Global Prospects

kindofcrisisWhat Kind of Crisis Is It?
A paper co-authored with Andrew Curry of The Futures Company, exploring the global financial crisis as a ‘crisis of crises’, published in the March 2010 edition of the Journal of Futures Studies (Vol 14, No 3).

 

 

 

 

storm-coverGlobal Storm Warning: Crisis and Transformation
Transcript of a presentation delivered in Auckland to the New Zealand Public Service Senior Management Conference in October 2001, the month after 9/11. This was one of a number of similar presentations I made internationally in the years just before and after 2000 on the theme of a coming global crisis and where it could lead.

 

 

 

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Saving the World Slowly
A first-hand impression of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 26 to September 4, 2002.

 

 

 

 

Towards an Optimistic Future
A speculative piece written in 2000, placed online by The Arlington Institute, that explores the idea of a normative global objective and strategy. This definition of an optimistic outcome for the world future was tested with a number of audiences worldwide and appears to have international appeal.

http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/tai/relatedwritings