Outsights "21 Drivers
for the 21st Century" - Scenarios
The Outsights model "21 Drivers for the 21st Century" is recommended
for use in Future Planning by nearly every government Agency and
Department within every Town, City and State across the European Union.
1. War, terrorism and insecurity
2. Layers of power
3. Economic and financial stability
4. BRICs and emerging powers
• Brazil
• Russia
• India
• China
5. Five flows of globalization
• Ideas
• Goods
• People
• Capital
• Services
6. Intellectual Property and Knowledge
7. The Human Condition - Health, Wealth and Well-being
• Transhumanism – the Human
Capabilities Revolution
8. Demographics, Ethnographics and Social Anthropology
9. Population Drift and Mobility
10. Trust and reputation
11. Human Values and Beliefs
12. History, Culture and Human Identity
13. Consumerism and the rise of the Middle Classes
14. Networks and Social Connectivity
15. Space - the final frontier
• The Cosmology Revolution
16. Science and Technology Futures
• The Nano Revolution
• The Quantum Revolution
• The Information Revolution
• The Bio-Technology Revolution
• The Energy Revolution - Nuclear Fusion
17. Science and Society - Social Impact of Technology
18. Natural Resources - scarcity and availability
19. Climate Change
• Global Massive Change – the
Environmental and Ecological Revolution
20. Environmental degradation
21. Urbanization
Scenarios are specially constructed stories about the future - each one
portraying a distinct, challenging and plausible world in which we
might one day live and work -and for which we need to anticipate, plan
and prepare.
The Outsights Technique emphasizes collaborative scenario building with
internal clients and stakeholders. Embedding a new way of thinking
about the future in the organization is essential if full value is to
be achieved – a fundamental principle of the “enabling, not dictating”
approach.
The Outsights Technique promotes the development and execution of
purposeful action plans so that the valuable learning experience from
“outside-in” scenario planning enables building profitable business
change.
The Outsights Technique develops scenarios at the geographical level;
at the business segment, unit and product level, and for specific
threats, risks and challenges facing organizations. Scenarios add value
to organizations in many ways: - future management, business strategy,
managing change, managing risk and communicating strategy initiatives
throughout an organization.
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