DECODING TOMORROW: FUTURISM AND FORESIGHTS TODAY

FORESIGHTS AND IDEAS THAT EXPAND MINDS AND INSPIRE A CHANGE OF HEART.

01 Feb 2012

Future Phobia: Kodak's missed moment

It's January 30th, 2012, and I am sitting on US Airways Flight 3696 from Philadelphia to Rochester. I am on my way to a former hotbed of innovation. A place where Eastman Kodak was born. A city which is losing one of its family's ...

28 Jan 2012

Pharma Futures: disruptions to customer behaviour

Patent expiries, generic inroads, changing customer behaviours, tight regulations, eHealthcare, and old school research and development mindsets have left one of the most profitable industries during the last 50 years in the lurch. If ...

22 Dec 2011

Future Innovation: creativity within constraints

Have you ever wondered what to do in a resource-scarce future? Have you recently been tasked with thinking up an innovation program for your team? Ever been invited to a creativity workshop at a Think Tank aimed at getting analytical ...

18 Dec 2011

2020 Vision: the future of airlines and aviation

I'm on Delta 17 from LA to Sydney. It's December 14th, 2011. The lie-flat seat is comfortable and I have managed to sleep for 9 out of the 13 hours that the flight entails. I'm eagerly awaiting the breakfast I can smell beyond the ...

22 Oct 2011

Future Thinking: Mobile Communication Trends

In less than 12 months, Nokia's share of the Global Smart Phone market went from 44% to 27%. In my previous futurist blog From Good to Great to Obsolete, you can find further analysis on this topic, but today's blog post concerns how ...

13 Oct 2011

The Future of Banking: Top 3 Disruptive Trends in Banking

Wall St is under occupation, banks like Dexia are once again asking for bail-outs, and the global financial system is weary of another Lehman Bros banking collapse. While it is easy to focus on liquidity, exposure, debt write-offs, ...

08 Oct 2011

Disruptive Trends: scenario planning the future

How are successful companies dealing with change in business today? In this Espresso Shot of Ideas, Anders Sorman-Nilsson discusses how disruptive trends forces organisations to focus on scenario planning the future to a whole new ...