collapsed-in-antarctica

Nasa scientist says complete collapse of Conger ice shelf during unusually high temperatures is ‘sign of what might be coming’

16/03/2022

We've been noticing that the Overton Window has been shifting at amazing speed recently, so we wrote about it on the Pamphleteers Blog for Long Finance. Please enjoy and share!

https://www.longfinance.net/news/pamphleteers/shifting-overton-windows/

21/12/2021

Our new blog our on New Finance about what we found out from writing our new book New Shoots: https://www.longfinance.net/news/pamphleteers/why-we-are-optimists/

We were recently asked to write a chapter for a volume[1] celebrating 50 years after the publication of Future Shock[2]. This 1970’s book envisioned a post-industrial society where the pace of change accelerates at such a rate that it feels threatening. Indeed, the term “future shock” describe...