Future Savvy: Quality in Foresight http://futuresavvy.net Making better decisions about the future, to manage uncertainty and profit from change Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ‘We need to find a way to make futurism dull,’ says Mr Foresight http://futuresavvy.net/2010/03/paul-saffo-talk/ The BBC has a jolly decent go at leading its multi-stakeholder future http://futuresavvy.net/2010/03/bbc-futures/ The Basicland parable and the future of America, as viewed by one of its best decision-makers http://futuresavvy.net/2010/02/basicland-future-of-america/ The happy medium is a guide to the future for Toyota, McDonalds, and all of us http://futuresavvy.net/2010/02/guide-to-the-future/ Telling words on a running controversy in risk & foresight, from Peter Bernstein http://futuresavvy.net/2010/02/a-few-telling-words-on-an-unresolved-controversy-in-foresight-work-from-peter-bernstein/ Haiti, when the present trumps the future, but possibly jolts it too http://futuresavvy.net/2010/01/haiti-when-the-present-trumps-the-future-but-possibly-jolts-it-too/ What goes around comes around, like Yule and mom-and-pop shops inside Wal-Mart http://futuresavvy.net/2009/12/yule-wal-mart/ So who flew to Copenhagen this week? http://futuresavvy.net/2009/12/so-who-flew-to-copenhagen-this-week/ Do you have a freshwater or saltwater view of the future? http://futuresavvy.net/2009/12/do-you-have-a-freshwater-or-saltwater-view-of-the-future/ The turkey problem in trend work: is your prediction robust to Thanksgiving? http://futuresavvy.net/2009/11/the-turkey-problem-in-trend-extrapolation/ The C5 electric car and the art of getting the future less wrong than competitors do http://futuresavvy.net/2009/11/the-c5-electric-car-and-the-art-of-getting-the-future-less-wrong-than-competitors/ Risk assessment, first base on the way to industry foresight http://futuresavvy.net/2009/11/risk-assessment-first-base-on-the-way-to-industry-foresight/ Could America default on its debt? And what the past tells us about the future http://futuresavvy.net/2009/11/could-america-default-on-its-debt/ Unexpected prediction modesty highlights problems of timing and impact http://futuresavvy.net/2009/10/unexpected-prediction-modesty-highlights-problems-of-timing-and-impact/ Perhaps some lessons in prediction learned as US dollar-demise scenario emerges http://futuresavvy.net/2009/10/some-lessons-in-prediction-learned-as-us-dollars-demise-scenario-takes-shape/ Do stock markets reliably tell us anything about the future? http://futuresavvy.net/2009/10/do-stock-markets-reliably-tell-us-anything-about-the-future/ It’s London Fashion Week, but the catwalk is out of the bag as taste-making devolves to the consumer http://futuresavvy.net/2009/09/its-london-fashion-week-but-the-catwalk-is-out-of-the-bag-as-taste-making-devolves-to-the-consumer/ 2025 for download: ‘you don’t have to be right, you just have to be interesting.’ http://futuresavvy.net/2009/09/2025-for-download-you-dont-have-to-be-right-you-just-have-to-be-interesting/ The “if it bleeds, it leads” lesson in anticipating self-interested predictions http://futuresavvy.net/2009/09/the-if-it-bleeds-it-leads-lessons-in-anticipating-poor-predictions/ Arsenal Football’s Arsène Wenger gets into the prediction game with a 10-year forecast for European soccer http://futuresavvy.net/2009/08/arsenal-football%e2%80%99s-arsen-wenger-gets-into-the-prediction-game-with-a-10-year-forecast-for-european-soccer/ Jobs of the future, science & technology enabled employment for 2020-2030 http://futuresavvy.net/2009/08/jobs-of-the-future-technology-enabled-employment-for-2020-2030/ Poundstretcher’s lessons for the future, for 2025, for 2050, and beyond http://futuresavvy.net/2009/08/poundstretchers-lessons-for-the-future-for-2025-for-2050-and-beyond/ 40 years after Apollo 11, and what no man on Mars can tell us about predicting http://futuresavvy.net/2009/07/40-years-after-apollo-11-and-what-we-learned-about-predicting/ A look back on how people look forward, and the need for ‘futuriography’ http://futuresavvy.net/2009/07/a-look-back-on-how-people-look-forward-and-the-need-for-futuriography/ Peter L. Bernstein on risk; and how risk management fits into foresight as a whole http://futuresavvy.net/2009/06/peter-l-bernstein-on-risk-and-how-risk-management-fits-into-foresight-as-a-whole/