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The Intelligent Era
Click here to read the full Intelligent Era Report In this new Intelligent Era we will see significant enhancement to the assets we built...
David A. Smith
Mar 17, 20233 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Sep 14, 20217 min read
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Consumers - Whatever Next?
There is no normal to go back to. Segmentation models and assumptions will change. Developing a consumer-centric proposition remains the...
David A. Smith
Aug 20, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
May 29, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
May 24, 20203 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
May 22, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
May 18, 20203 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
May 2, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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The value of foresight
Foresight seeks to redress the dangerous, short-term weighted imbalance evident in planning by providing a systemic framework for...
David A. Smith
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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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,...
David A. Smith
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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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...
David A. Smith
Dec 11, 20192 min read
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