Insights
Our foresight programmes generate insights and views of the future, that can be used to provoke discussion, response, thought and innovation.
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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.
Demographic shifts and technology developments influence when and why we need to travel. Motivations for work and leisure mobility blur and dynamic pricing and the sharing economy deliver greater efficiency in the system.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/changing-travel-motivations/
Greater attention needs to be given to how infrastructure can be ‘future proofed’ and made ready to accommodate the needs of a changing society.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/future-proofing/
Technological advances and fiscal and regulatory measures are needed to address adverse impacts of the transport system and its use.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/need-for-change-2/
The increase in physical and virtual proximity due to urbanisation and digital connectivity is transforming society and the car is becoming a background functional technology.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/increased-proximity/
Transport systems need to contribute to supporting and improving society rather than only serving it and risking unintended, unanticipated and unwelcome consequences.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/transport-and-society-2/
In austere financial times there is a significant challenge for governments being able to fund the maintenance of the existing transport system and investment in new infrastructure.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/the-funding-challenge-2/
Integrity is separate from the process of corporate governance and the rule of law. Although not yet fully ingrained in corporate life, some see a higher sense of ethics in Asia in comparison with the West.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/setting-the-moral-compass/
Resource criticality, resource security, emerging legislation around closed-loop supply chains and new labeling standards for waste will all combine to shape and define the future business landscape.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/resources-shaping-the-future-landscape/
We will see a shift in priority from ‘money matters’ to ‘meaning matters’. This will lead to the emergence of community and wellbeing managers in organisations and new ways to measure success.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/making-work-work-for-people-and-work/
An increase in trust between employees and employers builds greater alignment and enables democratisation of the workplace, more flexible ways of working and more effective organisations.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/two-way-trust/
As the pace of change accelerates, the knowledge economy grows and the value of accreditation declines. This leads to a shift from “education then work” to a world of “continuous learning” needed to keep us all employable.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/continuous-learning-to-enable-employment/
In a world of global and digital marketing and consumption, consumers will increasingly favour those brands that can offer more emotional engagements, and specifically human-to-human contact.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/the-human-touch/