David A. Smith
I won’t, I Won’t, I won’t change
When you hear the words “things need to change now”, one of two things will happen unconsciously inside your brain. Either, you will get...
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David A. Smith
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Consumers - Whatever Next?
There is no normal to go back to. Segmentation models and assumptions will change. Developing a consumer-centric proposition remains the...
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David A. Smith
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
The COVID long tail: Health in the post-pandemic world
Commentators suggest that ‘...very few things could rival COVID-19 for catalyzing and accelerating the long-anticipated transformation of...
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David A. Smith
- May 24, 2020
- 3 min
Coronanomics: Scenarios for the UK economy in 2020-21
Global Futures & Foresight published a new report on 25th May: Coronanomics: Scenarios for the UK economy in 2020-21. This report will be...
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David A. Smith
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Innovation in a post-pandemic world
Balancing investment and saving is a core issue during any recession yet the COVID crisis looks like, a) increasing investment in...
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David A. Smith
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
Unpicking the post-normal: shopping and entertainment
Since workers globally stand to lose between $860 billion and $3.4 trillion of income in 2020 due to the crisis[i], retailers everywhere...
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David A. Smith
- May 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Big Break
As Yogi Berra once said, ‘The future ain’t what it used to be.’ For many, the rough outline of what may reasonably have been expected to...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Black Swans are going Grey
‘Black swan’ events are a metaphor for unforeseen, rare, economic and geopolitical shocks that have a major impact, and are then...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
The value of foresight
Foresight seeks to redress the dangerous, short-term weighted imbalance evident in planning by providing a systemic framework for...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Radical uncertainty – Decision-making for an unknowable future
The heading above is the title of a fascinating new book[1] by Lord Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, and John Kay,...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Accelerating digital
In August 2019, some 54 percent of executives predicted that digital would have a significant impact on their industry over the next five...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Accelerating jobs, tasks and skills
As a direct result of COVID-19, the ILO estimated on March 18th that up to 24.9 million jobs could be lost[i], with underemployment many...
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David A. Smith
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Digital home health
During the COVID-19 outbreak, China moved at pace to shift half of all medical care online[i]. This move is likely to catalyse trends...
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David A. Smith
- Dec 11, 2019
- 2 min
Feeding the future
The world’s population is set to grow by 2.2 billion between now and 2050[i], and given that this is in tandem with rising prosperity, we...
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