Amazing Demo of Strategic Foresight Tools! See Strategic Foresight Thinking Applied to Ukraine

Apr 30, 2022 | Signals to Watch

Nan Nelson, Board member

As they watch the war in Ukraine develop, futurists are considering worldwide impacts. What possible futures do the signals point to? Even if you’re not terribly interested in the details of the ongoing war, you will be fascinated by the application of many of the tools we have learned in Strategic Foresight training in this comprehensive presentation. You’ll see practical application of Four Futures, Scenarios, Trends, Causal Layered Analysis and more. This is an intriguing display of the scope and power of the skills and tools you’ve learned, should you continue to sharpen and apply them.

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Future of Work: Women Hold Key at Crossroad

Feb 1, 2021 | Economic Transformation Signals

Written by Nan Nelson

It’s now becoming clear that the Covid-19 pandemic could threaten transformative changes.  Women have been forced to drop out of the workforce at twice the rate of men (nearly a quarter of women with young children!) and even senior women report cutting hours or switching to less-demanding roles. (Link to full article Future of Work]