By Patricia Lustig, Partner at Supertrends Institute & Gill Ringland Reflections We were recently asked to write a chapter for a volume[1] celebrating 50 years after the publication of Future Shock[2]. This 1970’s book envisioned a post-industrial society where the pace of change accelerates at such a rate that it feels threatening. Indeed, the term “future…
By Patricia Lustig, Partner at Supertrends Institute & Gill Ringland Demographers are starting to talk about global population decline, with alarm. Why is it alarming? We know that the world has gone through periods of catastrophic population decline before, due to volcanic eruptions and plague. These caused population decline by killing large numbers of…
By Tessa Richter, Partner at Supertrends Institute What decisions are you making for your future? Often what may obstruct your decisions and your choices for your future from selecting a new, a different, an unknown path is lack of inspiration. The decisions you make today, the strategies you create and contribute to, what you…
By Jens Hansen, CoFounder & CEO at Supertrends Institute Omniverse, Multiverse, Metaverse … what is that all about? What is important is the purpose, not the naming Are the names Omniverse, Multiverse, and Metaverse just synonyms? … The short answer is no! But in many aspects, each of these words or names represent a…
By Martin Daubney, Partner at Supertrends Institute Everyone has intuition – Whether you realise it or not, several benefits come with listening to your intuition. I heard a story last night while attending a webinar. It wasn’t a webinar about intuition but the lady sharing her story described a time when she knew broadly…
By Jens Hansen, CoFounder & CEO at Supertrends Institute What does collaboration already look like? Let’s start with a couple of examples Think about the recent space flight with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; there was no flight crew on that shuttle, only passengers. This means that Bezos and his fellow passengers were relying on…
By Jim Burke, Partner at Supertrends Institute People who think seriously about the future may have common traits of curiosity and creativity. They are often able to see connections, patterns and networks of effects that enable provocative and sometimes accurate forecasts of our future. Being able to do that well are table stakes for any…
By Niloofar Mohammadi Moazed, Associate at Supertrends Institute How do I benefit from “Working from Anywhere” to elude my geographical remoteness and prove my talents to the bigger world? Contributing to the bigger world, and adding value to this blue planet, is what my heart has always desired. However, growing up as a young woman…
By Graham Norris, Partner at Supertrends Institute How, as an organisational psychologist, did I become so fascinated with the future? It’s because thinking about the future is the most important thing we do. Life is really just a flow of decisions, and every decision requires us to consider the future. The Future that is right…
By Alexandra Whittington, Futurist, Educator & TEDx speaker This article is an excerpt from a report by Partners in Foresight, The Home of the 2020s: Scenarios for How We Might Live in the Post-Pandemic Future. The homes we inhabit in the 2020s could serve as a personal headquarters for building the good society. How can…