I’m the UK Assoc Partner for the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. The Institute works around the world to imagine, work with and shape the futures of clients, on a strategic level. They apply futures studies and foresight methodologies to specific societal and business challenges.

Renowned for ‘applied thought-leadership’ their core advisory offerings inc scenario planning, risk assessment, innovation & strategic foresight. Whether it’s macro speculative-futures ideation, or specific future-proofing activity, the aim is to assist clients in being ‘Futures Ready’.

I research and consult for CIFS, alongside giving speeches and moderating workshops, with a particular focus on Foresight-Driven Innovation.

Here’s a link to a video where I give an overview on this dynamic subject!

I also write for the Institute’s magazine ‘FARSIGHT’ a quarterly publication that explores possible futures with the aim of provoking & inspiring change in the present. The guiding editorial principle is that the future can never be predicted & that multiple possible futures exist at any given time.

Here’s a link to an article I wrote on ‘Why generational inequality matters’

The framing of societal challenges as being intergenerational isn’t new, indeed far from it. The ‘father of generational analysis’ Karl Manheim outlined a belief that generations and the tension between them provide us a framework for understanding society and social change.

But the moral system of intergenerational fairness appears in its current state to be broken…

Please click on this link to read my article.

…and here’s a link to another on my articles, this one titled ‘Hope – the pillar that holds up the world’

Immanuel Kant stated ‘optimism is a moral duty’.

But how valid is that sense of optimism and indeed is there any genuine hope - or should we be pessimistic - at a time when coverage of the World Economic Forum noted a depressive array of issues which suggest that hope is in short supply?

Please click on the link to read the article and find out more…

  • This shot was taken at a recent lecture I gave to the dynamic MA / BA students at University of the Arts London.

  • The new campus in East London is so impressive - a big change from when I first lectured at the Uni 20 years ago!

  • Here’s an image from a speech I gave for CIFS in Western Denmark, which involved getting a seaplane to the destination. A first for me!

  • Here’s a photo from an excellent event I attended in Norway on behalf of CIFS, where I gave a keynote talk on sector trends and brand strategy.