Foresight: Volume 4 Issue 1

Tunisia’s forward planning in a shifting, globalizing world

Remote from the wreckage of Afghanistan and the recent Pakistan‐incubated Taliban frenzy, calm and confident North Africa’s Tunisia – also a Muslim state – looks optimistically to…

F rom the wealth of nations to the wealth of the world

In the twenty‐first century, the forces of information technology, markets and globalization will continue to be felt and will bring about both positive and negative effects. The…

Intellectual currencies: an introduction to the concept of i‐commerce

Loyalty points or social currency systems like time banks and time dollars, which tackle the problem of social capital by measuring and rewarding people’s contribution, can be…

Scenario planning: strategic interviews and conversations

The future cannot be measured. foresight is largely a matter of conjecture, and at the heart of conjecture lies conversation. Organizations are essentially networks of personal…

Smart cars and smart insurance: analysing the trends

In this article, written as part of a consulting report for the insurance industry, key trends that are likely to impact the motor insurance industry are presented. These trends…

“The great convergence”: visionary illusion or megatrend?

Megatrends are historical nexuses which gather and focus both obvious and subtle sub‐trends as a contribution to the history of future ideas. A substantive candidate of the…

The Open Conspiracy: H.G. Wells on World Revolution

An Introduction to Cybercultures

Dream Merchants & HowBoys: Mavericks, Nutters and the One True Road to Business Success

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