In Simon Sees I share some of the signals I’m seeing in the world around me that indicate how the future might be different from today. In this edition we’re looking at ‘the future of getting old’. Aging has always… Read More »Simon Sees: The Future of Getting Old
… in work hours Make yourself some tea, put it in a sippy cup and then strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of an article. How to Become a Centaur includes a dash of history a handful of science and… Read More »Simon Reads: AI meets humanity Edition
Strategic and organisational planning is a time-consuming process. For larger organisations, there may be a team that undertakes strategic planning on a near-continuous basis. But even smaller clients may spend more than a year developing a four-year strategic plan. In… Read More »Your strategy is already broken (and that’s OK)
A couple of weeks back, I ran a scenario workshop for one of my local government clients. The workshop took the entire leadership team of 90 out of the office for the entire day. As a consultant and facilitator, you’re… Read More »The need for a collective world view
If you’ve noticed my absence from email and social media for the last few weeks, it’s because I’ve just spent a month in the US on a family holiday (and if you haven’t noticed my absence, I promise I’m not… Read More »Look for signals in out-of-the-way places
I’ve recently completed a series of workshops on the Art of Future Thinking for a couple of clients, and there was one idea I shared that got significant pushback. In the workshop, I shared the story of competing in the… Read More »The challenges that are close were once far away
We are often told that the only certain things in life are death and taxes… but between offshore tax havens and tech bros working on longevity projects, even these two certainties can’t be relied on. This leaves a whole lot… Read More »Things are more uncertain than we think
So far this year, I’ve had at least three different clients tell me that they want help to future-proof their organisation. And as proactive and exciting as this may sound, it’s also something that is entirely unachievable and, to be… Read More »Future-proofing is bullshit
Just last week it was announced that ChatGPT has become the fastest growing app of all time, reaching 100 million users in a little over two months. And over that time there has been so much said about Open AI’s new… Read More »I visited the future… and all I got was this lousy chatbot
For those of you who’ve been following along on my socials you’d know I’ve been working on a new book. Things are running just a little behind schedule so I thought I should provide a quick update. Initially, I had… Read More »New Book update
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