A mix of Signals of change submitted by users around the world and longer-form Insights - explorations of the emerging systemic change we are seeing, from futurists, academics, business leaders, sustainability experts, that help with sensemaking - literally: making sense of the world.
A signal of change is like a seed of a possible future. It can be any development, idea or innovation that points to a future possibility different to today’s norm. We are especially interested in signals that point to the possibility of significant systemic change, or those that illuminate an unexpected aspect of an ongoing change. Not all signals do end up coming to fruition, because the future is inherently uncertain. Signals help us to think in terms of multiple possible futures, to think more widely and creatively about the future and to anticipate unintended consequences.
Following the BLM protests and the toppling of the slave trader statue in Bristol, the London Mayor’s office decided last year to give the city a diversity makeover wherein a…
In world’s first, France introduced a law that requires producers of certain electronic devices, including smartphones and laptops, to indicate to consumers how easily repairable the products are. The new…
Online supermarket Ocado has launched a dedicated virtual ‘aisle’ showcasing products from B-Corp certified brands, as customers increasingly look for more sustainable groceries.
Could replacing empty shops with wetlands, woodlands and meadows offer a new model for cities?
Through reduced costs, resource use, and carbon footprints, a report from Accenture and Dassault Systèmes suggests that Virtual Twins could unlock $1.3 trillion in economic value and save 7.5 Gt…
Portland is using Marijuana Taxes to Fund Reparations by directing grants to weed shop owners in communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.
A Norwegian MP, Petter Eide, has nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. Nominations are accepted from any politician serving at the national level; shortlists…
Dr Sally Uren, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future explores how travel may emerge from the pandemic and what, if transformed, the industry could look like… Right now, many…
Medium called blockchain as the most significant technology trend of 2020 and with a rising focus on digitisation and fintechs around the globe, a shift to crypto-currency is foreseen especially…
After plans originally instigated in 2016 to put Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill were shelved by President Trump, Biden’s Treasury Department are now looking to speed…
A groundbreaking set of new and diverse history modules developed by teachers and council staff in the London borough of Hackney, has been rolled out in local primary schools. “The…
AtmosACTION is the first savings account engineered to reverse the climate crisis. It is designed to exclusively finance climate-positive projects at scale in the areas of Regenerative Agriculture, Electric Transportation,…
The French government confirmed today it will no longer go ahead with the previously approved plans for the expansion of Charles de Gaulle airport. The second busiest airport in Europe…
COVID caused an unprecedented collapse in oil demand and the profits of oil & gas majors. Now Shell, one of the biggest, has called peak oil on its own operations,…
In September 2020, the Indian government had passed three farm acts that that would have expanded the scope of trade areas, promoted e-trading, removed middlemen in the supply chain and…
South African health officials pause rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the Covid-19 variant identified there. So what? Possibility of waves of…
Bill Michael also advised staff in online meeting not to ‘play the victim card’ amid lockdowns
