PinnedScalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesFutures, Change Management, and Grief: Corporate ContextsAt first glance, it might seem strange to see the three concepts placed together in a sentence. Hear me out. I would argue that all three…May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
PinnedScalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesOur Civilisational Swing — Causal Layered Analysis and DesignAssumptions connect with intentions, and that connects with design. This is why causal layered analysis might be an important tool that…Jan 3, 20231Jan 3, 20231
PinnedScalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesMacro History QuestThis is a long essay in four parts. The first part is my framework, making sense of the 40-over books I’ve gone through. The second part I…Jan 1, 20221Jan 1, 20221
PinnedScalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesScenarios: 100+ Outlines to Provoke ThinkingHow would you have to navigate the changing world? Wouldn’t you wish that there was a way to help think about the present and identify…May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
Scalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesGrounds for OptimismIt is easy to be pessimistic. There is after all, a negativity bias and together with salience bias the sum effect is that bad news and…Aug 27Aug 27
Scalable AnalysisTransitions and Magical Thinking— a view from 2024There are several transitions that are happening at the same time. They are framed as “issues” to “address”, and so invite “solutions” for…Jun 28Jun 28
Scalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesAgainst Wishful ThinkingOne of the hardest things to do in the area of futures thinking is to keep away from wishful thinking.Jul 28, 20231Jul 28, 20231
Scalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesFutures x systems x design — Melioration/Regeneration — businessIn our new thinking of multiple capitals, the role of business would not be just about creating profits in the economic sense, but also…Jun 13, 20231Jun 13, 20231
Scalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesFutures, Change Management, and Grief: Socio-Political ContextsThere is a lot of grief to go around. Many groups of people are claiming a kind of loss. Some people have converted that grief into anger…Jun 8, 20232Jun 8, 20232
Scalable AnalysisinOpen Source FuturesMelioration, Anthropocene, Actor-Network Theory, Hybrids/Cyborgs, RegenerationThis is a discussion thinking about what some concepts from the discipline of Science, Technology, and Society can do for us in our…Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023