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Author: Future Agenda | https://www.futureagenda.org
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Our foresight programmes generate insights and views of the future, that can be used to provoke discussion, response, thought and innovation.
To prevent the exploitation of global regulatory arbitrage, we work out how to more effectively govern the global footprint to create a level playing field: Business and government develop new models to manage risk.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/business-response-to-resource-risks/
Several large, well-established organisations continue to seek to prevent change by arguing for short-term incremental shifts rather than wider, more collaborative system-based change that may benefit society in the long-term.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/incumbent-blockers/
As businesses increasingly suffer from the impact of natural and man-made events – such as climate change, cyber crime, terrorism and system failures – there is a growing demand for disaster recovery advice and services.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/disaster-recovery-services/
Platforms, such as block chain, developed for crypto-currencies reduce cost and complexity to connect multiple parties to a single agreed digital record shared by all. This transforms the way we hold, access and value information.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/disruptive-decentralised-consensus-ledgers/
Social peer review data is combined with other qualitative insight, to separate the authentic reviews from the fake and ‘bought’. New regulation in the review space also helps create equal opportunities to compete for trade.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/trusted-reviews/
More alternative groups, niche cults and ideologies bring together like-minded people from across traditional boundaries. Brands adapt to this rise by creating more niche product categories catering for smaller, dispersed ‘tribes’.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/more-niche-groups/
Live sport and festivals are put on a pedestal – attracting cross-overs with other industries and greater technical innovation to enhance fan interactivity and audience engagement.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/live-experiences/
Changing consumer life-styles and shorter attention spans, linked with more connected and influential fan-bases, combine to see a more commercial sporting landscape, triggering the birth, evolution and destruction of sports.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/sport-entertainment/
Religion continues to be a powerful galvanising force defining our values, ac4ons and identities – but in some regions is increasingly polarising. Fanaticism continues to rise – amplified by social technologies.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/extreme-faiths/
There is a rise in the number of conservative religious communities – some genuine, some underground. These heighten regional tensions but also act as a catalyst to open or change viewpoints to pragmatically suit local needs.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/rise-in-religious-followings/
Loyal customer behaviours may be revealed starkly as being nothing more than convenience. In a world where consumers are agile and empowered – the most convenient options will win.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/loyalty-is-convenience/
With loyalty platforms increasingly utilising personal data – and social media platforms providing private spaces for potentially undesirable behaviours – government intervention in loyalty models becomes more likely.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/government-intervention/
