Future Savvy: Quality in Foresight http://futuresavvy.net Making better decisions to manage uncertainty and profit from change Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:54:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re only listening to yourself or your community, you’re deaf to the future http://futuresavvy.net/2010/08/you-are-deaf-to-the-future/ Future Savvy, as viewed by ‘Info-Savvy’ Peter Stoyko (SmithySmithy) http://futuresavvy.net/2010/07/future-savvy-as-viewed-by-peter-stoyko-smithysmithy/ Banking ‘stress test’ is scenario planning by another name, with limitations http://futuresavvy.net/2010/07/a-stress-test-is-a-scenario/ FEMA’s ‘getting urgent about the future’ initiative at least talks the talk http://futuresavvy.net/2010/07/femas-foresight-initiative/ Big trends vs. little trends – as Indian television catches up with Indian women http://futuresavvy.net/2010/06/big-trends-vs-little-trends-as-indian-television-catches-up-with-indian-women/ The FIFA world cup meets the business model canvas http://futuresavvy.net/2010/06/the-fifa-2010-world-cup/ Industry foresight, or how to avoid ‘the dog-chase problem’ http://futuresavvy.net/2010/06/industry-foresight-or-how-to-avoid-the-dog-chase-problem/ The lessons from Bill Gates’ shaky grasp on the future – 15 years on http://futuresavvy.net/2010/05/the-lessons-from-bill-gates-foresight-15-years-on/ ‘Roll it’ is not the future, but is good futures thinking http://futuresavvy.net/2010/05/roll-it-is-not-the-future-but-is-good-futures-thinking/ South Africa 2030, yes there will be life after the Fifa World Cup http://futuresavvy.net/2010/05/south-africa-2030-life-after-the-fifa-world-cup/ C.K. Prahalad’s testimony to the need for foresight in management http://futuresavvy.net/2010/04/c-k-prahalads-testimony/ Been a while since there was a ‘Future Savvy’ podcast, but here’s a new one http://futuresavvy.net/2010/04/a-future-savvy-podcast/ ‘When trying to predict the future, watch for dog poop’ http://futuresavvy.net/2010/04/when-trying-to-predict-the-future-watch-for-dog-poop%e2%80%99/ The Blockbuster bankruptcy: perfecting an existing service while the world moves on http://futuresavvy.net/2010/04/the-blockbuster-path-to-bankruptcy/ The ‘start-up’ visa and green card, a far-sighted recessionary surprise http://futuresavvy.net/2010/03/the-start-up-visa-green-card/ ‘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/