Thursday, January 29, 2004
World Future Society--Future Survey Picks Best Books for 2003 top books for 2003 selected by Michael Marien, organised into categories like world futures, S&T, etc. These may not really be te best, but there are several things that deserve a look here.
Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy Programme ESRC research programme on energy alternatives - links here to a conference on the topic, and a consultation document on soicial science research in the field.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
The Future of Management - Thinkers 50: "The Thinkers 50 2003 seeks to be a guide to which thinkers and ideas are in - and which have been consigned to business history. More than that, it offers a unique snapshot of the practices and personalities shaping the world of work, the future of management and the way we do our jobs. " Dr Patrick Dixon "Europe's most influentiua futurist" is ranked 46. Read all about it and a lot about him by clicking on to the home page and links from this page. Warning - lots of graphics, you'll need a fast connection.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Strategic Audit
This is a lengthy, statistics packed report from the UK's Strategy Unit, whot worked with various "departments
to consider future priorities and strategic choices across departmental boundaries. The process included
analysis of long-run trends and benchmarking the UK against other countries.
This pack provides a condensed summary of the work. The material is not intended to be
definitive or comprehensive, and we have excluded some issues on which current reviews
are already underway. The material draws extensively on international comparisons. These are rarely up-to-date,
and are better at describing the UK’s performance in the late 1990s than now. However,
they are useful tools for mapping the UK’s long-term relative performance.
This presentation was put together by the Strategy Unit to stimulate discussion on the
main challenges and opportunities facing the country and the choices to be made in
addressing them.... "
An erratic treasure trove of trend and problem-focused data.
This is a lengthy, statistics packed report from the UK's Strategy Unit, whot worked with various "departments
to consider future priorities and strategic choices across departmental boundaries. The process included
analysis of long-run trends and benchmarking the UK against other countries.
This pack provides a condensed summary of the work. The material is not intended to be
definitive or comprehensive, and we have excluded some issues on which current reviews
are already underway. The material draws extensively on international comparisons. These are rarely up-to-date,
and are better at describing the UK’s performance in the late 1990s than now. However,
they are useful tools for mapping the UK’s long-term relative performance.
This presentation was put together by the Strategy Unit to stimulate discussion on the
main challenges and opportunities facing the country and the choices to be made in
addressing them.... "
An erratic treasure trove of trend and problem-focused data.
Thursday, January 08, 2004
About Cop Macdonald: This is a link from Cop Macdonald's homepage, which I got to in turn from a site plugging his "Matters of Consequence" - cf http://mattersofconsequence.com/MOCfig2.html
