Perspectives — digital & 4IR technologies

Interrogating Megatrends to Develop Strategic Foresight

June 11, 2022 • digital & 4IR technologies • strategic foresight • strategy

A key input for developing future foresight is maintaining a weather eye on the megatrends at play in the external environment. Megatrends are trajectories of change that typically unfold over years or decades and are likely to result in substantial and transformative impact on individuals, organisations and societies

Catching the Next Wave through Active Exploration

October 17, 2020 • business models & platforms • digital & 4IR technologies • portfolio management • strategic foresight

If you’re not actively exploring what’s happening at the edges, you risk becoming aware of new threats to your current business model only when it’s already too late to catch the new wave of opportunity.

Biotechnologies: Revolutionising our Health, Environment and Society

May 16, 2020 • digital & 4IR technologies • shared value & ecosystems • strategic foresight

Biotechnologies are set to transform not only healthcare but the value chains of companies in virtually every sector. They will determine what we eat, put on our skin, wear, how we build our physical infrastructure and power our every activity. Incumbents should brace for for the new generation of bio-native start-ups.

Smart Strategies, Shared Value and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

July 06, 2019 • digital & 4IR technologies • shared value & ecosystems • strategy

In a world characterised by complexity and exponential change, it is incumbent on leaders to interrogate and anticipate the nature and risks of the wave of new technologies ushering in the fourth industrial revolution, and to consider the role their organisations play in harnessing their potential for the benefit of our resource-constrained planet and societies.

Blockchain - Trust, Transparency & Shared Value in Global Networks

June 08, 2019 • business models & platforms • digital & 4IR technologies • value creation

In a digital, globalised world, with all the concomitant concerns of authenticity, biosecurity, financial security and money laundering, blockchain technologies are set to enable rapid, cost effective identity management, asset tracking, compliance and certainty of transaction completion.