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Place navigation on the left of the screenYesterday I went to a very interesting talk given by Chris Luebkeman who is the current Director of Global Foresight and Innovation at Arup.
At first, Chris outlined what the group did, including the Rumsfeldian ‘knowing we don’t know that we don’t know things’ before going on to the optimistic audience participation with 14 offices from Poland to Botswana.
Starting out, we identified principle drivers for the previous decades (1920′s onwards) and then looked forward to future at likely influences and how best to respond to them. Of particular note was the mention of the Hydrogen economy as a replacement for oil, and discussion of the impacts of a ‘connected’ future society. Focusing on Smart Mobs, SMartieS (parties organised by SMS messaging), the ability to mobilise large numbers of people through sites such as MoveOn.org and the use of the internet to combat threats (e.g. SARS the virus).
I would add more but I can’t recall the details and the presentation isn’t on our intranet yet.
Following my previous comments, after Christmas I am going to see if there is any way that I can get involved.
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