Demos

Theme : scenarios

WBCSD Global Scenarios 2000-2050: Exploring sustainable development Scenarios are powerful tools for addressing what is both fundamentally significant and profoundly unknowable -- the future. Unlike forecasts, which extrapolate patterns for the future based on facts from the past, scenarios are plausible, pertinent, and alternative stories that are concerned more with strategic thinking versus strategic planning. The three different scenarios outlined in this report promote a flexible approach to the future, and alter our mental maps. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006
Mapping the Global Future Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible "futures," our report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. from : charlieedwards 30th June 2006